MARF043 — Operate survival craft, rescue boats and lifesaving appliances (proficiency in survival craft)

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What an assessment for MARF043 must cover

131 assessable components: 6 elements (28 performance criteria), 17 performance evidence and 86 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Launch survival craft and rescue boats

1.1Preparations for the launch of the survival craft or rescue boat are made according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
1.2Launch strategy is adopted appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions
1.3Launching equipment is operated according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
1.4Survival craft or rescue boat is launched smoothly according to accepted safety practices and standards

2 Operate survival craft and rescue boats

2.1Pre-start checks are conducted on the engine
2.2Engine is started according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
2.3Orders are given for survivors to board the survival craft
2.4Survival craft is cleared of the vessel and operated according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
2.5Survival craft is manoeuvred appropriately for the prevailing circumstances and conditions

3 Operate lifesaving and survival equipment

3.1Location and accessibility of all lifesaving and survival equipment is established
3.2Survival equipment is checked and operated according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
3.3Lifesaving clothing is correctly donned and used according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
3.4Strategies are implemented to counter threats to survival according to accepted survival practice

4 Recover survival craft

4.1Persons are disembarked from the survival craft according to organisational procedures
4.2Survival craft is recovered according to manufacturer instructions and organisational procedures
4.3Survival craft and equipment are checked for signs of damage and faulty equipment
4.4Identified faulty equipment or damage is reported according to organisational procedures

5 Organise abandon vessel musters and drills

5.1Abandon vessel musters and drills are arranged according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures
5.2Instruction is provided to others on organisational procedures and the correct use of lifesaving equipment
5.3Musters and drills are reviewed against objectives
5.4Reporting obligations are completed according to regulatory requirements and organisational procedures
5.5Risk control processes are implemented

6 Assume responsibility for survival of crew and passengers

6.1Survivors are checked for signs of hypothermia or other injuries and first aid is applied, where necessary
6.2Water and food are rationed
6.3Lookout for vessels and aircraft in the vicinity is maintained and distress signals are released on sighting
6.4Instructions given by rescue personnel are followed to safely access rescue craft
6.5Persons are disembarked from survival craft or rescue boat according to organisational procedures
6.6Survival craft or rescue boat is recovered and checked for signs of damage

Performance evidence

acting appropriately in the prevailing circumstances and conditions in response to abandon ship and survival situations according to accepted safety practices and standards
communicating effectively with others, as required, when operating survival craft and ancillary survival equipment
conducting inspections of other survival equipment at intervals determined by the safety management system (SMS)
conducting tests and pre-start checks of equipment at intervals determined by the SMS
giving correct commands for launching and boarding survival craft and clearing the ship
interpreting and applying International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) practices and regulations
launching and operating various types of survival craft
operating off-load and on-load release devices safely
organising abandon vessel drills
reading and interpreting instructions relevant to the safe operation of lifesaving appliances onboard a vessel
recognising and interpreting muster signals, and taking action that is appropriate to emergency and complies with established procedures
recovering survival craft and rescue boats and resetting release devices
rowing and steering a survival craft and rescue boat
selecting and using appropriate lifesaving appliances and communications equipment
using a compass
using portable radio equipment, pyrotechnics and other signalling equipment
using survival craft equipment, including rigging devices to aid location.

Knowledge evidence

actions to be taken when aboard a survival craft, including:
apportionment of food and water
initial actions
routines for survival
use of equipment
actions to be taken to maximise detectability and location of survival craft
construction and outfit of survival craft and rescue boats
dangers associated with the use of on-load release devices
drills in launching and recovering rescue boats
drills in launching life rafts, including:
boarding a life raft from the water
davit-launched life rafts
throw-overboard life rafts
emergency muster abandon vessel signals and public address (PA) system
evacuation and recovery of survival craft and rescue boats, including:
clearing the ships side and actions to be taken
launching
launching survival craft and rescue boats in rough sea
marshalling life rafts and rescuing survivors from the sea
recovery of rescue boats in rough sea
recovery of survival craft and rescue boats
first aid and management of injured persons, including:
first aid kit
resuscitation
handling of survival craft and rescue boats in rough weather, including beaching
helicopter assistance and pick-up, including:
communicating with helicopter
evacuating from ship and survival craft
International Code of Signals (ICS), purpose and meaning of signals
International Maritime Organization (IMO) safety symbols
International Safety Management (ISM) Code, SMS plans, procedures, checklists and instructions
launching arrangements, including:
boat davits
float-free arrangements
free-fall
life raft davits
marine evacuation systems
rescue boat davits
lifeboat engine and accessories
maintenance procedures for survival craft and rescue boats
manoeuvring characteristics of survival craft and rescue boats
Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) amendments 2014
muster list
operation of survival craft and rescue boats, their launching appliances and arrangements and their equipment
principles concerning survival, including:
actions to be taken when aboard a survival craft
actions to be taken when called to survival craft stations
actions to be taken when in the water
actions to be taken when required to abandon ship
main dangers to survivors
training, drills and operational readiness
procedures and sequences for launching, carrying out pre-start engine checks and operating survival craft and rescue boats in a variety of sea and weather conditions
procedures for correctly operating and using lifesaving appliances and personal safety equipment on vessels and survival craft
relevant sections of applicable maritime regulations
relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation
rescue boat outboard engine
SOLAS regulations
strategies, including:
beaching survival craft
deploying exposure cover on an open lifeboat
handling survival craft in rough weather
maximising detectability of survival craft
rationing food and water
using rescue boat to marshal life rafts
using rescue boat to retrieve survivors in the sea
symptoms of hypothermia, its prevention and treatment
threats to survival on abandonment of a vessel and appropriate strategies for countering these threats
typical manoeuvring and engine characteristics for survival craft
types of emergency situations which may occur and precautions, including:
adverse reaction of dangerous goods and hazardous bulk materials
collision
explosion
fire
foundering
shifting of cargo
stranding
types of emergencies that require launching and operation of rescue boats, including:
abandon ship
man overboard
marshalling of survival craft
towing and rescue of survival craft from a shipwreck
types of survival craft, including:
lifeboats
life rafts
rescue boats
ways of maximising detectability and location of survival craft using radio lifesaving appliances, pyrotechnic distress signals, satellite emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs) and search and rescue transponders (SARTs).

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