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Health & Safety for Surveyors
Learning Outcomes:
- Explain who has responsibility for surveyor’s safety and understand the issue of
- Learn how to carry out risk assessments
- Explore the various health and safety issues in surveying e.g. confined spaces, working at height, ship-to-ship transfer
Maritime safety introduction
Responsibility for surveyor’s safety/ transfer of responsibility
PPE
Safety on the dock/ port and other work areas
Working at heights (*IACS Recommendation 78 & 136)
Working over water
Confined space entry (*IACS Procedural Requirement R No.37 and Recommendation 72 )
Hazardous materials including asbestos (*IACS Recommendation 130)
Shock/ electrical
Overhead cables
Movable objects
Risk assessments (*IACS Recommendation 141 & 127)
Dangerous cargo
Engulfment
Slips trips and falls
Vibration (*IACS Recommendation 132)
Noise
Dock side traffic
Lifted cargo/ dropped objects
Environment/ weather, extremes of heat and cold
Unsafe access
Rotating machinery
Pressurised systems
Fumes
Aggression
Ship to ship transfer (*IACS Recommendation 134)
Working with equipment under test
Sea trial
Use of small boats/ rafts for survey (*IACS Recommendation 39)