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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.
Features of vessel include one or more of the following:	displacement and planing hulls propulsion units rudders and propellers

Manoeuvres must include:	astern movements berthing and leaving a berth berthing in a pen coming to and leaving mooring positioning vessel to safely launch boats or life rafts in bad weather retrieval of person overboard turning a vessel across tide and wind turning short around Williamson turn

Situational awareness include one or more of the following:	other vessels in the vicinity of the manoeuvre own vessel position in relation to shallow water and other obstructions weather conditions that may affect the manoeuvre

Propulsion equipment includes one or more of the following:	inboard engine inboard/outboard engine jet propulsion engine outboard engine

Adverse weather conditions includes one or more of the following:	fog and restricted visibility wind and sea conditions that may affect the safety of the vessel

Appropriate action includes one or more of the following:	altering course to minimise the effect of wind and sea deploying a sea anchor to keep vessel head to sea heading to wind and sea to ride out the adverse weather reducing speed seeking shelter

Nature of the emergency includes one or more of the following:	beaching collision damage to the vessel disabled or partially disabled vessel fire grounding injury or death loss of steering gear person overboard

Preparations for towing includes one or more of the following:	crew briefings that include the task at hand and risks to persons on both vessels ensuring appropriate lights and shapes for the tow are available and in working order ensuring means of communication between the two vessels is available ensuring tow ropes are in good condition and of adequate strength for the proposed tow making appropriate reports to authorities preparing messenger ropes for passing tow lines

Correct towing procedures include one or more of the following:	ensuring tow line is of sufficient length to minimise shockloading on tow-line making tow fast to the towing vessel to ensure steerage can be maintained making provision for rapid slipping of the tow in emergency situations