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Elements and Performance Criteria

Range Statement

Specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
Scheduled includes one or more of the following:	coverage frequency timing

Irregularities or abnormal conditions include one or more of the following:	fog and restricted visibility heavy weather, including cyclones

Lights, shapes and sound signals include:	alternative power source for lights day time shapes for a vessel emergency lights means of making sound signals for a vessel up to 80 metres navigation lights

Wheelhouse communication includes one or more of the following:	verbal instruction relating to watchkeeping duties written Master instructions

Internal and external communications systems include one or more of the following:	global maritime distress and safety system (GMDSS) equipment handheld radios international single letter code flags MF and HF radios VHF radios

Watchkeeping problems include one or more of the following:	dragging of anchor failure of bridge equipment, steering equipment, navigational lights loss of main engines or propulsion controls loss of mooring lines or winches when berthing machinery and bilge alarms

Emergency situations include one or more of the following:	cargo shift collision fire fouled hawse grounding injured crew or passenger loss of watertight integrity missing crew or passenger person overboard reception of a distress signal retrieval of survivors from the water synchronous rolling

Fatigue management strategies must include:	maintaining personal fitness and health and appropriate dietary habits observing appropriate hours of duty in a 24 hour period observing policy concerning alcohol/drug use prior to watchkeeping duties recognising symptoms of fatigue