As a result of this section you will be able to demonstrate how and when to use
work permits understanding of plans and procedures
only a small proportion of injuries are caused by exceptional instance such as
collisions and grounding the majority of accidents arise because recognized safe
working practices or company procedures are ignored always follow safe working
practices the number of injuries caused by failure of machinery or equipment is
small compared with those caused by human error some accidents happen
because of lapses in concentration or misjudgments others are caused by
inexperience or recklessness overconfidence can lead to carelessness
and experienced seafarers who have performed the task many times before can
be particularly at risk in nearly all operational procedures and instructions
safeguards are built in to protect the environment from any kind of pollution
therefore do not deviate from any written procedure or instruction as they
are made in order to protect the environment from risk of pollution the
is M Code requires your company to develop plans and procedures for all
special and critical operations on board before carrying out any task on board
you have to check in safety management system if there is any written procedure
or plan describing how to do it if so you have to follow that plan a checklist
is a written memo to accomplish a series of tasks a checklist is not a substitute
for thorough knowledge of the ship or procedures in case of emergency it is
even more important with checklists as a memo in an emergency situation everyone
tends to get stressed to a certain extent and therefore it needs attention
not to miss any important tasks in order to avoid accidents and eliminate the
risk of fire and explosion on board it is necessary to plan the work and follow
up all work permits before any work starts all permits shall be prepared and
the crew members to carry out the work shall be chosen before a hot work
or an enclosed space entry permit is issued the relevant chapters in force in
the International safety guide for oil tankers and terminals must be consulted
the permit shall specify the particular item of equipment or area involved the
extent of work permitted the conditions to be observed the time and the duration
of validity the validity of a permit shall normally not exceed 12 hours all
work permits are to be filed in a binder required work permits include hot work
permit enclosed space entry permit electrical work permits working a loft
permit working outboard permit cold work permit small crafts alongside permit
underwater work permit regulation 9 2 of Annex 5 of Marple 7378 reads as follows
every ship of 400 tons gross tonnage and above and every ship which is certified
to carry 15 persons or more shall carry a garbage management plan to be followed
by the crew the plan shall provide written procedures for collecting
storing processing and disposing of garbage including the use of equipment
on board in addition the plan shall designate the person in charge of
carrying out the plan garbage categories and disposal
regulations outside special areas regulation 3 plastic floating dunnage
lining or packing materials ground paper products rags glass metal bottles
crockery etc paper products rags glass metal bottles crockery etc food waste
incinerator ash drag your garbage bags to where it is allowed to dispose it
previously in this learning program you learn that about 20% of all accidents
can be related to substandard equipment the best way to avoid substandard
equipment is maintenance the maintenance has to be planned most vessels today
have a computerized maintenance system which will help you not to miss any
important maintenance work