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Maintain marine environmental
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level:
4
credit:
6
planned review date:
January 1998
sub-field:
Maritime
purpose:
This unit standard is for people employed in the maritime
industry and performing the functions of the bridge
watchkeeper.
People credited with this unit are able to maintain operations
within international and local marine environmental
regulations and conventions, and initiate response to
environmental accidents and breaches to environmental
regulations and conventions.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been established by Maritime Qualifications New Zealand
Inc.
special notes:
1
Regulations relating to this registered standard include:
MARPOL (Marine Pollution);
Maritime Transport Act, 1994;
Resource Management Act 1994;
Local District Council by-laws;
Port of call (International) regulations;
International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMGD)
Code.
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Environmental breaches include the discharge or
escape of solid and liquid waste from the vessel, the
discharge of non-authorised smoke, hazardous
chemicals, marine pollutants, oil and oil residues,
contaminated ballast water, and the production of
noise. Breaches may include either accidental or wilful
discharge which contravene international and local
regulations and conventions.
3
A regulation is defined as constituting part of New
Zealand Law.
A convention is defined as an
agreement or memorandum of understanding for an
accepted practise which is not enforceable through
New Zealand Law.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Maintain operations within international and local marine environmental regulations and
conventions.
performance criteria
1.1
Operations maintain compliance with international and local regulations and
conventions.
Range:
regulations and conventions are detailed in vessel specific
checklists and plans, where these exist;
ISM (International Safety Management) convention, where this is
adhered to.
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1.2
Potential and actual breaches in compliance are identified.
Range:
1.3
Activity requests are reviewed for environmental compliance and impact, and
are actioned in accordance with the roleholders limits of responsibility.
Range:
1.4
Identification occurs through routine operational duties and
random movement around the vessel.
actioned - referred to authorising personnel, or actioned
personally within limits of responsibility.
Precautions are implemented in situations where the potential for contravening
environmental regulations exists.
Range:
precautions - vessel specific;
Precautions - written in the form of vessel manuals and checklists
or verbal between the Master and crew;
Precautions include the carriage of potential environmental
damaging items as defined by Carriage of Dangerous Goods
Code.
1.5
Where vessel specific procedures are not used, operations are maintained
within the boundaries of MARPOL and local port regulations, and conventions.
1.6
Records relating to vessel operations which impact the environment are
completed in accordance with MARPOL and local port regulation requirements.
Range:
record completion - content complete, content legible, and either
filed or passed to monitoring body for actioning.
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element 2
Initiate response to environmental accidents and breaches to environmental regulations
and conventions.
Range:
spills, sewage, rubbish, hazardous goods, smoke, noise, ballast.
performance criteria
2.1
Response actions contain the cause of the environmental damage and either
minimise or stop the continued flow of the damaging agent(s).
Range:
2.2
Authorities are advised of pending and actual incidents of environmental
damage in accordance with international and local port reporting procedures.
Range:
2.3
within New Zealand - Port Authority, Health Authority, Regional
District Council, Labour Department, Maritime Safety Authority;
Internationally - Local Port Authority of country of call.
Dangerous Goods handling, stowage and response is in accordance with the
IMDG Code.
Range:
2.4
response - people, equipment.
manifests detailing Dangerous Goods carriage and response
guidelines Reference Numbers;
Emergency Schedules (EMS) and Medical First Aid Guide
(MFAG) contained within International Marine Dangerous Goods
(IMDG) publication.
Records relating to environmental accidents are completed in accordance with
MARPOL and local port regulation requirements.
Range:
record completion - content complete, content legible, and passed
to monitoring body for actioning.
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Comments to:
Maritime Qualifications New Zealand Inc
Unit Standard Revision
PO Box 160
WELLINGTON
by January 1998.
Please Note:
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority
before they can offer programmes of education and training
assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must
engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit
standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0054].
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