Course Agenda

International Requisites
q for HV Knowledge
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Purpose: To introduce participants with different organizations responsible for the safety, security,
operations, and protecting environment in marine industry.
Objectives:
j To introduce the p
participants
p with IMO,, International Law,, Law of Sea,, High
g Voltage
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requisites, ISM, SOLAS, STCW, OSHA, and USCG.
Duration: 30 min.
Learning Methods: Lecture and discussion

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 International Requisites

ƒ International Maritime Law

ƒ I
International
i lMMaritime
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Organization
i i (IMO)
ƒ International Convention of Life at Sea (SOLAS)
ƒ International Safety Management Code (ISM)
ƒ Standards for Training,
g, Certification and
Watchkeeping (STCW)
ƒ Others

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 International Maritime Law

ƒ General concept that is based on international

conventions on sea faring
ƒ Covering all the sectors of sea faring:
ƒ maritime safety
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ƒ maritime security
ƒ protection of marine environment
ƒ ce s
crews
ƒ ship owner’s responsibility, etc.
ƒ The international con
conventions,
entions are prepared by
b IMO
(International Maritime Organization).

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 International Maritime Organization

ƒ The IMO is the United Nations

specialized agency responsible for
improving maritime safety and
preventing
ti pollution
ll ti ffrom ships
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 International Safety Management Code

ƒ International Safety Management Code

(ISM) Code for the Safe Operation of Ships
and for Pollution Prevention.
ƒ Adopted
Ad t d b
by IMO in
i 1993 and
dbby th
the SOLAS
Conference in 1994.
ƒ Specifically
S ifi ll addresses
dd Ch
Chapter IX off the
h
Annex to the SOLAS Convention:
ƒ Management for the Safe Operation of
Ships

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 SOLAS

ƒ The International Convention for Safety

off Life
Lif att Sea
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ƒ Adopted in 1914
ƒ Main objective:
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ƒ “to specify minimum standards for the
construction, equipment and operation
of ships,
p , compatible
p with their safety.”
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 SOLAS
(from the SOLAS Consolidated Edition 2004)

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 STCW

ƒ International Convention - July 1978

ƒ Established basic requirements on Training,

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Certification and Watchkeeping for seafarers
on an international level.

ƒ Amended in 1995:
ƒ New stringent standards for mariners
ƒ Creation of new demands on training institutions,
i t t
instructors and
d assessors

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 STCW Code Function: Electrical, electronic and control
engineering at the Management Level

COMPETENCE KNOWLEDGE, METHODS FOR CRITERIA FOR

UNDERSTANDING AND DEMONSTRATING EVALUATING
PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE COMPETENCE

Operate electrical Theoretical knowledge Examination and Operation of

and electronic Marine electro- assessment of evidence equipment and
control equipment technology, electronics obtained from one or more system is in
and electrical equipment. of the following: accordance with
operating manuals
Fundamentals of 1. approved in
1 in-service
service
automation, experience Performance levels
instrumentation and 2. approved training ship are in accordance
control systems experience with technical
3. approved simulator specifications
training, where appropriate
4. approved laboratory
equipment training

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 STCW Code Function: Electrical, electronic and control
engineering at the Management Level

COMPETENCE KNOWLEDGE, METHODS FOR CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING

UNDERSTANDING DEMONSTRATING COMPETENCE
AND PROFICIENCY COMPETENCE

Test, detect faults Examination and Maintenance activities are

andd maintain
i t i andd assessmentt off evidence
id
restore electrical obtained from one or more
and electronic of the following:
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control equipment
to operating 1. approved in-service
condition experience
2. approvedd training
2 t i i ship
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experience
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3. approved simulator
training, where appropriate
4. approved laboratory
eq ipment training
equipment
tl planned
correctly l d in
i
accordance with technical,
legislative, safety and
pprocedural specifications
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The effect of malfunctions
on associated plant and
systems is accurately
id tifi d ship's
identified, hi ' technical
t h i l
drawings are correctly
interpreted, measuring and
calibratingg instruments are
correctly used and actions
taken are justified

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 STCW Code Function: Electrical, electronic and control
engineering at the Operational Level

COMPETENCE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING METHODS FOR CRITERIA

AND PROFICIENCY DEMONSTRATING FOR EVALUATING
COMPETENCE COMPETENCE

Operate: Generating plant: Examination and Operations are

alternators assessment of evidence planned and
Generators Appropriate basic electrical obtained from one or more carried out in
control
t l systems
t k
knowledge
l d andd skills
kill off th
the following:
f ll i accordance
d with
ith
established rules
Preparing, starting, coupling 1. approved in-service and procedures
g g over alternators
and changing p
experience to ensure safetyy
or generators of operations
2. approved training ship
Location of common faults and experience
action
ti tot preventt damage
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3. approved simulator
Control systems: training, where appropriate

Location of common faults and 4. approved laboratory

action to prevent damage equipment training

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 The Result - Countries and Agencies Issuing own Guidelines
“Regulation
Regulation for Electrical Installations – Maritime Installations (1990)
Requirements for High Voltage Installations”. The section 28 considers
requirements about following subjects:
ƒ Equipment design
ƒ Protection against live parts
ƒ Insulation resistance
ƒ Earthing Norwegian Requirements for
ƒ Over-voltage protection Maritime High Voltage
ƒ A i
Anti-condensation
d i h heating
i Installations
ƒ Distribution systems
ƒ Earthed neutral connections
ƒ Generator circuits
ƒ Out-going circuits
ƒ Installation
ƒ Current rating
ƒ Testing
ƒ Switch-gear, control-gear, fuses and socket-outlets
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 OSHA

What is OSHA?
ƒ The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (of the US)

Jurisdiction: USCG or OSHA?

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 OSHA

Jurisdiction: USCG or OSHA?

ƒ The
Th C
Coast GGuard
dhhas statutory authority
h i to
prescribe and enforce regulations affecting
the safety and health of seamen on board
vessels inspected and certificated by the
agency and has issued comprehensive
agency,
standards for working conditions on
inspected vessels
vessels.
ƒ Therefore, OSHA may not enforce the
OSH A Actt with
ith respectt tto ""seamen"" on
inspected vessels including the master,
ship's
ship s officers and crew members
members.
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 OSHA
However:
ƒ OSHA has jurisdiction over all non-
inspected vessels
ƒ OSHA may exercise its authority to cite
employers (other than the owners
owners,
operators, agents or masters of inspected
vessels employing only "seamen")
seamen ) for all
violative working conditions on a vessel
when such violations occur within OSHA's
OSHA s
geographical jurisdiction.
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 OSHA

ƒ An owner, operator, agent or master of an

inspected vessel may be cited for hazards
to which non-seamen it employs are
exposed if the hazard is not specifically
subject to a particular regulation of the
U S Coast Guard
U.S.
ƒ The reporting
p g of accidents by y employers
p y to
OSHA is required for all situations where
OSHA has geographical jurisdiction

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