Shipboard Safety Officer Notes

September 2010

Shipboard Safety Officer Notes

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This book provides a clear and 'no-nonsense' guide to the responsibilities of the Safety Officer and will focus on what you need to know to perform this position and help you in developing a good safety culture onboard. It will discuss how to approach the tasks that you will be presented with, what they might mean and some of the implications or actions that may result from them

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The main role of a Safety Officer is to act as a focal point for all occupational health and safety matters arising onboard ship, although the role is advisory and does not actually carry the company's responsibility for health and safety

While to many people this will seem a daunting task, the book outlines clearly how the Safety Officer can respond to that role and deal with the duties in a professional manner.

This book provides a clear and 'no-nonsense' guide to the responsibilities and will focus on what you need to know to perform this position and help you in developing a good safety culture onboard. It will discuss how to approach the tasks that you will be presented with, what they might mean and some of the implications or actions that may result from them.

Title: Shipboard Safety Officer Notes
Number of Pages: 31
Product Code: 4305
ISBN: ISBN 13: 978-1-85609-402-3 (9781856094023), ISBN 10: 1-85609-402-2 (1856094022)
Published Date: September 2010
Weight: 0.30 kg
Author: Abdul Khalique

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Safety at Sea Review by Fairplay Review November 2010: The main role of a safety officer is to act as a focal point for all safety matters onboard - although the role is advisory and does not carry the company's responsibility for health and safety. To many people this will seem a daunting task, but a new book clearly outlines how the safety officer can respond to situations in a responsible manner,

So who should be appointed safety officer? We are told it should be someone capable of encouraging a positive safety culture abroad, with good interpersonal and administrative abilities.

A safety officer should be appointed if there are more than five workers on board and should have received formal training, act as an independent safety adviser on behalf of the company, not normally be the master, and it should not conflict with his primary role onboard.

Author Abdul Khalique outlines the principal duties of the position. These include enhancing health and safety awareness among the crew, maintaining records of findings for hazards and incidents, investigating all accidents and performing health and safety inspections. The safety officer should receive further training if required and this should be discussed with the master, Khalique advises.

The chapters are thoroughly detailed and designed to help the safety officer understand the potential problems and how to deal with them. The sections are extensive and consider where the role fits into the area of the ISM Code, safety policy and the safety management system onboard, with advice for good practice.

As a handbook, this volume provides a clear and no-nonsense guide to the responsibilities inherent in this position – as well as valuable advice for developing a good safety culture onboard. (Posted on 14/03/2011)