■ Scope
This Advanced Training for Service on Ships Subject to IGF Code course covers the mandatory competences and the required knowledge, understanding and proficiencies prescribed in Section A-V/3, Table A-V/3-2 of the STCW Code.
This course requires a total of thirty-four (34) instructional hours to cover the topics enumerated in Part B – Course Outline.
■ Training Outcomes
To meet the minimum standard of competence for all trainees assigned to shipboard duties as required in Section A-V/3 of the STCW Code, this course is designed to enable the trainees to successfully demonstrate the following competences in Advanced Training for Service on Ships Subject to IGF Code.
Specifically, at the end of the course the trainee must be able to:
- familiarize the physical and chemical properties of fuels aboard ships subject to the IGF Code;
- operate controls of fuel related to propulsion plant and engineering systems and services and safety devices on ships subject to the IGF Code;
- perform and monitor all operations related to the fuels used on board ships subject to the IGF Code;
- plan and monitor safe bunkering, stowage and securing of the fuel on board ships subject to the IGF Code;
- take precautions to prevent pollution of the environment from the release of fuels from ships subject to the IGF Code;
- monitor and control compliance with legislative requirements;
- take precautions to prevent hazards;
- apply occupational health and safety precautions and measures on board a ship subject to the IGF Code; and
- knowledge of the prevention, control and fire-fighting and extinguishing systems on board ships subject to the IGF Code.
■ Entry Standards
Entry to the course is open to masters, officers, and all personnel with immediate responsibility for the care and use of fuels and fuel systems on ships subject to the IGF Code who have completed the Basic Training for Service on Ships Subject to the IGF Code as specified in Section A-V/3-1.
They must be medically fit to enable them to participate in all aspects of the training particularly the practical exercises.