Dear SEA HEALTH & WELFARE
We have in our crew appointed a supervisor and selected a safety representative for the safety group.
According to our ISM, both crew members must carry out the pre-course ‘Get involved with your safety committee’, but I cannot find the course on your webpage. How can that be?
Kindly
John
Dear John
New rules have been introduced for training of the safety group. The changes mean that the safety representative and the supervisor now can take a Section 16 course – approved by the Danish Maritime Authority – either as e-learning, online or in classroom.
I can recommend our ‘Occupational health and safety on board course as e-learning’ which is carried out on board the ship. The course consists of 14 modules, of which 1/3 is done on the computer and the rest are practical assignments carried out in collaboration with the rest of the crew on the ship. In this way, theory is put into practice straight away and the working environment improved from the very beginning.
The e-learning course covers the basic international requirements laid down in the ’Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, Regulation 4.3 – Health and safety protection and accident prevention’ and ’Guidelines for implementing the occupational safety and health provisions of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, Section 5.7’.
You can also find the rules for Section 16 course in Danish Maritime Authority notification no. 795 of 22 June 2017 and no. 846 of 25 June 2018.
Please notice that supervisor and safety representative must carry out the course within three months of the election.
Best regards
Anne Ries
Senior consultant in SEA HEALTH & WELFARE
