Basic Training for Oil and Chemical Tanker Cargo Operations

Take precautions to prevent hazards 

• Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) 

• Hazards associated with tanker operations 

  • • Health hazards

    • Environmental hazards 

    • Reactivity hazards 

    • Corrosion hazards 

    • Explosion and flammability hazards 

    • Sources of ignition, including electrostatic hazards 

    • Toxicity hazards 

    • Vapour leaks and clouds

• Hazard controls 

  • • Inerting, water padding, drying agents and monitoring techniques 

    • Anti-static measures 

    • Ventilation

    •  Segregation

    • Cargo inhibition 

    • Importance of cargo compatibility 

    • Atmospheric control

    • Gas testing

Apply occupational health and safety precautions and measures 

• Safe working practices and procedures in accordance with legislation and industry guidelines and personal shipboard safety relevant to oil and chemical tankers

  • • Precautions to be taken when entering enclosed spaces

    • Precautions to be taken before and during repair and maintenance work

    • Safety measures for hot and cold work

    • Electrical safety

    • Ship/shore safety checklist

• Safety equipment and protective devices

  • • Breathing apparatus and tank-evacuating equipment 

    • Protective clothing and equipment 

    • Resuscitators

    • Rescue and escape equipment

• First aid with reference to a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) 

• Gas-measuring instruments and similar equipment

Contribute to the safe cargo operation of oil and chemical tankers

• Introduction to Oil and Chemical tankers 

  • • Types of oil and chemical tankers

    • General arrangement and construction

• Tanker safety culture and safety management

• Physical properties of oil and chemicals 

• Cargo Operations 

  • • Piping systems and valves

    • Cargo pumps 

    • Loading and unloading

    • Tank cleaning, purging, gas-freeing and inerting

Respond to emergencies 

• Emergency procedures, including emergency shutdown 

Take precautions to prevent pollution of the environment from the release of oil or chemicals

• Effects of oil and chemical pollution on human and marine life 

• Shipboard procedures to prevent pollution 

• Measures to be taken in the event of spillage

Carry out fire-fighting operations 

• Fire Fighting Operations

  • • Tanker fire response organization and action to be taken

    • Fire hazards associated with cargo handling and transportation of hazardous and noxious liquids in bulk

    • Fire-fighting agents used to extinguish oil and chemical fires

    • Fixed fire-fighting foam system operations

    • Portable fire-fighting foam operations 

    • Fixed dry chemical system operations

    • Spill containment in relation to fire-fighting