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TECHNOLOGY - TRAINING SYSTEMS Warsash has embraced Intertanko’s voluntary <strong>Tanker</strong> Officers Training Standard (TOTS) scheme unveiled in April, 2008. Earlier this year, Intertanko introduced ETOTS, the electronic training version of TOTS, which has gained Nautical Institute and IMAREST approval. ETOTS was launched in association but not exclusively with Norwegian software house Seagull. TOTS introduced The initiative was introduced for several reasons, not least due to the increase in accidents on board tankers and officer training requirements connected to the continuous improvements as laid down in TMSA2. Howard Snaith, Intertanko’s director marine and chemicals, speaking at the seminar organised by Warsash, said that the human factor, which is heavily allied to the shortage of experienced officers, could explain the increase in incidents added to the fact that there is more transparency today than a few years ago. He also said that the shipping industry did not know why this was happening but that an inter-industry working group was analysing some 35 fires and explosions on small chemical and product tankers over the past 25 years. Snaith said that the working group had come to the conclusion that procedures on board were not being followed. “They weren’t complying with what they were trained for – the human element aspect,” he said. The group looked at the aviation industry and in particular at the CAA, which had designed the human element out of the cockpit thus the human interface had become more of a monitoring operation. However, humans in general are not good at this, so accidents increased, the group found. The birth of bridge resource management led to TOTS including a crew resource management element in the standard. The objective was to ease compliance by demonstrating that the officer had undertaken competent training and to ease candidates into the system before they would normally be accepted. The human factor element that the industry is trying to introduce is a training system that engenders the “….not only knows and understands, but realises the consequences of not doing it (the task),” Snaith said. At the STCW revision discussions, the IMO is trying to harmonise seafarer endorsements for handling dangerous cargoes, as some flag administrations have different interpretations of the sea time required for the endorsements. Raising the bar By and large the IMO introduces the minimum acceptable standard requirements but TOTS raises the bar to what oil companies are looking for when vetting a possible tanker’s crew for a charter, Snaith claimed. ETOTS licenses are issued as an alternative to the paper version and Seagull’s involvement is on a non-exclusive basis, Snaith explained. A company’s HR manager can monitor progress. As for its implementation, he said that all IACS members were authorised to undertake two sets of audits – on tanker companies’ compliance certificates and on audit centres. Snaith said that thus far, both the maritime colleges and companies were now being audited and that around 40% of Intertanko members have implemented, or are in the process of implementing, the scheme, or its equivalent. TO MPRI’S LIQUID CARGO HANDLING SIMULATOR THE RISKS ARE SIMULATED. THE BENEFITS ARE REAL. For details, contact Ray Gillett at rgillett@L3mpri-uk.com or call +44 7764 654667. GOVERNMENT SERVICES > AM&M > SPECIALIZED PRODUCTS > C 3 ISR This material is MPRI general capabilities information and does not contain any controlled technical data as defined within the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) or Export Administration Regulations (EAR). 52 TANKER<strong>Operator</strong> November/December 2009
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