DAY 1

• Course introduction. Legal requirements:
  – The course
  – Training program introduction
  – Brief introduction to ISM Code
  – Introduction to Health and Safety legislations
  

• Responsibilities and duties
  of the Shipboard Safety Officer;
  

• Risk management:
  – Hazard identification
  – Risk assessment steps
  – Control measures
  – Implementation plans
  – Risk management code of practice
  

• Shipboard Safety Committee. Safety meetings
  – Conducting Safety Meetings and spreading safety
  

• Undergoing Audits:
  – Problem areas on board ships
  – Internal Audit. External Audit
  – Areas of particular interest
  – DPA involvement
  

• SMS record keeping:
  – Shipboard SMS
  – Procedures required before work commences
  – Permit to work system