Course details
Personnel who are required to handle break-bulk cargo on board ships or on wharves and who are required to lash/unlash containers at local conventional terminals.
OBJECTIVE
At the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the required knowledge and skills to handle cargo safely and efficiently
COVERAGE
- Duties and responsibilities of stevedores
- Workplace Safety and Health Act
- The cargo ship
- Means of access
- Ships lifting system
- Types of hatches
- Opening and
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Course details
Personnel who are required to handle break-bulk cargo on board ships or on wharves and who are required to lash/unlash containers at local conventional terminals.
OBJECTIVE
At the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the required knowledge and skills to handle cargo safely and efficiently
COVERAGE
- Duties and responsibilities of stevedores
- Workplace Safety and Health Act
- The cargo ship
- Means of access
- Ships lifting system
- Types of hatches
- Opening and closing hatches
- Hatches – means of access, lighting, ventilation
- Nature and packing of cargo
- Types of cargo handling gears/aids and their usage
- Cargo handling symbols
- IMO dangerous goods labels, placards and marks
- Personal protective equipment
- Preparation for work
- Handling general cargo and heavy lifts
- Slinging safety
- Safety on wharf
- Lifting safely – kinetics
- Port safety rules and regulations
- PSA’s safety philosophy
- Common Lashing Gears
- Examples of Lashing Patterns
- Berthing and unberthing operations
- Practical exercise – manual lifting (kinetics)
- Practical exercise – signalling
- Practical exercise – slinging
- Fixing/removing cones, manual twistlocks and semi-auto twistlocks
- Fixing/dismantling turnbuckle/bar and chain lashing
- Fixing/infixing bridge fittings
- Coning/deconing at wharfside
- Use of safety harness
NOTE / REMARKS
Subject to a minimum class size of 12 participants.
REQUIREMENTS
Be at least 16 years old. A medical certificate of physical fitness is required for those aged 60 years old and above.
FUNDING
This course is approved for funding under the Skills Development Fund (SDF)
Medium of Instruction
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