Safety Supervisor

Course details

Personnel who are required to supervise, check and rectify unsafe container and/or general cargo handling operations on board ships and wharves.

OBJECTIVE

At the end of successful completion of the course, participants should have a good grounding of ship and wharf safety knowledge and skills, which should enable them to perform effectively as Safety Supervisors.

COVERAGE

• Role of safety supervisors
• Types and classification of ships
• Safety in berthing/unberthing operations
• Gangways and means of access
• Types of hatches - opening/closing of hatches
• Ship lifting systems
• Correct use of cargo handling equipment, gears and aids
• Operating forklifts in hatches
• Cargo handling symbols and instructions
• Handling and stowage of hazardous cargo
• Handling heavy lifts
• Manual handling of cargo
• Safety in lashing/unlashing operations
• Industrial accidents and their prevention
• Safe practices in winch operations/signalling
• Hazardous characteristics of cargoes
• Safety on board ship
• Safety on wharves and in godowns
• Accident investigation
• Safety inspection
• Accident trends and causes
• Safety rules, regulations and enforcement
• Case studies of major accidents
• Exercise in spotting safety hazards

REQUIREMENTS

Be between 21 to 65 years old. A medical certificate of physical fitness is required for those aged 60 years and above. Participants must also have passed secondary 2 English Language.

FUNDING

This course is approved for funding under the Skills Development Fund (SDF)

Medium of Instruction

ENGLISH

End of Course

Upon successful completion of the course, participants with PSA Passes will have Code "Z" endorsed on their PSA passes. With the Code ”Z”, they will be able to work as safety supervisors in PSA’s Terminals.