MV BLUEFIN QUALITY MANUAL - Australian Maritime College

Australian Maritime College
• To comply with all statutory obligations concerning Health, Safety and the
Environment.
• To provide training for all personnel to enable them to work safely and avoid damage
to the environment.
• To develop a high degree of health, safety and environmental awareness among all
staff.
• To provide and maintain procedures for effective response to any emergency that
may befall our personnel and/or equipment at any of the locations that they may find
themselves.
• To maintain and monitor AMC performance.
Safety is the preservation of Life, Property and Natural resources from accidental loss. To
aid in accomplishing these objectives, every person involved must realise the potential
consequences of accidents and environmental damage and comply with those restraints
necessary to prevent them.
1.1.2 Project Management
AMC policy is that OHS&E matters are the responsibility of line management, even though
Safety Advisors or Co-ordinators may be appointed within AMC. The Principal's Policy
Statements, included at the front of this document, make it clear that responsibility is
delegated down through the normal management tree, in such a way as to place the onus
firmly on each supervisor for safe operation within his own section or department of
activity.
The Principal has delegated responsibility through Director NCPS. to the Vessel’s Master.
All field activities associated with the mobilisation, operation and demobilisation for the
vessel at sea are therefore under the direct control and responsibility of the Master. The
Master has full authority to stop work or any part of the operation associated with the
vessel on safety grounds if he believes that by not doing so will or may present an
unacceptable risk.
Responsibilities of personnel for OHS&E are:
Onshore
The Principal • Defining College Targets
• Implementing the strategy and the systems
• Reviewing and correcting at local level
AMC Risk Advisor • Acting as a focal point for OHS&E and Risk Management
within AMC
• Assisting the NCPS
• Increasing employee safety and environment awareness
• Promoting health and safety commitment within AMC
• Compiling company safety statistics
• Obtaining and controlling reports
• Preparing local documentation
• Undertaking inspections and audits as required
• Investigation of Incidents/Accidents as required
Chapter 1: MV BLUEFIN Safety Management Plan Page 8 of 46
Revised: November 2010