Marine Personnel Management
HANDOUTS
MT162- SIPBOARD PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Emergency Drills and Training
Emergency Drills – Objectives * Practice effective planning, execution, scheduling and recording of on-board emergency drills and musters. * Satisfy mandatory regulations of IMO, SOLAS and the vessel’s flag state. * Prepare ship staff for crisis situations. * Train staff in the location and use of emergency equipment on board. * Provide a means for assessing individual performance and for identifying the need for further improvement and training. * Check inter-personnel communication and the effective usage and understanding of the working language during emergencies. * Drills are carried out in a safe manner in all respects.
NOTE:
The time limits set out in SOLAS for ship abandonment should be considered as a secondary objective when conducting drills.
ISM Code 8: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS * 8.1 The Company should identify potential emergency shipboard situations, and establish procedures to respond to them. * 8.2 The Company should establish programs for drills and exercises to prepare for emergency actions. * 8.3 The SMS should provide for measures ensuring that the Company's organization can respond at any time to hazards, accidents and emergency situations involving its ships.
3 Drills
3.1 Drills shall, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency.
3.2 Every crew member shall participate in at least one abandon ship drill and one fire drill every month. The drills of the crew shall take place within 24 h of the ship leaving a port if more than 25% of the crew have not participated in abandon ship and fire drills on board that particular ship in the previous month.
3.3. When a ship enters service for the first time, after modification of a major character or when a new crew is engaged, these drills shall be held before sailing. The Administration may accept other arrangements that are at least
MT162- SIPBOARD PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Emergency Drills and Training
Emergency Drills – Objectives * Practice effective planning, execution, scheduling and recording of on-board emergency drills and musters. * Satisfy mandatory regulations of IMO, SOLAS and the vessel’s flag state. * Prepare ship staff for crisis situations. * Train staff in the location and use of emergency equipment on board. * Provide a means for assessing individual performance and for identifying the need for further improvement and training. * Check inter-personnel communication and the effective usage and understanding of the working language during emergencies. * Drills are carried out in a safe manner in all respects.
NOTE:
The time limits set out in SOLAS for ship abandonment should be considered as a secondary objective when conducting drills.
ISM Code 8: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS * 8.1 The Company should identify potential emergency shipboard situations, and establish procedures to respond to them. * 8.2 The Company should establish programs for drills and exercises to prepare for emergency actions. * 8.3 The SMS should provide for measures ensuring that the Company's organization can respond at any time to hazards, accidents and emergency situations involving its ships.
3 Drills
3.1 Drills shall, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency.
3.2 Every crew member shall participate in at least one abandon ship drill and one fire drill every month. The drills of the crew shall take place within 24 h of the ship leaving a port if more than 25% of the crew have not participated in abandon ship and fire drills on board that particular ship in the previous month.
3.3. When a ship enters service for the first time, after modification of a major character or when a new crew is engaged, these drills shall be held before sailing. The Administration may accept other arrangements that are at least