Interested in a simple Skills Scan and Learning Progress Tracker tool for the Marine surveyor (degree) standard?
Knowledge
K1: Contracting, contract law, setting expectations, request for services, the parameters of the role including liability and risk.
K2: Due diligence and risk assessment processes.
K3: Different types and purposes of surveys and the implications on planning timescales, budget and scope: e.g. in water, out of water, cargo, machinery, stability, towage, etc., and the impact of location and weather conditions.
K4: Vessel layout, construction and operation for a range of vessels of varying types and complexity, including types of vessel and area of operations (e.g. world-wide, coastal, domestic or inland), and terminology used for naming parts of ships, boats and other vessels.
K5: Types and properties of materials used in ship construction & repair such as wood, steel, aluminium, glass reinforced polymers (GRP) and carbon fibre.
K6: Principles of design, construction and operation of main propulsion, auxiliary, deck and other machinery, equipment and systems, typically used in ships, boats and other vessels.
K7: Relevant International Maritime Organisation (IMO) conventions and applicable regulations, appropriate standards and best operational practice (e.g. IMO Conventions on: Load Line, Safety of Life at Sea, Maritime Pollution, associated UK maritime regulations including but not limited to: UK Merchant Shipping Act 1995, Life Saving Appliances Regulations, Small Commercial Vessel Codes and regulations, Regulations and Rules for Lifting Equipment and Lifting Operations, including testing and examination, Accident and Hazardous Incident Reporting Regulations. International Standards Organisation (ISO), European Norms (EN) and British Standards Institution (BSI) Standards relevant to ships and commercial and leisure vessels.
K8: Safe access to and egress from the vessel.
K9: Comparison of design, construction, outfitting, equipping, and operation of a range of subject ships or vessels with selected appropriate Classification Society rules and MCA Regulations and Codes for design, construction and upkeep of ships and vessels, to identify and heighten awareness of deficiencies.
K10: Tonnage, displacement and load line measurement and calculations, including international and UK Load Line conventions and regulations.
K11: Typical ship and vessel propulsion, auxiliary, ancillary and deck machinery and systems appropriate to the vessel to be surveyed.
K12: Rules, regulations and safe practice for the maritime carriage of passengers and specialist personnel
K13: Theory and practice, including calculations regarding hydrostatics, vessel handling and hydrodynamics including towage
K14: Marine environmental protection, including responsibility of the vessel to port, national or international jurisdiction
K15: Effective oral and written communication strategies; the terminology used in this occupation and the appropriate format of survey reports
K16: Effective audio-visual presentational strategies, techniques and systems.
K17: Knowledge of the effects of load and damage to a ship (or other vessel) and its operational characteristics.
K18: The ship and vessel market place and relationship between typical build/construction/supply costs and market prices for a range of different ship and vessel types, operational purposes and ages.
K19: The condition that would be expected from a fully compliant ship or vessel in good order and under competent management.
K20: The safety culture, safety management systems and practice onboard vessels to be expected from a fully compliant ship or vessel in good order and under competent management, as required by regulations and rules.
K21: The authority for detaining a vessel or, otherwise, prevent its departure or onward voyage, where the ship or vessel is not safe to operate.
K22: Theory and practice for hazard identification, risk assessment, appropriate risk mitigation and control, and development of appropriate safe systems of work.
K23: Purpose, structure and hierarchy within various organisations involved with ship design, building, upkeep and operations, including the MCA and Classification Societies.
K24: Action required and means of escape in emergency conditions (e.g. fire, flood, vessel instability).
K25: Failure mode effects analyses, investigative techniques and diagnosis of causal factors.
Skills
S1: Communicate effectively and professionally at all levels both internally and externally
S2: Positively challenge stakeholders to effect change where appropriate
S3: Assess requirements for the survey and organise and plan within the timescales and budget set
S4: Manage time and resources effectively
S5: Read and interpret drawings, data and other relevant information
S6: Interpret appropriate engineering formulae and compare results with actual on-board readings, data / calculations submitted and survey findings.
S7: Work competently and safely in the workplace to meet regulatory and legislative requirements
S8: Apply engineering principles, regulatory and Classification Society requirements to the ship, vessel, machinery, equipment or system.
S9: Advise on appropriate regulations and guidance relevant to the ship or vessel
S10: Build, lead and manage multi-functional teams, interacting with and influencing a range of internal and external stakeholders.
S11: Produce succinct and accurate survey reports
S12: Deliver effective oral and audio-visual presentations
S13: Apply scientific calculation to various conditions of the ship (or other vessel) and the environment prevailing.
S14: Assess the market and prevailing conditions, to calculate a value and price for the subject ship, vessel, machinery, equipment or systems.
S15: Set out and impose a decision upon ship owners, managers, operators, master and staff.
S16: Undertake effective hazard identification and risk assessment processes using recognised and appropriate procedures.
S17: Identify causal factors and means of prevention of re-occurrence of ship, structural, machinery, equipment or systems failures.
Behaviours
B1: Be self-motivated with the ability to work independently and with integrity.
B2: Able to take personal responsibility for their actions, demonstrate leadership and show resilience.
B3: Able to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
B4: Able to influence a range of stakeholders within the parameters of the role.
B5: Able to take account of other people's priorities and needs.
B6: Apply logic to progress of a survey or other work, to ensure efficiency of working.
B7: Personal resolution and determination in enforcing unpopular decisions.
Duty 1
DUTY: Plan a survey of a subject ship or other vessel, machinery or equipment.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K5
K6
S1
S2
S3
S4
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Duty 2
DUTY: Undertake a condition survey on a ship or other vessel or constituent parts, in a safe manner, to verify the condition against relevant maritime rules and regulations, appropriate technical and operational standards, and recognised good maritime practice. Such surveys will include the vessel's structure, machinery, systems, equipment, life saving appliances, and documentation/certification.
K4
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
S1
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
Duty 3
DUTY: Record the objective findings, results and outcomes of the survey, and prepare and present high-quality written evidence reports of the survey and high-quality audio-visual presentations to stakeholders.
K15
K16
S1
S2
S10
S11
S12
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Duty 4
DUTY: Verify a ship's or other vessel's characteristics and safe behaviour under load and in an intact or damaged condition, through checking the calculations of a ship's or other vessel's data, drawings and other information, from specifications, observations and measurements onboard, and present the findings. This will include but not be limited to calculation of tonnage, displacement, stability data and load line/freeboard requirements, including: Gross Tonnage (for large ships); Gross Tonnage (for small ships, which use a different process); Load Line; Static and dynamic stability characteristics.
K3
K4
K6
K7
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K17
S4
S5
S6
S10
S13
B1
B2
B3
Duty 5
DUTY: Undertake the estimated valuation of a subject ship or other vessel, or its constituent machinery, systems or parts.
K1
K2
K3
K4
K6
K7
K9
K11
K12
K13
K14
K18
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
S7
S8
S10
S11
S12
S14
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Duty 6
DUTY: Determine whether the subject ship or vessel is fit to operate. Enforce upon ship's owners and operators the impact of the outcome.
K2
K3
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
K19
K20
K21
S1
S2
S4
S5
S6
S7
S8
S9
S10
S11
S12
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
B6
B7
Duty 7
DUTY: Undertake appropriate and relevant personal risk assessments for access to a ship or other vessel, for working safely on-board the vessel during survey and for safe egress. This includes determination and application of appropriate safety risk control measures, including development of safe systems of work and use of safety instrumentation and personal protective equipment.
K2
K4
K6
K7
K8
K11
K13
K22
S1
S3
S4
S5
S6
S7
S9
S10
S11
S16
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Duty 8
DUTY: Liaise and communicate effectively with clients, ship owners, operators and agents, ship's masters and staff, regulatory authorities, classification societies, insurers, and ship building yards and ship repair yards
K1
K2
K3
K4
K6
K7
K9
K11
K14
K15
K16
K23
S1
S3
S4
S5
S8
S9
S10
S11
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Duty 9
DUTY: Maintain awareness of the risks of a range of emergencies that may arise on-board a subject ship or vessel, and respond safely and correctly, for self-preservation and prevention of harm to others and the environment.
K2
K4
K6
K7
K20
K24
S1
S2
S4
S5
S6
S7
S9
S11
S16
B1
B2
B3
B4
B5
Duty 10
DUTY: Investigate marine casualties and breakdowns, such that diagnosis of causal factors and identification of actions necessary for avoidance of repetition are accomplished, communicated and reported.
