Interview a rating at random to verify that they have easy access to the relevant content of the SMS manuals in a working language they understand and are familiar with the means of accessing the SMS manuals.
Interview a junior officer or rating to verify that they are aware of the identity, contact details and role of the
DPA.
An interviewed officer or rating was unfamiliar with the use, operation or safety considerations of any piece
of LSA or FFA provided onboard
An officer or rating was observed to be unable to communicate verbally in the designated working language
of the vessel.
The Master, an officer or a rating was unfamiliar with the company procedures for the safe use of radio and
telephone equipment during cargo and ballast handling operations.
An interviewed officer or rating was unfamiliar with the rigging and use of the provided enclosed space
rescue hoisting arrangement(s).
Interview one rating and verify they were familiar with the ship specific procedure for the launching of the
lifeboat during an abandon ship drill.
Interview one rating and verify that they were familiar with their role as identified in the muster list during a
man overboard situation
Interview one rating and verify that they were familiar with the recovery of persons from the water plan and
their expected role in such an emergency response.
Interview an officer or rating to verify their familiarity with the manual starting of the emergency fire pump and its diesel engine
Officers and/or ratings were not familiar with the ship-specific starting instructions for the emergency fire
pump.
Interview one officer and one rating to verify their familiarity, subject to their normal operational and
emergency duties, with the location, purpose and operation of the vessel’s fire dampers, skylights, closing
devices and remote fan stops.
An interviewed officer or rating was not familiar with the required position of each closing device while
conducting cargo operations
Interview a rating and verify their familiarity with the operation and use of foam applicators and foam
monitors.
Interview one officer and one rating to verify their familiarity with the location, purpose and operation of the
vessel’s fire doors
An officer or rating was unable to demonstrate the donning of a SCBA and the safety checks required prior
to entering a hazardous environment.
Interview a deck or engine rating STOP WORK AUTHORITY
Interview a deck or engine rating to verify their familiarity with the purpose and operation of the fire hoses,
nozzles and international shore connections
Interview one officer or rating to verify their familiarity with the purpose and operation of a selected portable
fire extinguisher.
Interview two ratings to verify their familiarity with the location and purpose of the EEBDs.
Interview one engineer officer or rating to verify their familiarity with the purpose and operation of the
wheeled fire extinguishers.
Interview an officer or rating to verify their familiarity with donning an immersion suit.
Interview a rating to verify their familiarity with the company procedures for the use of “working lifejackets”.
Interview one rating to verify their familiarity with their role in enclosed space entry, when and how they were
briefed and, the process for signing a permit as either an attendant or as a person entering the space.
Interview one engine room rating to verify their understanding of the hot work instructions for the designated
space.
Interview a deck or engine rating to verify their understanding of the company safe working procedure for
working at height and their involvement with either the permit or risk assessment review process.
Interview a deck rating to verify their understanding of the company safe working procedure for working over
the side with specific reference to:
o Their involvement with either the permit or risk assessment review process.
o Rigging a combination or an accommodation ladder while the ship was underway and the required
level of supervision on deck and from the bridge.
Interview a rating to verify their understanding of the onboard process to report a near-miss
Interview one rating to understand whether they attended the most recent safety meeting and, if not, how
they would communicate issues of concern around safety and pollution prevention to the safety committee.
Interview a rating to verify their understanding of the work planning meeting process and where they would
find details of the work planned for the current period
Interview a rating to verify that they had been involved in the review of a risk assessment prior to
commencing work on a new, unplanned or defined task.
Interview a deck or engine rating to understand how they are informed of SIMOPS and what the
expectations are of them in terms of remaining focused on the task to which they have been assigned while
SIMOPS are ongoing
Interview a rating to verify their understanding of the markings on a selected item of lifting or rigging
equipment and the checks they would undertake before using it during routine work
An interviewed deck rating was unfamiliar with the process to safely rig and recover the pilot boarding
arrangements
Interview a deck rating to verify their understanding of the process to rig and recover the accommodation ladder arrangement especially as it related to working over the side or outside the ship’s rails,
Interview a deck rating to verify their understanding of the process to rig and recover the portable gangway
arrangement, especially as it related to working over the side or outside the ship’s rails prior to the rigging of
the safety net
Request that an officer or rating describes how a properly equipped firefighting party would open
the door from the outside in an emergency.
Interview a rating to verify their understanding of onboard garbage management including:
o Garbage segregation onboard.
o Disposal of aerosols and batteries.
o Permitted disposals of garbage to the sea.
o Garbage management practices within their operational department
Interview a rating to verify they were familiar with the location, purpose and safe use of the spill clean-up
equipment and PPE provided for dealing with small spills.
Interview a rating to verify their knowledge of vessel specific security procedures.
Interview a deck rating to verify their familiarity with company procedures for dipping, ullaging and sampling
flammable static accumulator cargoes in non-inerted tanks.
Interview a deck rating to verify their familiarity with:
• The circumstances in which the cargo pump emergency stop control should be activated.
• The locations of the cargo pump emergency stop controls.
• The actions that should be taken once the cargo pump emergency stop control had been activated.
• The danger of shutting a manifold valve against the flow while loading/discharging.
Interview a deck rating to verify their familiarity with company procedures relating to introducing sounding
rods and other equipment into a tank during tank washing after the carriage of volatile products in a non-
inert atmosphere.
Interview a deck rating to verify their familiarity with the company procedures for safe use of the portable UTI
measurement and sampling equipment including grounding requirements and PPE and RPE requirements
Interview at least one rating involved in mooring operations and verify that they were familiar with
the location of the LMP and, who was responsible for the splicing of the mooring lines or any other
relevant item that would confirm familiarity with the LMP and its content.
Interview one deck officer and one rating involved in mooring operations to understand who supervised
mooring and anchoring operations during recent operations and whether there was a clear understanding of
the company expectations around mooring team composition, supervision and toolbox talks prior to each
operation
Interview one deck officer and one rating who had been involved in mooring operations to establish how
they had been informed of the dangers of snap-back and how to keep safe during mooring operations.
Interview one deck officer and one deck rating to gauge their level of understanding of the Joint Plan of
Operation for the STS operation being undertaken.
An interviewed deck rating who was onboard during a recent STS operation was unfamiliar with the location
and content of the STS Operations Plan.
Interview the accompanying officer or if available, an appropriate rating e.g. a fitter, to verify their familiarity
with the safety precautions for using the electric welding equipment provided onboard
Interview one engine room rating to gauge their familiarity with the bunkering plan and their role in the bunkering operation
