Learning Outcome 2

Marine Law
Lesson 15

HNC Nautical Science

Marine Law & Management
 Recap
• Define a hazard and risk
• Explain why risk assessments are carried out
 Aim
• To introduce the importance of training and
the specific requirements for specialist ships
 Objectives
By the end of the session the student will be able to:
• State the source of training and safe
watchkeeping legislation
• List the training standards that must be reached
by seafarers
• State the additional training that must be
undertaken by officers working specialist ships
• Explain the general principles of safe
watchkeeping
 STCW 1978
• International Convention on Standards of
Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers

• Sets standards of competence

• 133 member states

 Competence
• Standards grouped under 7 functions

• 3 levels of responsibility
– Management
– Operational
– Support
 Basic Training
• All seamen must receive familiarisation and
basic safety training or instruction in
accordance with STCW Code section A-VI/1,
and must meet the appropriate standard of
competence specified
 Basic Training
Seafarers before being assigned to any
shipboard duties must receive appropriate basic
training or instructions in:
• personal survival techniques;
• fire prevention and fire fighting;
• elementary first aid; and
• personal safety and social responsibilities.
 PSC & RB
Officers, AB’s & other persons required to take
charge of survival craft must complete the PSC &
RB course.
Have 6 months sea-service.
 Qualifications of a ships officer
• Any officer serving in any capacity must hold
an appropriate certificate for that capacity. A
person will only be entitled to be issued with
such a certificate if he complies with the
criteria in the Regulations annexed to STCW
• A person is qualified as an officer if he holds a
certificate of competency, or certificate of
equivalent competency
 Other Training for OOW
In addition deck officers will require training in
• GMDSS - GOC
• NAEST – Navigation Aids, Equipment and Simulator
Training
• Advanced Fire fighting
• Advanced First Aid
• EDH
• HELM – Human Element Leadership & Management
• Ship Security Course
 Specialist Vessel Training
• Activity

– Match the specialist training to the correct ship

and rank
Standards Regarding Watchkeeping
Where are these contained?
 Watchkeeping
• Fitness for duty
• Watch-keeping arrangements and principles
to be observed
 Fitness for Duty (Section A-VIII/1)
How can fitness for duty be ensured?
• Hours of rest
• Posting of watch schedules
• Daily records of hours of rest
• Prevention of drug and alcohol abuse
 Watchkeeping Arrangements - (Section A-
VIII/2)
How can watchkeeping arrangements be ensured?
• Certification of deck and engine room officers
• Voyage planning
• Watchkeeping principles
• Watchkeeping at sea
• Keeping a navigational watch
• Keeping a radio watch
• Watchkeeping in port
 General Watchkeeping Principles
• Activity

– In pairs try to identify what you think the 9 general

watchkeeping principles might be.
 Can you?
• State the source of training and safe
watchkeeping legislation
• List the training standards that must be
reached by seafarers
• State the additional training that must be
undertaken by officers working specialist ships
• Explain the general principles of safe
watchkeeping
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Certification & Port State Control