Advanced training for chemical tanker cargo operations. Model course 1.03. 2016 Edition

The purpose of the IMO model course is to assist maritime training institutes and their teaching staff in organizing and introducing new training courses or in enhancing, updating or supplementing existing training material where the quality and effectiveness of the training courses may thereby be improved. The purpose is also to enhance the capabilities of shipboard personnel who sail on specialized carriers such as a chemical tanker. It is not the intention of the course to compartmentalize the trainee's way of thinking in terms of tanker operation. The idea is to make him/her aware of the specialization of operations specific to a chemical tanker and sensitize him/her towards the responsibilities that he/she will have to assume on such a vessel.
By successfully completing this course the masters, officers and others on board chemical tankers who are intending to have immediate responsibilities for the cargo handling in port and care in transit will fulfil one of the mandatory minimum requirements of regulation V/1-1, paragraph 5 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended (STCW Convention). The coverage of the model course is wide in scope and includes chemical tanker safety, fire safety measures and systems, prevention and control of pollution, operational practice and obligations under applicable laws and regulations, thereby covering all training necessary to apply the provisions of Annex II of MARPOL, as amended. In addition, the course covers the managerial aspects on board including a section on risk assessment and safety management, as well as contingency planning in line with the ISM Code.

Contents

Introduction
Purpose of the model courses
Use of the model course
Aims
Lesson plans
Presentation
Implementation
Part A: Course Framework
Scope
Objective
Entry standards
Course certificate
Course intake limitations
Staff requirements
Teaching facilities and equipment
Use of simulators
Design
Textbooks (T)
IMO references (R)
Teaching aids (A)
Bibliography (B)
Videos - DVDs, CDs, CBTs (VC)

Part B: Course Outline
Lectures
Course Outline

Part C: Detailed Teaching Syllabus
Introduction
Course Outline

Part D: Instructor Manual
Introduction
Guidance Notes
Appendix 1: Diagrams for use by the instructor Appendix 2: Exercises
Appendix 3: Case studies
Case Study - 1
Case Study - 2

Part E: Evaluation

Guidance on the implementation of IMO model courses