Refresher and Updating Course for Deck Officers - Operational Level (RUCDO)

• 1.STCW 1978 as amended in 2010

• Background to STCW

• The Need for Revision

• Overview of the Revised STCW Convention

• Process Overview

• Intemational Instruments

• General Objectives

• Certification of Fishermen and for High-Speed Craft

• STCW Certificate Requirements

• National Legislative and Administrative Framework

• 2. Recent amendments to SOLAS

• Amendments in the last five years 1

• 2a. Amendments to Merchant Shipping Act, 1958

• Rules made under the Merchant Shipping Act

• 3. Amendments to SOLAS - Chapter V

• 3a. LRIT Long Range Identification and Tracking

• Purpose of LRIT

• Data Transmitted by LRIT

• Authorised Receivers/Users of LRIT

• Difference Between LRIT and AIS

• 3b. Ships Routeing

• Objectives

• Passage Planning and Ships' Routeing

• Elements used in Ships Routeing Systems

• SOLAS Regulation on Ships Routeing

• 3c. Ship Reporting Systems

• Ship Reporting Procedures

• Passage Planning and Ship Reporting Systems

• SOLAS Regulation on Ship Reporting Systems

• 3d. VTS procedures

• Objectives of VTS

• Responsibilities and Liability

• VTS Services

• Communication and Reporting

• Participating Vessels

• SOLAS Regulation on VTS

• 3e. Blind Pilotage Techniques

• Parallel Index Technique

• Radar Clearing Ranges

• Responsibilities

• The Conduct of Blind Pilotage

• Planning of Blind Pilotage

• 3f. BNWAS and Ship's Manning

• 3g. Dangers of over reliance on GPS and satellite derived positions

• 4. IAMSAR

• Apply Procedures in IAMSAR

• Role and duties of OSC, SMC and SC

• Reporting

• Lookout Procedures

• Surface Rescue Equipment and methods

• Reception and interrogation of Survivors

• Communication

• Radio equipment

• Emergency position-indicating radio (EPIRB)

• Search and rescue transponder (SART)

• Distress signals, signalling equipment

• GMDSS

• Medical Assistance

• Search Patterns

• 5. Amendments to SSO Course

• Piracy and Armed Robbery

• Piracy Awareness

• Anti-piracy measures

• Pirate Attack

• Implications of a piracy attack

• Gulf of Aden - Patrolling by Naval ships

• 6. Additions to PSSR Course

• Pollution

• Impact of shipping on marine environment

• Sources of Marine Pollution

• Complexity and diversity of the marine environment

• Effects of operational or accidental pollution by ships

• Environmental protection procedures

• MARPOL 73/78

• Annex I

• Annex II

• Annex Ill

• Annex IV

• Annex VI

• Annex V

• Oil Discharge Monitoring and Control System (ODMCS)

• Special Areas and PSSAs

• MARPOL Equipment

• Oil Record Book

• Oil Record Book, Part I - Machinery space operations

• Oil Record Book, Part II – Cargoballast operations

• Ballast Water Management Convention

• Treatment Methods

• Ballast Water Treatment Technologies

• Anti-Fouling Systems

• Operational procedures

• During bunkering

• During loading/discharging Oil Cargo

• During tank Cleaning and Pumping out Bilges

• Communication

• Internal phone system

• Sound powered phone system

• Intercoms

• Voice tubes

• Hand-held radios

• Fatigue

• Importance of obtaining necessary rest

• Effects of sleep, schedules, circadian rhythm

• Effects of physical stressors on seafarers

• Stress - Types and Causes

• Effects of environmental stressors on seafarers

• Effects of changes on seafarer fatigue

• Measures to reduce fatigue and stress on board

• Measures to reduce fatigue and stress on board

• 7. Bridge Resource Management

• Critical Elements of BRM

• Communications

• Leadership and Teamwork

• Decision Making

• Situational Awareness

• Best Practice Onboard

• Allocation, assignment and prioritization of resources

• 8. Inspection, Reporting and assessment of Reported defects

• Cargo Spaces

• Hatch Covers

• Ballast Tanks

• 9. Modular course – Refresher training in Medical First aid

• 10. Recent Amendments to MARPOL

• Amendments in the last five years

• 11. Leadership and Team working Skills

• Shipboard personnel management and training

• International Maritime Conventions and Recommendations

• National legislation

• Task and workload management

• Planning and coordination

• Personnel assignment

• Time, resource constraints and prioritization

• Effective resource management

• Allocation, assignment, and prioritization of resources

• Effective communication onboard and ashore

• Decisions reflecting consideration of team experiences

• Assertiveness and leadership including motivation

• Obtaining and maintaining situational awareness

• Decision-making techniques

• Situation and risk assessment

• Identifying and considering generated options

• Selecting course of action

• Evaluation of outcome effectiveness