Course Topics
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Special Training Requirements
- Passenger Ship Disasters
- Herald of Free Enterprise
- Scandinavian Star
- Estonia
- Costa Concordia & Sewol
- Princess of the Stars
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Basic LSA Requirements
- Lifeboats
- Partially Enclosed Life-Boats
- Totally Enclosed Life-Boats
- Free-fall lifeboats
- Liferafts
- Inflatable liferafts
- Rigid Liferafts
- Hydrostatic release unit
- Equipment in survival craft
- Rescue boats
- Additional requirements for Ro-ro passenger ships
- Operation of survival craft
- Stowage of survival craft
- Survival craft embarkation
- Survival craft launching
- Launching and embarkation appliances
- Life Boat Engines and Accessories
- Rescue boat Embarkation, Launching, Recovery
- Marine evacuation systems
- Personal Life-saving Appliances & Lifebuoys
- Lifejackets
- Immersion suits
- Thermal Protective Aids
- Anti-Exposure suits
- Basic FFA Requirements
- Automatic sprinkler systems
- Fire hoses and nozzles
- Mobile apparatus
- Portable fire extinguishers
- Fireman’s outfit
- Breathing apparatus
- Emergency Escape Breathing Device
- Resuscitation apparatus
- Fire blankets
- Fire Detection System and Alarms
- Fire and smoke detection systems
- Heat Detectors
- Smoke Detectors
- Flame Detectors
- Cargo Hold Smoke Extraction System
- Automatic Fire Alarm
- Typical LSA/FFA Plans
- Emergency Preparedness
- Command and control
- Bridge team
- Assessment team/on-scene command
- Fire teams
- Technical control
- Survival craft preparation teams
- Medical control
- Muster control
- Stairway guides
- Children's Guide
- Cabin stewards/cabin evacuation
- Boat group leaders/embarkation control
- Passenger muster stations
- Stairways
- Passenger cabins and corridors
- Assistance to disabled passengers
- Zone leaders, deputy zone leaders and section leaders
- Familiarisation Training
- Design and Operational Limitations
- Procedures for Opening, Closing and Securing Hull Openings
- Stability and Stress Requirements and Limitations
- Procedures for Maintenance of Special Equipment on Passenger Ships
- Loading and Cargo Securing Manuals and Calculators
- Dangerous Cargo Areas
- Emergency Procedures
- Passenger Safety, Cargo Safety and Hull Integrity Training
- Embarkation Prccedures
- Carriage Of Dangerous Cargoes
- Securing Cargces
- Stability, Trim and Stress Calculations
- Opening, Closing and Securing Hull Openings
- Communication with Passengers
- Modes Of Communication
- Emergency Radio Equipment
- Portable Radio Apparatus for survival craft
- Emergency Position-indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs)
- Search and rescue transponder (SART)
- Public address systems
- Distress signals
- Pyrotechnics
- Life-saving signals
- Line throwing appliances
- Search and Rescue
- Crowd Management
- Awareness of Life-Saving Appliance and Control Plans
- Ability to Assist Passengers
- Give clear and reassuring orders
- Manage passengers in corridors, staircases
- Maintain escape routes clear of obstructions
- Methods available for evacuation of persons with disability and persons needing special assistance
- Methods of searching for passengers in accommodation and public spaces
- Mustering Procedures
- Disembark passengers
- Disembark passengers
- Crisis Management and Human Behaviour
- Organise Shipboard Emergency Procedures
- General design and layout of the ship
- Safety regulations
- Human resources
- Control Response to Emergencies
- Leadership Skills
- Stress Handling
- Behavioural responses — Passengers
- Behavioural responses — Officers and Crew
Introduction
Introduction
Passenger Ship
Passenger ships - usually defined as a ship carrying more than 12 passengers - on international voyages must comply with all relevant IMO regulations, including those in the SOLAS and Load Lines Conventions.
Passenger ships in operation today are subject to a vast array of regulations and standards covering every aspect of ship construction and operation. A number of incidents over the years have led to improvements in safety requirements, including those relating to fire safety measures - such as escape routes and fire protections systems for the large atrium typical of cruise ships - and life-saving appliances and arrangements.
Besides improvements in the technical regulations, the entry into force of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code for passenger ships in 1998 was an important step in focusing on the "human element" side of shipping, by providing an international standard for the safe management and operation of ships and for pollution prevention.
Meanwhile, the entry into force on 1 January 2012 of the 2010 amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 has paved the way for greatly enhanced seafarer standards as well as giving IMO itself powers to check Parties' compliance with the Convention. The STCW Convention, as amended in 2010, includes specific training requirements for crew on passenger ships, such as training in crowd management, for use in emergency evacuation.
Large passenger ships can produce a tremendous amount of waste - regulations on garbage and sewage management are contained in MARPOL 73/78.
Roll-on, roll-off ferries; high-speed craft and new craft such as Wig-in-Ground effect craft all have their own particular safety concerns.
General learning objectives:
After going through this course, you should be able to
- Know events leading to Passenger Ship Disasters
- Know Basic LSA Requirements
- Know Basic FFA Requirements
- Know LSA/FFA Plans
- Know Emergency preparedness
- Understand Familiarization Training
- Understand Passenger Safety
- Know how to communicate with passengers
- Know Crowd Management
- Know Crisis Management
- Understand Human Behaviour
