MV BLUEFIN QUALITY MANUAL - Australian Maritime College

Australian Maritime College
3.0 SAFETY ORIENTATION/INDUCTION
All AMC personnel shall attend an induction meeting to introduce them to the health and
safety requirements of the project. The induction meeting shall aim to make personnel
aware of safety and environmental regulations and systems to assist them in carrying out
their work in a safe manner, at all times regarding their own safety, that of their colleagues,
the environment and other personnel onboard the vessel.
Induction meetings for all AMC personnel will be undertaken as follows:
Project Induction, at AMC, that will:
• Acquaint personnel with the site, the nature of the project, the method for identifying
and eliminating hazards (Hazard Analysis and JSA), the hazards that personnel may
encounter, the tools, plant and equipment and safe practices to be used to minimise
incidents.
• Review of the Safety Management Plan.
• Review the contents of Health and Safety manuals, stressing the sections applicable
to personnel and the project.
• Advise of the requirements for working safely and that failure to follow safe practices
may result in disciplinary action and removal from the vessel.
• Reporting procedures in the event of an incident.
• Emergency procedures on board the vessel.
Vessel Induction, on the vessel, that will address:
• Vessel layout
• Emergency procedures
• Location of emergency equipment
• Location of fire fighting equipment
• Location of life saving equipment
• Muster stations
• Hazards that may be encountered and safe practices to be used to minimise
incidents
• First Aid procedures
The conduct of the vessel safety orientation/induction should be noted on the appropriate
vessel induction record sheets.
Chemicals or hazardous goods cannot be brought onboard without permission of the
Master, MSDS must be provided.
Chapter 1: MV BLUEFIN Safety Management Plan Page 17 of 46
Revised: November 2010