CHAPTER 1 SERVING AS AN OFFICER ON A TANKER

1.1 Serving as an officer on a tanker
1.1.0 Duties, responsibilities and obligations of a tanker officer
1.1.1 Duties: company policies
1.1.2 Duties: IMO requirements
1.1.3 Duties: flag state and port state
1.1.4 Master's orders and instructions
1.1.5 Responsibilities
1.1.6 Obligations
1.2 Special duties of the chief officer
1.2.1 Cargo duties
1.2.2 Maintenance
1.2.3 Navigation
1.2.4 Training
1.2.5 Pollution prevention
1.3 Turnover notes/notebook
1.3.1 Contents
1.3.2 Checking the information
1.3.3 Continuity
1.3.4 Routines
1.3.5 Handover file
1.4 Station bill and emergency duties
1.4.1 Fire stations
1.4.2 Boat stations
1.4.3 Other emergencies
1.4.4 Drills
1.4.5 Verbal drills
1.5 Files, records and logbooks
1.5.1 Crew training records
1.5.2 Preventive maintenance records
1.5.3 Safety records
1.5.4 Overtime records
1.5.5 Cargo records
1.5.6 Inspection records
1.5.7 Cargo tank records
1.5.8 Cargo system records
1.5.9 Shipyard records
1.5.10 Oil record book
1.5.11 Orders
1.5.12 Accident/incident reports
1.5.13 Records retention
1.5.14 Logbooks
1.6 The Deck Officer's note binder and deck book
1.6.1 Deck Officer's personal note binder
1.6.2 The deck notebook
1.6.3 Things change - check the information
1.7 Learning the ship
1.7.1 Advising your limitations
1.7.2 Learning the cargo system
1.7.3 Operating procedures
1.7.4 Safety notices
1.7.5 Standing orders
1.8 Followership and leadership
1.8.1 Followership
1.8.2 Leadership
1.8.3 Management leadership
1.9 Crew teamwork
1.9.1 Management as a team member
1.9.2 Taking over the watch
1.9.3 Cargo watch organization
1.9.4 Bridge watch organization
1.10 Crew relief procedures
1.10.1 Inexperienced personnel
1.11 Personal health
1.11.1 Stress
1.11.2 Fatigue
1.11.3 Diet
1.11.4 Exercise
1.11.5 Health care
1.11.6 Drugs
1.11.7 Contagious diseases
1.11.8 Other diseases
1.11.9 Personal hygiene
1.12 Intercultural differences within multi-national crews
1.12.1 Human relations and language training
1.13 Communications and language difficulties
1.13.1 Ship-shore difficulties
1.13.2 Ship-ship communications
1.14 Safety on board
1.14.1 Tanker safety concerns
1.14.2 Safety committee
1.14.3 Fire prevention
1.14.4 Explosion hazards
1.14.5 Toxic hazards on board
1.14.6 Toxic hazards of cargo
1.14.7 Work practices on board
1.14.8 Accidents
1.14.9 Firefighting and abandoning ship
1.15 Fraud and cargo theft
1.15.1 Theft by owner
1.15.2 Theft by the crew
1.15.3 Detection and consequences