NOVIKONTAS TRAINING CENTER - CARGO, BALLAST TANKS AND TANKER STRUCTURES CONDITION ASSESSMENT/TANK INSPEC

CARGO, BALLAST TANKS AND TANKER STRUCTURES CONDITION ASSESSMENT/
TANK INSPECTION

Target group

This training course is intended for personnel who are required to inspect and report defects and damage to cargo spaces, ballast tanks and tanker deck structures.

Objectives of the course

Those who successfully complete this course should be able:

Carry out a tank inspection in order
to provide vessel and office/vetting with sufficient information regarding present condition of cargo, ballast tanks and deck structures;
Follow the procedures to distinguish between normal and defective or damaged parts of vessel structures;

Identify those elements of the vessel structure that are critical to vessel safety;
Report defects and damage to cargo spaces, ballast tanks and deck structures;
Make decisions about repairs
or necessary maintenance/surface preparation and preventive treatment.

Course contents

The Training course covers the following topics:

1. Tank inspection:

Tank configuration and nomenclature;
Typical structural defects;
Tank inspection process
and technique;
Reporting of tank condition
and protective coating.

2. Onboard Maintenance:

Types of corrosion and critical areas;
Preventing and removal
of corrosion;
Decision making approach in repairs or necessary maintenance/surface preparation and preventive treatment.

Training approaches
and equipment:

To meet learning objectives theoretical lessons are given using PowerPoint presentations, practical exercises
are taken from DNV - Ship Survey Simulator (SuSi).

Course
limitations:

The maximum number
of participants - 6 persons,
when the course is on-line.

Duration of the training course

The duration of the Cargo, Ballast Tanks and Tanker Structures Condition Assessment training course is 2 working days (14 hours). The training course is divided into two parts: