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It should be the prime moto of safety committee that all staff on board are
encouraged to participate and are motivated to contribute their views or
concerns on working practices on board.
The officer’s and crew’s representatives should be elected by the ship staff on
the basis of their enthusiasm and sincerity in the improvement of safety on
board the ship.
The first agenda of the meeting must always be the minutes of the previous
meeting and matters arising out of the last safety Meeting.
All decisions and actions taken with respect to previous safety meeting
observation and which have been completed must be reported and a record
made stating the closing of those items. Items which have not been completed
should be carried forward for the next meeting also reasons for items that
have not been completed should recorded and a target date mentioned for the
same item.
Incident, injury, near miss or accident reports can be discussed in the meeting
to increase the crew awareness and avoid further similar incident/injury/near
miss/accidents.
As per the International Safety Management (ISM) code, every ship must
appoint a ship safety officer (SSO) who has the knowledge, experience, and
skills to look over the important safety issues related to ship and its crew’s
health.
According to the ISM code, a ship’s safety officer should have a minimum of 2
years of consecutive sea service. In case of tanker ships the safety officer
should have 6 months of experience on a tanker ship in addition to 2 years of
consecutive sea service.
The appointed ship Safety officer should have the necessary qualities to
properly take the responsibilities as per the relevant provision of the ISM code.
He should also help in proper implementation of the ISM code on the ship.