Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels (Cth)

Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels

made under the

Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993, section 109

1. Name of instrument

This instrument is the Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels.

2. Commencement

This instrument commences on the 1 January 2019.

3. Code of Practice Approval

I approve the Seacare Authority Code of Practice 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels under section 109 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993.

4. Repeal of Approval

The Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2017 (F2017L00326) made on 23 March 2017 is repealed.

CRAIG LAUNDY Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation

22/8/18 Date

Seacare Authority

Code of Practice for Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels

April 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword Scope and application How to use this Code of Practice 1. GEneral duties 1.1 Operators duties 1.2 Duties of the person in command (ship's master) 1.3 Seafarers duties 1.4 Other duty holders 1.5 Reporting incidents 1.6 Consultation and representation 2. RISK MANAGEMENT 2.1 Identifying the hazards 2.2 Assessing the risks 2.3 Controlling the risks 2.4 Maintaining and reviewing control measures 2.5 Developing a safety management system 3. THE GENERAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT 3.1 Housekeeping and hygiene 3.2 Air quality 3.3 Working on deck 3.4 Manual tasks 3.5 Noise 3.6 Smoking 3.7 Fatigue 3.8 Permit-to-work systems 3.9 Hazardous and Restricted Areas 3.10 Personal Protective Equipment 3.11 Signs, notices and colour codes 4. SHIPBOARD EMERGENCIES 4.1 Fire-fighting Equipment 4.2 Fire Drills and Training 4.3 Action in the event of fire 4.4 Abandon ship drills and training 4.5 Confined space entry and rescue drills 4.6 Man overboard drills and rescue at sea 4.7 Helicopter operations 4.8 Other drills 5. SAFE ACCESS TO SHIP 5.1 Accommodation ladders and gangways 5.2 Pilot transfer 5.3 Transport of persons by water 6. SAFE MOVEMENT ONBOARD THE SHIP 6.1 Passages and walkways 6.2 Watertight doors 6.3 Lighting 6.4 Protection around cargo hatches and other openings 6.5 Access to holds and other deck spaces 7. CONFINED SPACES 7.1 Safety management of confined spaces 7.2 Confined space entry permit 7.3 Preparing and securing the space for entry 7.4 Procedures and arrangements before entry 7.5 Testing the atmosphere of confined spaces 7.6 Additional requirements for entry into a confined space 7.7 Breathing apparatus and resuscitation equipment 7.8 Maintenance of equipment and training 8. TOOLs and other equipment 8.1 Portable electric, pneumatic and hydraulic tools 8.2 Workshop and bench machines 8.3 Abrasive wheels 8.4 Compressed gas cylinders 9. Welding, flame cutting and other hot work 9.1 Precautions against fire and explosions 9.2 Electric welding equipment 9.3 Precautions during electric-arc welding 9.4 Flame cutting and brazing 10. painting 10.1 Spray painting 11. WORKING at heights 11.1 Cradles and stages 11.2 Suspended scaffold – Bosun's chairs/swing chair 11.3 Ropes 11.4 Portable ladders and scaffolding 11.5 Rope ladders 12. Working with electrical EQUIPMENT 12.1 Flexible cables, portable lights, electric tools and other equipment 12.2 High-voltage systems 12.3 Rectifiers and electronic equipment 12.4 Radio communication and navigational equipment 12.5 Batteries and battery rooms 12.6 Lead acid batteries 12.7 Alkaline Batteries 12.8 Visual display units (VDUs) including microcomputers 13. hazardous substances and radiation 13.1 Asbestos 13.2 Synthetic mineral fibres 13.3 Radio and radar installations 13.4 Ionising radiation 14. carriage of dangerous goods 14.1 Emergency response 15. wire and fibre ropes 15.1 Wire ropes 15.2 Fibre ropes 16. cargo Operations 16.1 Lifting equipment 16.2 Storage, stowage and securing of cargo 17. anchoring, docking and mooring 17.1 Anchoring 17.2 Mooring and unmooring 17.3 Mooring to buoys 18. working in machinery spaces 18.1 Boilers, oil heaters, unfired pressure vessels and steampipes 18.2 Propulsion machinery 18.3 Turbines 18.4 Internal combustion engines 18.5 Air compressors and reservoirs 18.6 Refrigeration systems 18.7 Oil-based systems 18.8 Steering gear 18.9 Control rooms and unattended machinery spaces 18.10 Hydraulic systems 19. working in galleys and other food handling areas 20. safety in living accommodation 21. Offshore Support vessels 21.1 Risk management 21.2 Communication 21.3 Cargo Transfer Operations 21.4 Offshore Transfer of Personnel 21.5 Anchor Handling 21.6 Towing 21.7 Barge Work 22. Other specific vessel types 22.1 Bulk carriers and bulk cargoes 22.2 RO-ROS and vehicle and passenger ferries 22.3 Bunker barges and oil tankers 22.4 Passenger vessels 22.5 Liquefied natural and petroleum gas carriers 22.6 Container ships 22.7 Bulk chemical tankers APPENDIX A: definitions and ABbreviations