Training requirement topics from VIQ

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  • VIQ        2.12        Officers aware of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Management Plan?
  • VIQ        2.13        Officers aware of Ballast Water and Sediments Management Plan?
  • VIQ        2.14        Officers aware of the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP)?
  • VIQ        4.4          Officers and crew aware of Fire and  Safety Rounds procedure?
  • VIQ        4.8          Officers aware of Procedures for testing the  Navigational lights and actions in event of failure?
  • VIQ        4.9          Officers aware of maintenance of Standard Magnetic and Gyro compasses?
  • VIQ        4.11        Deck Officers familiar with procedures to retain the VDR data in the event of an incident?
  • VIQ        4.5          Deck officers’ familiar with the operators Under Keel Clearance policy?
  • VIQ        4.6          Has the Bridge been adequately manned at all stages of the voyage and at anchor and were lookout arrangements adequate?
  • VIQ        4.8          Are navigation lights in good order, the OOW aware of the procedures for testing the lights and actions in event of failure?
  • VIQ        4.9          Are the Standard Magnetic and Gyro compasses in good order and is the OOW aware of the requirements for taking compass errors and is the compass error book maintained.
  • VIQ        4.10        Was the hand steering in use for the vessels transit from pilotage to the berth as appropriate and are deck officer’s familiar with the changeover from hand steering to auto and vice versa?
  • VIQ        4.11        Are the Deck Officers familiar with procedures to retain the VDR data in the event of an incident?
  • VIQ        4.12        Is there an effective Chart and Publication (Paper and Electronic) Management System in place and are the deck officer’s familiar with the process including the effective management of T and P notices?
  • VIQ        4.14        Are Master and deck officer’s familiar with the operation of the ECDIS system fitted on board?
  • VIQ        4.15        Is the master and deck officers’ familiar with the safety parameter settings for the ECDIS and have the safety settings been correctly applied for the vessels passage?
  • VIQ        4.16        Were the charts used for the previous voyage appropriate?
  • VIQ        4.17        Are the master and deck officers aware of the requirements of Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) and does the system fitted meet SOLAS and flag state requirements?
  • VIQ        4.18        Has the vessel been safely navigated in compliance with international regulations and are deck officers’ familiar with these requirements?
  • VIQ        4.19        Is the master and deck officers aware of the requirements for the echo sounder and is there evidence that it has been in use as appropriate during the voyage?
  • VIQ        4.20        Was a comprehensive berth to berth passage plan available for the previous voyage and were the deck officers aware of position fixing requirements including the use of parallel indexing both at sea and during pilotage?
  • VIQ        4.21        Are deck officers’ familiar with the preparation and transmission of distress and urgency messages on the GMDSS equipment, are instructions clearly displayed and equipment in good order?
  • VIQ        4.22        Are officers aware of the function of the ship security alert system and how it operates?
  • VIQ        4.23        Periodical test requirements for GMDSS equipment and is the radio logbook correctly maintained with entries of such tests?
  • VIQ        5.2          Is there evidence of a permit to work system in place for hazardous activities, are the crew aware of these requirements and is there documented evidence of compliance?
  • VIQ        5.3          Is the Ship Safety officer trained for the job and aware of and role?
  • VIQ        5.4          LSA FFA familiarization carried out for everyone?
  • VIQ        5.5          Awareness of Personal protective equipment such as boiler suits, safety footwear, eye and ear protection, safety harnesses, respiratory and chemical protective equipment?
  • VIQ        5.6          Smart Watches not being carried by anyone in gas-hazardous areas?
  • VIQ        5.8          Are the crew aware of the requirements for reporting of accidents, incidents, nonconformities and near misses and is there an effective system of reporting and follow up investigation in place?
  • VIQ        5.9          Are the officers and ratings aware of the requirements of the ISGOTT Ship/Shore Safety Check List (SSSCL) and are the provisions of the checklist is complied with?
  • VIQ        5.9          Smoking regulations known to all?
  • VIQ        5.10        Are the crew aware of the requirements to keep external doors, ports and windows closed in port and is the accommodation space atmosphere maintained at a slightly higher pressure than that of the ambient air?
  • VIQ        5.12        LSA FFA Training carried out for all?
  • VIQ        5.13        Training and Drills carried out and all staff thorough in drill procedures?
  • VIQ        5.13        Enclosed space entry drill carried out and personnel trained?
  • VIQ        5.16        Are the officers aware of the industry requirements for enclosed space entry and have these been correctly followed?
  • VIQ        5.17        Are the crew aware of safe entry procedures into the pump room, compressor rooms and trunk spaces as applicable and are safe entry procedures being followed?
  • VIQ        5.17        All staff aware of Enclosed space entry procedures?
  • VIQ        5.19        Are the officers aware of the correct settings of pump room fire and flooding dampers and are the dampers clearly marked and in good order?
  • VIQ        5.20        Are the crew aware of the permanent arrangements provided for lifting an incapacitated person from the cargo and, if applicable, the ballast pumproom, including the provision of a suitable stretcher or harness and is the equipment in good order?
  • VIQ        5.23        All relevant personnel aware of the use and testing of Gas equipment?
  • VIQ        5.24        Are officers aware of the requirements for hot work and are hot work procedures in accordance with the recommendations of ISGOTT and OCIMF guidelines?
  • VIQ        5.25        Are officers aware of safety guidelines for electric welding equipment, are written guidelines posted and equipment in good order?
  • VIQ        5.27        Are the officers aware of the requirements of LSA, are there ship-specific life-saving equipment maintenance instructions available and are weekly and monthly inspections being carried out?
  • VIQ        5.28        Are the officers aware of the maintenance requirements for lifeboat, liferaft, rescue boat release hooks and free-fall lifeboat release systems, where fitted and, are lifeboats, rescue boat and liferafts including associated equipment well maintained ready for use?
  • VIQ        5.33        Are immersion suits in a good order, correctly positioned and officers aware of maintenance and carriage requirements?
  • VIQ        5.34        Are ship-specific fire training manuals and safety operational booklets available and are the crew aware of the general contents and location of the manuals?
  • VIQ        5.35        Are the crew aware of the fixed firefighting equipment fitted, are ship specific firefighting equipment maintenance instructions available and is maintenance being carried out?
  • VIQ        5.37        Aware of the location/ use of the International Shore Connection, is it readily available externally, is a fire control plan exhibited within the accommodation, also a copy available externally and equipment correctly marked on the plan?
  • VIQ        5.39        Are officers aware of the requirements for testing fixed fire detection and alarm systems and are the systems in good order and tested regularly?
  • VIQ        5.43        Donning procedure of breathing apparatus and Fireman’s Outfits?
  • VIQ        5.44        Are all staff aware of EEBD Donning procedure?
  • VIQ        5.46        Are Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) on board for all the cargo, bunkers, chemicals, paints and other products being handled, and are all officers’ familiar with their use?
  • VIQ        6.1          Are the arrangements for the disposal of oily water in the forecastle and other internal spaces adequate and are officers aware of these requirements?
  • VIQ        6.7          Procedure of test of Bunker Lines known to ship staff?
  • VIQ        6.17        Engineers aware of OWS data recovery procedures?
  • VIQ        6.20        Garbage management known to all staff?
  • VIQ        7.2          Is the Master & Crew aware of the name and contact details of the company security officer, and are these details posted.
  • VIQ        7.4          Ship Security Plan Training
  • VIQ        7.11        Master/SSO’s knowledge of reporting procedures in High risk area
  • VIQ        7.15        Are the crew aware of the company policy on the control of physical access to all shipboard IT/OT systems?
  • VIQ        8.1          Are the officers aware of the operator’s policy statements, guidance and procedures, including information on maximum loading rates and venting capacities with regard to safe cargo operations?
  • VIQ        8.3          Are cargo pump performance curves available, are deck officers aware of the test requirements for the cargo lines, vapour lines and inert gas lines in good order and is there recorded evidence of regular testing where applicable?
  • VIQ        8.4          If a loading computer or programme is in use, is it class approved, regularly tested and are officers aware of the test requirements including damage stability?
  • VIQ        8.5          Free Surface effect
  • VIQ        8.7          Are all officers and ratings aware of the carriage requirements including emergency procedures for the specific cargo onboard and are officers’ familiar with the vessel’s cargo system, including emergency discharge arrangements?
  • VIQ        8.9          Are officers aware of the column/cofferdam purging routines where deep good pumps are fitted and are the pump leakage within tolerable limits?
  • VIQ        8.19        Are the officers aware of the primary and secondary cargo tank venting systems and are the systems functioning correctly?
  • VIQ        8.24        Are the deck officers aware of required actions in the event of the inert gas failure and are all cargo tanks maintained under positive pressure throughout?
  • VIQ        8.29        N2 Manifold system if applicable.
  • VIQ        8.30        Are officers and ratings aware of safe entry requirements for the inert gas room(s), are these procedures being followed and where applicable, is fixed oxygen detection provided?
  • VIQ        8.32        Is the Crude Oil Washing system approved and are officers aware of the requirements within the COW Manual?
  • VIQ        8.33        Are the officers aware of the IMO requirements for COW and is the vessel complying with such requirements?
  • VIQ        8.46        Is the pump room gas monitoring system in good order, regularly checked and are officers aware of the alarm settings?
  • VIQ        8.47        Is the bilge pump in good order and can it be operated from a position outside the pump room?
  • VIQ        8.54        Are officers aware of the requirements of the ship-to-ship transfer checklists and are there records of STS operations maintained?
  • VIQ        9.24        Is the crew aware of the design limitations of their anchor windlass and systems?
  • VIQ        9.8          Are moorings satisfactorily deployed and tended?
  • VIQ        10.1        Are the engineers aware of the procedures for safe operation of the machinery plant including their duties and watch standing instructions as per the Company SMS and are these instructions clearly defined?
  • VIQ        10.1        Co. Technical Manual
  • VIQ        10.3        C/E Standing orders
  • VIQ        10.5        Are engineers aware of the entries required in the engine room log book, and are the entries clear, comprehensive and adequately maintained?
  • VIQ        10.8        Are the vessels staff engaged in bunkering operations well aware of safe transfer requirements and are detailed bunker transfer instructions available?
  • VIQ        10.9        Are the engineers aware of the requirements for vessels operating within the ECA and are there clear procedures available regarding the use of low sulphur fuels in boilers, main plant and auxiliary engines?
  • VIQ        10.10     Are the engineers aware of the requirements and precautions necessary to control the change from residual to low-sulphur fuels and are these requirements posted?
  • VIQ        10.11     Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (if fitted):
  • VIQ        10.16     Are engineers aware of the testing requirements and able to demonstrate familiarity with the procedure for testing of emergency equipment?
  • VIQ        10.16     Alternative Propulsion system (if fitted)
  • VIQ        10.17     Are engineers aware of the operation of the machinery space liquid fuel system remote closing valves, and are the closing devices regularly tested and in good order?
  • VIQ        10.18     Are officers aware of the location of the accommodation and engine room ventilation fan emergency stops, are they clearly marked to indicate the spaces they serve and is there evidence of regular testing and maintenance?
  • VIQ        10.32     Generators changeover procedures.
  • VIQ        10.33     Are engineers familiar with the procedure for taking over the controls for manoeuvring the vessel from the bridge in an emergency?
  • VIQ        10.39     Are the officers aware of the test requirements for the steering gear both pre-departure and for emergency steering drills and have these tests been conducted satisfactorily with operating instructions clearly posted?
  • VIQ        10.44     Are the officers and crew aware of the safe operating requirements of any watertight doors fitted?

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Other information:

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  • All staff to be aware of how to keep their own record of Rest hours.
  • MARPOL Discharge requirements by Deck officers.
  • BA Compressor: its use to be known by deck officers.
  • Alarm settings for various gas detectors for Officers
  • Risk assessments
  • Toolbox meetings
  • Critical Equipment and Systems
  • Environmental Training
  • Davit-launched Liferaft Training
  • The procedure of Emcy Full Astern for Officers/Engineers

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