... A 24-hour watch operation on the bridge is required during the sea, river or canal voyage, but not in the port. Each watch should involve a nautical watch officer and one or more deck ratings. The ...
... of crews on board has decreased by as much as 60%, some companies employ only top officers, both deck and engine, whilst crew and ratings are engaged through various, often short-term contracts involving ...
... There are also different requirements for deck and engineering officers. Further information is available in Ch. 4.3. The duration and content of the training may be extremely variable, influenced by ...
... some ships has been placed far away from the bridge on the lowest decks with difficult access, or designed as just another sleeping quarter rather than a sickbay. Sometimes sickbays are even without proper ...
... responsibility of a deck officer, often the first officer, but ultimately the ship’s Master has final responsibility. The officer responsible for medical care on board may handle many minor injuries ...
... are available, to be landed on the deck of the smaller craft below. In cargo ships the deck may be as high as 12 metres above the level of the sea. Two large vessels adjoining at sea may sometimes be ...
... the complaint as an excuse to get off the ship for a few hours. They need all hands on deck for work to be done in the port. They may have too limited medical knowledge to judge the situation. Transport ...
... and climb a long Jacob’s Ladder to reach the deck of the vessel. During this time, the vessel is either drifting or at slow speed, and the pilot boat is constantly maneuvering to maintain its position ...
... to mitigate them. Further information is available in Ch xx. Practical difficulties arise because of the conditions at sea, with moving decks, slippery surfaces and unguarded or enclosed spaces. Another ...
... with strong detergents, in engineers from the use of solvents to clean components and in deck crew from some paint systems. Protective measures include the regular use of gloves, careful attention to skin ...
... by Kim, with mean levels which were 4 times higher than for painters working on deck[29]. Hand washing in solvents still occurs. Painters may therefore have been exposed to high concentrations of trichloroethylene ...
... demands are placed on the musculoskeletal system. The instability and slipperiness of decks and working surfaces on board is an additional risk factor at sea. Common examples from seafaring include: ...
... of contagious diseases. For navigators and deck crew there was also a requirement for normal colour vision. The health requirements were gradually extended to include an assessment of the risk of getting ...
... be in a different fire zone and deck from the primary medical facility 3.2 be easily accessible to crew and passengers. 3.3 have lighting and power supply on the emergency system. 4 Portable ...