District II Quebec City-Les Escoumins - Transports Canada

TRAINING OUTLINE
Skill 6 Bridge resource management Duration: 30 h
Module 6
Managing bridge resources
Component 1 At the conclusion of training, the candidate will be capable of Duration: 10
analysing events that lead up to accidents.
Training environment
In the classroom:
• using accident reports presented by instructor and commented on by all participants.
CONTENT
1. Human factors contributing to accidents:
– contradictory data;
– disagreement between watch members;
– available relevant information not
evaluated;
– course plan not followed;
– distraction;
– failure to follow communication
protocol;
– inadequate organization;
– failure to monitor ship’s progress;
– etc.
2. Chain of errors and how to break it.
SUGGESTED METHODS
Candidates and instructor
• Analyse human factors contributing to
accidents. When a shipping accident
occurs in Canadian waters, the Marine
Investigation Branch of the Transportation
Safety Board prepares a public report.
Analysis of these reports makes it possible
to target and extract some of the human
factors directly or indirectly responsible
for accidents. To be performed in the
classroom, with the help of the instructor.
• After analysing case studies, discuss
preventive methods. Once the elements
that contributed to the accident have been
identified, examine what steps would have
ensured safe navigation. This is performed
in the classroom with the help of the
instructor.
10
The duration of each component will be determined by the instructor in charge of the module.
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