Diploma in Health and Safety in Ship Operations
The Health and Safety in Ship Operations Course is a comprehensive look at health and safety, in all its guises and how it operates in the maritime sphere. This course provides a full understanding of all aspects of health and safety in terms of its applications to ships, rigs, ports/mariners, and workers. With the aim of maintaining a broad approach to help students build a reliable knowledge base, this course covers a large spread of topics.
Description
Course Structure
The course consists of 11 modules. All students are required to successfully complete and pass the module assignments. Diploma students will also be required to sit and pass a final examination.
1. Introduction to Health and Safety in Ship Operations
- What is health and safety?
- Why health and safety?
- UK general health and safety legislation
- The code of safe working practices for merchant seamen
- Occupational health and safety at sea
- UK health and safety organisations
- International framework for health and safety
- Accidents and incidents – the statistics
- International health and safety statistics
2. Duties and Obligations to Oneself and Others
- Introduction
- Employer’s duties
- UK health and safety law
- Obligations to others
- COLREGS
- Understanding accident causation
3. Risk Assessment
- Introduction
- What is risk assessment
- Five steps to risk assessment
- Task specific hazards, risks and control measures
4. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Introduction
- Definition of PPE
- Provision and Use of PPE
- Assessing Suitable PPE
- Types of PPE
- Training
- Maintenance
- Other Regulations
5. Specific High Risk Activities
- Introduction
- Definition of a confined space
- Entry into a Enclosed Spaces
- What are the problems?
- Oxygen depleting cargoes
- Managing the risks
- Emergency Rescue
- Working at height
- Safety Harness’s and Fall Arrest Systems
- Working on electrical/mechanical systems
6. Slips, Trips and Falls
- Introduction
- Introduction/statutory framework
- Trips & slips
- Trips & slips – a passenger’s perspective
7. Reporting of Accidents and Incidents
- Introduction
- Accident reporting, what & why?
- Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting & Investigation) Regulations 2012 (“The Regulations”)
- Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013 [RIDDOR]
8. Port Operations
- Introduction
- Safe operations on quaysides and ships decks
- Health Hazards
- Dusty Cargo’s
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
9. The Law of Health and Safety
- What is Health and Safety?
- Health and Safety legislation
- The Health and Safety Executive (Hse)
- Enforcement of Health and Safety legislation
- Health and Safety in ports
- Health and Safety on ships
10. Classic Accidents, Accident Causation and Analysis
- Introduction
- Classic accidents, accident causation and analysis
- The S.S Titanic
- The S.S Torrey Canyon
- The Herald of Free Enterprise
- The Derbyshire
- The Exxon Valdez
- The Braer
- The Costa Concordia
- The Sea Empress
11. The Human Element
- Introduction
- The Human Mind
- Taking Risks
- Making Decisions
- Making Mistakes
- Tiredness and Stress
- Working with others
- Communicating with people