... of criminal background security and law enforcement service previous employment history medical, physical and mental fitness including any history of drug and alcohol abuse.[19] It is recommended ...
... shivering. Ratio of body mass to surface area. Physical fitness and compromising health problems. Subcutaneous fat layer. Posture and activity in the water. Mental state and coping strategies. ...
... guidelines of maritime authorities. These Guidelines document standards for the pre-employment fitness examinations of seafarers. Gastrointestinal diseases, Tuberculosis, HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, ...
... detection of pulmonary regularly occurs during seafarers fitness exams or in medical work up of chronic cough and/or hemoptysis.(“think Tb”!). On a United States Navy amphibious assault ship, one person ...
... and a confirmed low level of infectivity should not restrict a seafarers’ fitness to work (9). If a chronic hepatitis B infection is accidentally detected during the pre-employment exam, the clinician ...
... them and they have had their medical fitness to work at sea assessed. They are also a survivor group, in that all the selective factors that apply at entry continue to apply throughout their working lives. ...
... at sea including: sleep debt (see below) experience of risk situations degree of interest and engagement in work activities diet fitness and opportunities to move around the time of day that ...
... working, availability in emergencies, dealing with consequential injuries, use of PPE and dealing with PPE failures. The exacerbation of effects by delay, lack of fitness and stress should also ...
... produce a Convention. Guidelines cover detailed aspects of the implementation of a convention or recommendation, for instance the training requirements needed to ensure competence or fitness. Technical ...
... of competence and medical fitness and for deciding whether certificates issued by other national authorities are acceptable. This means they are governing the training standards including first aid instructions ...
... certificates of competence. Any Port State Control inspection starts with the verification of the documents on board the ship. These documents include, amongst others, the certificates of medical fitness ...
... purpose of this classification system was not to assess safety, fitness of the construction and its equipment or seaworthiness of the ship. It was to evaluate risk. On this basis, in the 19th century, ...
... of seaworthiness on the vessels insured and require that they fully comply with the requirements of their flag state. Many specify their own standards for medical fitness to work at sea, with the aim of ...
... seafarers’ level of maritime education and training, length of service at sea, professional competence, medical fitness and age all comply with STCW standards. Every party to the convention has to ensure ...
... particularly, smaller ones. In many cases, the former have far better leisure facilities with a fitness room and a swimming pool. In contrast, accommodation on small ships, such as the ships in the feeder ...
TIM CARTER Introduction Seafarers working at sea need to safely and effectively perform a wide variety of tasks. Most involve the seafarer receiving information about their surroundings, analysing ...
... the risk. Fitness to fly. Although less of a consideration in helicopter flights than fixed wing aircraft due to the lower altitude of flight, the potential effects of changes in air pressure on the ...
... vaccinations and diagnostic tests, both laboratory and radiological, among others. assist in questions of fitness for duty and other work related health issues This requires a well organised referral ...
... in an unfamiliar culture. All stakeholders involved in making the decision as to when to repatriate a seafarer must be aware of the advantages of staying, and the advantages of going home. Fitness ...
... they will be unlikely to obtain a fitness certificate for work at sea at any point in the future due to their health. Fit or likely to be unfit, the time will come when all diagnostic and therapeutic modalities ...