Watchkeeper Deck

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Areas Of Interest:   Stevedoring, Sea & Water Transport
Certificate Level:  Diploma
Certificate Name:  Diploma of Maritime Operations (Watchkeeper Deck)
Certificate Description:  As a Watchkeeper Deck Officer you are responsible for navigation, using electronic instruments and celestially. You are also responsible for the maintenance of sea safety equipment, the supervision and management of staff, planning, organisation and supervision of cargo loading and unloading, the supervision of mooring and unmooring, liaising between a ship’s captain and crew, as well as updating charts and the ship’s log.
Code:  MAR50315
Work Type:  Analytic & Scientific Organising & Clerical Practical & Manual

Skills & Knowledge you will learn

Provide first aid
Maintain vessel stability
Manage loading, unloading and stowage of cargo
Follow vessel security procedures
Observe personal safety and social responsibility
Operate survival craft and other lifesaving appliances
Prevent and fight fires on board a vessel
Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment
Work safely in confined spaces on a vessel
Manage firefighting and fire prevention activities on board a vessel
Control safe access to and on vessel
Provide medical first aid on board a vessel
Respond to emergencies
Apply maritime resource management principles
Provide leadership to crew
Plan and conduct a passage
Use an electronic chart display and information system to navigate safely
Use bridge equipment to determine vessel position
Ensure compliance with environmental management legislation
Inspect and report defects and damage to vessel
Perform basic vessel manoeuvres
Maintain seaworthiness of a vessel
Maintain a safe navigational watch
Transmit and receive information by the global maritime distress and safety system
Transmit and receive information by visual signalling