Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (PSSR)

• Course Overview and Objectives

• Observe Safe Working Practices

• Adhering to Safe Working Practices

• Ship Familiarization

• Types of Ships and Cargoes

• General Cargo Ships

• Multipurpose Ships

• Container Ships

• Bulk Carriers

• Ro-Ro ships

• Oil Tankers

• Combination Carriers

• Chemical Tankers

• Gas Carriers

• Passenger Ships

• Nautical Terms – Parts of the Ship

• Forecastle

• Poop Deck

• Accommodation

• Bridge

• Monkey Island

• Shipboard Hazards

• Slippery Surfaces

• Stairwells and Ladders

• Dimly Lit Areas

• Areas of Moving Machinery

• Proper Lifting Techniques

• Electrical Hazards

• Hot Surfaces

• Chemicals

• Safety and protective devices to counter hazards

• Fall Preventer Devices

• Use of Personal Protective Equipment

• Hazardous Operations on Board

• Loading and Unloading of Cargoes

• Mooring and Unmooring

• Precautions Prior to Entering Enclosed Spaces

• Hot work

• Working aloft

• Watch Keeping

• Deck personnel

• Engine room personnel

• Accident prevention and occupational health

• Occupational Safety and Health

• Contribute to effective human relationships on board ship

• Interpersonal Relationships

• Human relationships

• Personal Relationship on board

• Team building

• Team Work

• Communication

• Motivation

• Team working skills and conflict resolution

• Groups and Teams

• Organisation and Your Role

• Conflict at Work

• Contribute to effective communication on board ship

• Communication is Understanding

• Test Your Understanding

• Five cs Of Communication

• Clarity

• Completeness

• Conciseness

• Correctness

• Consistency

• Methods of communication

• Verbal and Paraverbal Communication

• Types Of Verbal Communication

• Paraverbal Communication

• Non-verbal Communication

• Element of Non- verbal Communication

• Types of Non- verbal Communication – Posture and Facial Expression

• Types of non verbal communication - Gestures

• Strategies for Improving Your Communication

• Barriers in Communication

• General Barriers

• Physical Barriers

• Perceptual Barriers

• Emotional Barriers

• Cultural Barriers

• Language Barriers

• Gender Barriers

• Lack of Subject Knowledge

• Barriers to Effective Listening

• Barriers to Effective Speaking

• Barriers to Effective Writing

• Effective Listening skills

• Listening Carefully

• Listening Versus Hearing

• Bad Habits of Listening

• Barriers to Effective Listening 1

• Improving Listening Skills

• Effective communication

• Interacting with Shipboard Personnel

• Interaction with Shore personnel

• Communication Prior to Departure

• Comply with emergency procedures

• Types of emergencies

• Collision

• fire

• Foundering

• Grounding

• Flooding

• Blackout

• Shipboard Contingency Plans for response to emergencies

• Emergency Signals

• Fire Alarm Signal

• Abandon ship

• Shipboard alarms location, purpose and function

• General Alarms

• Ship’s whistle

• Ship’s bell

• CO2 Alarms

• Machinery Space and Engineer's Call Alarms

• Fire Detectors

• Distress signals

• Pyrotechnics

• Life-saving signals

• Line throwing appliances

• Search and Rescue

• Muster list, Muster stations

• Duties allocated to crew members in the Muster List

• Duties assigned with the location of crew’s lifeboat station

• Use of personal safety equipment

• Lifebuoys

• Lifejackets

• Immersion Suits

• Thermal protective aids

• Anti-exposure Suits

• Fireman’s outfit

• Breathing Apparatus

• Emergency Escape Breathing Device

• Resuscitation apparatus

• Actions upon hearing the emergency alarm signals

• Value of training and drills

• Internal communication, alarm systems, escape routes

• Internal Phone System

• Sound powered phone system

• Intercom

• Voice tubes

• Hand-held Radios

• Take precautions to prevent pollution of the marine environment

• 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 - Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Oil

• Annex II - Regulations for the Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in bulk

• Annex III - Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Form

• Annex IV - Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships

• Annex V - Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships

• Annex VI - Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships

• 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 loadingdischarging Oil Cargo

• During tank Cleaning and Pumping out Bilges

• Social responsibilities

• Rights and obligations of crew

• Employment conditions

• Implementing Maritime Labour Convention 2006

• Dangers of Drug and Alcohol

• Drug Abuse and Treatment

• Amphetamine

• Anabolic steroids

• Cocaine

• Heroin

• Inhalants

• Marijuana

• Morphine

• Alcoholism

• Acute and Chronic Alcoholism

• Causes of Alcoholism

• Effects of Chronic Alcoholism

• Treatment of Alcoholism

• Health and hygiene on board

• Stay healthy

• Eating Disorders

• Prevention of AIDS

• About the Virus

• HIV Life cycle

• HIV Transmission

• Signs and Symptoms

• Understand and take necessary actions to control 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