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NMS306
Coursework 2
Operational Considerations
Overview
You are to run a small craft repair facility.
Part 1 : Describe the statutory regulations with
which your facility must comply, and how they are of relevance to your yard.
You must identify how these are to be evidenced, audited and maintained.
Part 2 : Develop a set of safe operating
procedures for the generic operations of the yard, bearing in mind the
requirements identified in part 1.
Part 3 : As a result of your detailed
consideration of the safe operating procedures, define whether the existing
regulations are a help or a hindrance in the operation of your yard, critiquing
the regulations in the light of your work in part 2, and suggesting possible
improvements.
You may assume a fictional yard, set up for
the lifting storage and repair of small craft.
You should identify all those statutory
requirements with which a business must comply – remember - these are certainly
not all marine trade specific.
Part 1 should identify these requirements,
and enable your yard to move to the point of a being able to operate.
Part 2 will be the development of a set of
safe operating procedures, for generic operations. You should have at least 3
SOPs.
Part 3 is a critique of the regulations,
identifying from your detailed work on the SOPs what is good, what is bad, what
can be improved and why.
As an example consider the LOLER regulations,
and how they apply to you as the yard operator – how are they incorporated into
your SOPs and is there any areas for improvement.
The work should be suitably
referenced as per the referencing guide available on Moodle
Study the question and make sure
you include all components of the question.
Word count 2500 minimum – no
penalty for exceeding so long as it is well edited.
You should be evidencing at
least 60 hours of work for this piece.
The marking scheme is available on the Moodle site.
You are to run a small craft (ships) repair
facility.
1. Describe the statutory
regulations with which your facility must comply, and how they are of relevance
to your yard. You must identify how these are to be evidenced, audited and
maintained.
2. Develop a set of safe operating
procedures (SOP) for the generic operations of the yard, bearing in mind the
requirements identified in part 1.
3. As a result of your detailed
consideration of the safe operating procedures, define whether the existing
regulations are a help or a hindrance in the operation of your yard, critiquing
the regulations in the light of your work in part 2, and suggesting possible
improvements.
Also:
1. Critique the regulations on the
SOPs and develop a safe system of work.
2. Talk about the health and safety
executive (HSE) and maritime and coastguard agency (MCA) should work together.
3. Where dose HSE apply on a
company (duty of care) and who dose the company employ.
4. Another thing to write about is
the lifting operations lifting equipment regulations (LOLER) and how all
equipment should be tested every 6 months.
5. The business rate is 12000 GBP
threshold, if it passes the 12000 GBP you will have to pay taxes.
6. The turn over should be below
80k GBP so I don’t have to pay for value added tax (VAT). It is better to keep
a safety coition of 5k GBP so that I don’t pay VAT.
7. Write about the licensing for
operatory yard equipment (Class C license).
8. Give examples of legislation
affecting the port and harbour: LOLER, Fire Safety Order 2005
& HSE 1992
9. Take a look at the website
(Portskillsandsafety.co.uk)
10. Read the British Marine https://www.britishmarine.co.uk
11. Read the HSE guide 2 boat
building and repairs https://www.southamptonboatshow.com/~/media/BMF/BMF-Publications/Member-Only/Technical/HSE-Guide-2-Boat-Building-and-Repairs.ashx?la=en
12. There are no regulations on
mooring.
13.
Talk
about Queen's Harbour Master Plymouth (QHM) on mooring and the licenses to set
up mooring.
14. Talk about the environmental
regulations.
15. Talk about insurance.
16. Talk about public liability,
employ liability (if people are employed) & 3rd party liability.
17. Keep in mind that if
certification are not up to date, you are no longer insured.
Operational
Consideration: Casio Shipyard
Name
Institution/Affiliation
Date
Word
Count: 2621
1.0 Introduction
Casio
Shipyard will offer different services to owners of small craft, for example, lifting, storage, and repair. The lifting and
storage services will be supported by a crane that will be used to lift small
craft to and from the adjacent dock. On the hand, the repair services offered
by Casio Shipyard will include hull painting, cleaning, and general maintenance
work. As a shipyard business, it will start with the construction of a shipyard
that will require a substantial amount of investment from the proprietors.
According to Song and Woo (2013, p. 133), the construction of a shipyard begins
after the submission of the shipyard layout hence requiring the input of four
different engineering parts. Casio Shipyard will need the production layout,
utility, building, and civil engineering. Besides, to achieve operational
capacity the shipyard will have to implement and institute specific regulations
and procedures so that to meet environmental, health and safety requirements,
and so on. The shipyard will have to incorporate systems that will ensure
proper attention is focused towards the well-being of the workers complemented
by the reduction of adverse environmental impacts resulting from the different
activities such as repair services.
2.0 Statutory regulations
Casio
Shipyard will have to implement health and safety
executive (HSE) systems by first employing qualified and certified health and
safety experts who will be tasked with the responsibility of auditing and
maintaining the systems. Chabane (2004) explains that HSE Systems are planned
to provide continual additionally and improvement. It is a requirement by the
Marine and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to ensure that all the shipyard implement
statutory regulations most especially so that to safeguard the safety of the
workers. To meet the requirements stipulated by the MCA, Casio Shipyard will
have to apply the HSE System in order to incorporate measures that will
demonstrate the competency of all workers. Further, these systems will ensure
that the workers are aware of the HSE risks associated with the work
environment. As well as the relevant rules and regulations of working at a shipyard
complemented by the appreciation of the working conditions.
To operate the lifting, storage and repair services will
require the assistance of heavy operatory yard equipment mostly operated by
workers in possession of Class C license. According to Song et al. (2009, p.
81), it is the responsibility of shipyard owners to ensure that contractors and
personnel are working at a yard comply with the relevant national statutory
requirements, such as obtaining the Class C license. Casio Shipyard personnel will
be awarded the Class C license after submitting various documents, for example,
letter of application, and proof of personal training management, certificate
of registration, and so on. As per the regulations of Queen's Harbor Master,
Plymouth (QHM) the shipyard will have to acquire a mooring license (British
Marine, 2017). This annual license will allow Casio Shipyard to moor vessels to
navigable waters most especially during repairs. The application of the license
would be done at the service center or can also be done online.
As a result, of continuous communication between the
management of the shipyard and the personnel concerning safety and repair
measures, the company will establish an environmental protection plan. The
implementation of an Environment Management System is highly recommended as it
enables the identification of ecological impact of the shipyard services as
well as the setting of measuring progress and performance targets (Choi, 2003).
Painting and coating at the shipyard will result in the production of volatile
organic emissions with paint accounting for over 40% of the dangerous waste
produced. The small craft repairs will generate acids, hydraulic fluids, oil and
thinners substances that possess adverse consequences. For that reason, the
implementation of the environmental regulations will ensure that the personnel
at the shipyard are enlightened on the impacts of environmental pollution most
especially to the marine aquatic life. Moreover, the shipyard activities will
also result in noise pollution. The Environment Management Plan will enable the
shipyard to have a proper waste disposal systems and a more efficient way of
controlling high toxic contaminants.
Also,
Casio Shipyard will involve lifting, storage, and repair of small craft,
services that will require the company to purchase insurance policies. Due to
the company employing various personnel to help in running operations, it will
be susceptible to liability such as employee liability. According to Harris
(2010, p. 25) insurance is very imperative to the betterment of a shipyard
considering the company is susceptible to liability. Casio Shipyard will owe liability
to third parties in case of physical loss of or damage to equipment, machinery,
craft, and vessels. The company will also owe liability for pollution cleanup
and pollution. The availability of insurance policies will enable the company
to cover risks, such as builders' risks at the shipyard. Consequently, the
company will have to get into partnership with a credible insurance partner.
The insurance firm will provide Casio Shipyard will policies that are powered
by behavioral insights and market analytics so that to deliver desired
solutions that can manage potential risks.
All the statutory regulations that will be implemented by the company will have to be evaluated, maintained and audited from time to time, so that maintain the effectiveness of the various systems. The auditing of the HSE and Environment Management Systems will be determined by the impact of the implemented measures on reducing the level of...
