SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN

OIL TANKERS (MTC Accredited Course)

COURSE DESCRIPTION This course provides training for masters, chief engineers, officers and any person with immediate responsibility for the loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of cargo. It comprises a specialized training program appropriate to their duties, including Seafaring personnel responsible for the handling of packaged dangerous, hazardous & harmful cargoes (hereafter referred to as “dangerous goods”) aboard ships and Shore based personnel (including competent authority and similar personnel) responsible for the transport of dangerous goods by sea. OBJECTIVE After successfully completing this course you will be able to take immediate responsibility for loading, discharging, and care in transit or handling of cargo on oil tankers. ENTRY STANDARDS This course is open to seafarers who have completed a shore-based fire-fighting training course' approved by the Administration, and who have relevant experience appropriate to their duties on oil tankers, as stipulated in STCW regulation V/1, paragraph 2.1, ad sub-paragraphs 1.1 or 1.2. CERTIFICATION The specialized oil tanker training program must be approved by the Administration. Masters and officers who are qualified in accordance with regulation V/1 paragraphs 1 or 2, as appropriate (that is, they have experience appropriate to their duties on tankers, and complete this training program), shall be issued with an appropriate certificate. INCLUDED TOPICS Basic Properties Of Petroleum And Its Hazards, Safety, Pollution Prevention, Oil Tanker Design And Equipment, Oil Tanker Operations, Cargo And Ballast Pumps, Emergency Procedure, Inert Gas Systems, Crude oil washing.

Duration: 10 Days

Training Venue: Victoria Building

Schedule: Starts every Monday

7am-2pm and 2pm-8pm

COURSE OUTLINE

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Subject Area Lecture Simulation / Demonstration

1 Introduction (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, paragraph 9) 1.1 Oil tankers 1.2 International and national regulations concerning oil tankers 2 Basic properties of petroleum and its hazards (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para 11) 2.1 Basic physics - revision 2.2 Properties of petroleum 2.3 Hazards associated with the handling and carriage of petroleum - Toxicity in general - Toxicity of petroleum - Toxicity of inert gas - Oxygen deficiency - Flammability and explosiveness - Electrostatic hazards - Hazard to the marine environment 3 Safety (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para 12/13) 3.1 General precautions 3.2 Entry into enclosed spaces 3.3 Precautions against electrostatics hazard 3.4 Gas indicators 3.5 fire-fighting principles – revision 3.6 Protective equipment 4 Pollution Prevention (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para 9, 14) 4.1 Ship and equipment 4.2 Operational pollution 4.3 Oil Record Book (ORB) 4.4 Action in case of oil 4.5 Air pollution 5 Oil tanker design and equipment (STCW Code, Section A-V/1 para 10) 5.1 Construction 5.2 Pumping, piping and discharge Arrangements 5.3 Cargo heating systems

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5.4 Venting arrangements 5.5 Level gauges 5.6 Environment protection equipment and slop-tank operations 6 Oil tanker operations (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para10.12) 6.1 General precautions 6.2 Loading and discharging operations 6.3 Ballasting and de-ballasting 6.4 Tank cleaning 6.5 Slop-tank operation 6.6 Purging and gas-freeing 6.7 Ship/shore liaison 7 Cargo and ballast pumps (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, paragraph 10 ) 7.1 Pump theory and characteristics 7.2 Pressure surge 8 Emergency procedures (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para 10) 8.1 Emergency plan 8.2 Emergency alarms 8.3 Emergency organization 8.4 Action on discovering and emergency 9 Inert Gas System (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para. 10, 12) 9.1 General* 9.2 The inert gas system 9.3 Inert gas plant 9.4 Scrubber, inert gas blowers, inert gas pressure-regulating valves 9.5 Non-return devices 9.6 Inert gas plant 9.7 Gas-analysing, recording and indicating equipment 9.8 Operations 9.9 Meters, indicators and alarms 9.10 Emergency procedures 9.11 Maintenance and testing

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10 Crude Oil Washing (COW) (STCW Code, Section A-V/1, para. 10, 12) 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Design of COW system 10.3 COW piping 10.4 Tank washing machines 10.5 Pumps 10.6 Stripping systems 10.7 Operations 11 Management of risk on oil tanker 11.1 Background 11.2 Definitions 11.3 Risk on oil tankers 11.4 Risk assessment process 11.5 Risk management in practice 12 Contingency Planning 12.1 General 12.2 Management 12.3 Preparation of the contingency plan 13 Assessment and Discussion 13.1 Discussion 13.2 Examination

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TOTAL 48 HOURS 12 HOURS