Modification History
Not applicable.
Unit Descriptor
This unit involves the skills and knowledge needed to assist the responsible officer in a range of mooring and anchor handling activities as required of an integrated rating, including preparing for arrival or departure from an anchorage or mooring, handling mooring lines, carrying out stoppering and heaving line tasks, anchor operations, securing a vessel to a sea buoy, and securing a tug using either tug's or vessel's lines.
This unit involves the skills and knowledge needed to assist the responsible officer in a range of mooring and anchor handling activities as required of an integrated rating, including preparing for arrival or departure from an anchorage or mooring, handling mooring lines, carrying out stoppering and heaving line tasks, anchor operations, securing a vessel to a sea buoy, and securing a tug using either tug's or vessel's lines
Application of the Unit
Not applicable.
Licensing/Regulatory Information
Not applicable.
Pre-Requisites
Not applicable.
Employability Skills Information
Not applicable.
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Not applicable.
Elements and Performance Criteria
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Elements and Performance Criteria |
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Performance Criteria |
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Carry out mooring and anchor handling tasks |
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Tasks required of an integrated rating in preparation for arrival and departure from an anchorage or mooring are completed in accordance with shipboard procedures |
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1.2 |
Mooring line handling, stoppering and heaving line tasks are performed in accordance with shipboard procedures |
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1.3 |
Mooring and unmooring operations are carried out in accordance with established procedures |
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1.4 |
Anchor operations are carried out in accordance with shipboard procedures |
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1.5 |
Vessel is secured to a sea buoy in accordance with shipboard procedures |
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1.6 |
A tug is secured using tug's or vessel's lines in accordance with shipboard procedures |
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1.7 |
Communications during mooring and anchor handling operations are clear and timely and involve the correct use of communications equipment where required |
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2 |
Follow safety and hazard control procedures |
2.1 |
All required safety precautions and regulations are followed when carrying out routine mooring and anchor handling tasks |
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Operational hazards are identified and action is taken in conjunction with the officers, engineers and other team members to minimise or eliminate risk to personnel, vessel and the environment |
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Shipboard emergency and contingency plans are followed in the event of a failure or emergency associated with mooring and anchor handling equipment and machinery and associated systems |
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Required Skills and Knowledge
Not applicable.
Evidence Guide
Critical aspects of evidence to be considered
Assessment must confirm appropriate knowledge and skills to:
Carrying out mooring and anchor handling tasks
Ensure the exercise of all required safety, environmental and hazard control precautions and procedures during mooring and anchor handling activities
Communicate effectively with others during mooring and anchor handling activities.
Interdependent assessment of units
This unit of competency must be assessed in conjunction with other mandatory units that form part of a job role of an integrated rating on a commercial vessel.
Required knowledge and skills
Knowledge of sections of relevant maritime regulations
Relevant OH&S and pollution control legislation and policies
Mooring and anchor handling procedures on board a vessel
Functions and responsibilities of the members of the bridge and engine room teams onboard a vessel
Procedures for carrying out the routine tasks required of an integrated rating when a vessel is arriving at or departing from a berth or anchorage
Types, features and characteristics of fibre and wire ropes
Hazards and related safety precautions when carrying out mooring and anchor handling activities
Signs of fatigue
Fatigue management principles and techniques
Communication techniques and equipment used during mooring and anchor handling operations.
Resource implications
Access is required to opportunities to either:
demonstrate the ability to carry out mooring and anchor handling procedures through appropriate case studies, practical exercises and simulated situations; and/or
carry out mooring and anchor handling procedures on an operational commercial or training vessel.
Consistency in performance
Applies underpinning knowledge and skills when:
carrying out mooring and anchor handling tasks
exercising all required safety, environmental and hazard control precautions and procedures during mooring and anchor handling tasks
communicating effectively with others during routine shipboard tasks.
Shows evidence of application of relevant workplace procedures including:
ISM Code and associated vessel's Safety Management System and procedures
OHS regulations and hazard prevention policies and procedures
job procedures and work instructions related to mooring and anchor handling activities
following housekeeping processes.
Action taken promptly to report operational incidents and problems in accordance with regulations and shipboard procedures.
Work is completed systematically with required attention to detail.
Context for assessment
Assessment of competence must comply with the assessment requirements of the relevant maritime regulations.
Assessment of this unit must be undertaken within relevant marine authority approved and audited arrangements by a registered training organisation:
As a minimum, assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate written/oral examinations
Appropriate practical assessment must occur:
at the registered training organisation, and/or
on an appropriate working or training vessel.
Critical aspects of evidence to be considered
Assessment must confirm appropriate knowledge and skills to:
Carrying out mooring and anchor handling tasks
Ensure the exercise of all required safety, environmental and hazard control precautions and procedures during mooring and anchor handling activities
Communicate effectively with others during mooring and anchor handling activities.
Interdependent assessment of units
This unit of competency must be assessed in conjunction with other mandatory units that form part of a job role of an integrated rating on a commercial vessel.
Required knowledge and skills
Knowledge of sections of relevant maritime regulations
Relevant OH&S and pollution control legislation and policies
Mooring and anchor handling procedures on board a vessel
Functions and responsibilities of the members of the bridge and engine room teams onboard a vessel
Procedures for carrying out the routine tasks required of an integrated rating when a vessel is arriving at or departing from a berth or anchorage
Types, features and characteristics of fibre and wire ropes
Hazards and related safety precautions when carrying out mooring and anchor handling activities
Signs of fatigue
Fatigue management principles and techniques
Communication techniques and equipment used during mooring and anchor handling operations.
Resource implications
Access is required to opportunities to either:
demonstrate the ability to carry out mooring and anchor handling procedures through appropriate case studies, practical exercises and simulated situations; and/or
carry out mooring and anchor handling procedures on an operational commercial or training vessel.
Consistency in performance
Applies underpinning knowledge and skills when:
carrying out mooring and anchor handling tasks
exercising all required safety, environmental and hazard control precautions and procedures during mooring and anchor handling tasks
communicating effectively with others during routine shipboard tasks.
Shows evidence of application of relevant workplace procedures including:
ISM Code and associated vessel's Safety Management System and procedures
OHS regulations and hazard prevention policies and procedures
job procedures and work instructions related to mooring and anchor handling activities
following housekeeping processes.
Action taken promptly to report operational incidents and problems in accordance with regulations and shipboard procedures.
Work is completed systematically with required attention to detail.
Context for assessment
Assessment of competence must comply with the assessment requirements of the relevant maritime regulations.
Assessment of this unit must be undertaken within relevant marine authority approved and audited arrangements by a registered training organisation:
As a minimum, assessment of knowledge must be conducted through appropriate written/oral examinations
Appropriate practical assessment must occur:
at the registered training organisation, and/or
on an appropriate working or training vessel.
Range Statement
General context
Work must be carried out in compliance with relevant maritime regulatory requirements.
Work is performed as a member of an anchoring or mooring party under defined operational requirements, with some accountability and responsibility for self and others in achieving the prescribed outcomes. It involves the application of basic mooring and anchor handling procedures across a variety of operational contexts. Following of orders and instructions of the officer on watch is required.
Worksite environment
Vessel may include any Australian or international commercial vessel.
Mooring operations include:
throwing heaving lines
running out mooring lines
reporting distance off
securing mooring lines
letting go mooring lines
recovering mooring lines
making fast fore and aft to a fixed terminal or jetty
making fast to a single point mooring
making fast to a conventional buoy mooring
preparing mooring area for operations
making fast and letting go tugs
adjusting moorings during a port stay
securing mooring area on departure
rigging gangways, accommodation ladders and pilot ladders
stowing mooring lines after use.
Mooring equipment includes:
man-made fibre and wire-rope moorings
heaving lines and stoppers - (rope and chain)
tension winches
stand clone winches
electric, hydraulic and hand driven capstans/drum ends
dead men and fairheads.
Equipment malfunctions or problems may include:
failure of moorings or equipment
damage to moorings
insufficiency of moorings
poor leads
inability to maintain ship in position.
Routine and emergency anchor operations may include:
dropping, paying out and holding an anchor
reporting amount and lie of cable
letting go and weighing anchor
securing to a single anchor
securing to twin anchors
recovering anchor
clearing anchor and cable
recovering a foul hawse
hanging off an anchor.
Anchor equipment may include:
cable
securing arrangements
anchor balls
cable locker.
Operational hazards during mooring or anchor handling operations may include:
failure of moorings, anchor or equipment
damage to moorings
insufficiency of moorings
faulty or damaged machinery and equipment
moving and rotating machinery
using equipment beyond safe working limits
cables and ropes
poor leads
inability to maintain ship in position
moving heavy loads using unsafe lifting procedures
slippery deck
poor housekeeping procedures
non-compliance with safe working procedures.
Sources of information /documents
Documentation/records may include:
ISM Code safety management system plans, procedures, checklists and instructions
IMO STCW 95 Code and Convention
AMSA Marine Orders
orders and instructions of the officer on watch
vessel and company procedures
instructions of relevant Maritime Authorities
relevant Australian and international standards.
Applicable International , Australian and State /Territory regulations and legislation
Applicable procedures and codes may include:
relevant sections of IMO STCW 95 Code and Convention
relevant sections of AMSA Marine Orders
ISM Code
relevant international, Australian and State/Territory OH&S legislation.
General context
Work must be carried out in compliance with relevant maritime regulatory requirements.
Work is performed as a member of an anchoring or mooring party under defined operational requirements, with some accountability and responsibility for self and others in achieving the prescribed outcomes. It involves the application of basic mooring and anchor handling procedures across a variety of operational contexts. Following of orders and instructions of the officer on watch is required.
Worksite environment
Vessel may include any Australian or international commercial vessel.
Mooring operations include:
throwing heaving lines
running out mooring lines
reporting distance off
securing mooring lines
letting go mooring lines
recovering mooring lines
making fast fore and aft to a fixed terminal or jetty
making fast to a single point mooring
making fast to a conventional buoy mooring
preparing mooring area for operations
making fast and letting go tugs
adjusting moorings during a port stay
securing mooring area on departure
rigging gangways, accommodation ladders and pilot ladders
stowing mooring lines after use.
Mooring equipment includes:
man-made fibre and wire-rope moorings
heaving lines and stoppers - (rope and chain)
tension winches
stand clone winches
electric, hydraulic and hand driven capstans/drum ends
dead men and fairheads.
Equipment malfunctions or problems may include:
failure of moorings or equipment
damage to moorings
insufficiency of moorings
poor leads
inability to maintain ship in position.
Routine and emergency anchor operations may include:
dropping, paying out and holding an anchor
reporting amount and lie of cable
letting go and weighing anchor
securing to a single anchor
securing to twin anchors
recovering anchor
clearing anchor and cable
recovering a foul hawse
hanging off an anchor.
Anchor equipment may include:
cable
securing arrangements
anchor balls
cable locker.
Operational hazards during mooring or anchor handling operations may include:
failure of moorings, anchor or equipment
damage to moorings
insufficiency of moorings
faulty or damaged machinery and equipment
moving and rotating machinery
using equipment beyond safe working limits
cables and ropes
poor leads
inability to maintain ship in position
moving heavy loads using unsafe lifting procedures
slippery deck
poor housekeeping procedures
non-compliance with safe working procedures.
Sources of information /documents
Documentation/records may include:
ISM Code safety management system plans, procedures, checklists and instructions
IMO STCW 95 Code and Convention
AMSA Marine Orders
orders and instructions of the officer on watch
vessel and company procedures
instructions of relevant Maritime Authorities
relevant Australian and international standards.
Applicable International , Australian and State /Territory regulations and legislation
Applicable procedures and codes may include:
relevant sections of IMO STCW 95 Code and Convention
relevant sections of AMSA Marine Orders
ISM Code
relevant international, Australian and State/Territory OH&S legislation.
Unit Sector(s)
Not applicable.
