Personal Safety And Social Responsibilities

This course aims to prepare prospective seafarers for safe and responsible service onboard ships by providing the basic knowledge, understanding, and awareness required to live and work safely in the shipboard environment.

The course enables trainees to understand emergency procedures, pollution prevention, safe working practices, onboard communication, human relationships, seafarers’ rights and responsibilities, prevention and reporting of violence and harassment, and fatigue control. The attached course manual covers these areas through chapters on emergency procedures, marine pollution prevention, safe working practices, communication, human relationships, violence and harassment prevention, and fatigue management.

16 hours | 2 days

Candidates should have sufficient language ability to understand safety instructions, emergency procedures, and assessment questions.

Candidates should be medically fit for shipboard training participation where required by the training provider or flag Administration.

By the end of the course, trainees should be able to:

• Comply with onboard emergency procedures, recognize alarm signals, understand muster duties, and respond correctly to emergencies.

• Take precautions to prevent pollution of the marine environment, including proper waste handling, oil pollution prevention, MARPOL awareness, and spill response.

• Observe safe working practices onboard, including hazard identification, use of PPE, permit-to-work awareness, enclosed space precautions, hot work safety, mooring safety, and working aloft precautions.

• Contribute to effective communication onboard by using the ship’s working language, clear instructions, active listening, feedback, and correct communication methods.

• Contribute to effective human relationships onboard by demonstrating teamwork, respect, cultural awareness, discipline, and professional conduct.

• Understand seafarers’ rights, obligations, employment conditions, complaint procedures, and the dangers of drug and alcohol misuse.

• Contribute to the prevention of and response to violence and harassment, including sexual harassment, bullying, and sexual assault, by recognizing warning signs, following reporting chains, and applying appropriate support principles.

• Understand fatigue, identify its causes and symptoms, follow work/rest requirements, and apply fatigue mitigation measures.

Candidates must successfully complete both a written examination.

A minimum passing grade of 60% must be achieved.

Upon successful completion of the course, candidates will be awarded a certificate stating that they have completed approved training in Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities confirming that they have achieved the required theoretical knowledge in accordance with STCW Code Section A-VI/1, Table A-VI/1-4, and IMO Model Course 1.21.