Marine Safety Training Course

Importance of Marine Safety
• Protection from loss of life
• Protection against economic losses
• Protection of the environment/pollution prevention
• Maintenance of a good national reputation (greater economic development)
• Increase cooperation among regions, countries and continents (increased trade and tourism)

Components of Marine Safety
• Aids to navigation
• Seafarers
• Oil spill response system
• Vessel traffic system

Types of Port Marine Operations
• Safe anchorage considering weather/wind
• Managing and marking wrecks
• Positioning and maintaining aids to navigation
• Dredging and other civil engineering work
• Conducting surveys and disseminating results

Components of Port Marine Safety
• Pollution prevention
• Pollution investigation
• Port patrols/surveillance
• Drills and exercises
• Emergency and contingency planning
• Container and facility inspections
• Cargo loading supervision

Ways to Maintain Marine Safety
• Training
• Policies
• Audits
• Technology
• Performance assessment

Key Elements of Successful Safety Management
• Effective safety policies
• Effective management structure
• Planned and systematic implementation approach
• Performance measurement against standards
• Experiential learning and application

Features/Gist of an Ideal Safety Policy
• Safe and efficient organisational asset management
• Discharge of duties and powers
• Maintenance of marine equipment to agreed standards
• Recruitment and training of operational staff to agreed competence levels
• Appropriate training for emergencies and contingencies

Steps in Risk Assessment as Part of Ensuring Safety
• Problem identification, scoping and risk assessment design
• Hazard identification
• Risk analysis
• Assessment of risk control measures
• Identification of new risk control measures