International Safety Management Code and Designated Person Ashore

ISM & DPA training

• What is ISM (before/now) / The ISM Code History

• ISM in SOLAS

• Other Conventions and ISM

• Definitions

• Objectives

• Application

• Mandatory application of ISM Code

• Mandatory application of ISM to be ensured

• Functional Requirements for a Safety Management System (SMS)

• What the SMS prepared by the Companies should include

• Assessing compliance with the requirements of the ISM Code

• Assessing compliance for the Administration

• Mandatory requirements and the SMS

• ISM & other Statutory Certificates

Safety and environmental protection policy

• Safety and Environmental Protection Policy - Requirements

• Policy and Management relation

• Sample Policy

Company responsibilities and authority

• Company Responsibilities and Authority requirements

• What Responsibility / What Authority?

• How the Company should comply with the Code?

Designated person(s)

• General for DPA
• Does DPA needs to be insured?
• DPA Experience
• DPA Training
• DPA Qualifications
• What the Company should provide to DPA
• What DPA verifies and monitors
• Who is DPA?

Master's responsibility and authority

• Master's Responsibility and Authority Requirements
• Master and SMS comments

Resources and personnel

• Resources and Personnel requirements
• Qualifications, Training & Experience for Crew and Persons Ashore
• Working Language in SMS
• ISM Chapter 6 & STCW
• STCW Compliance
• New STCW requirement for Engine/Bridge
• What is “Company” for STCW?
• What is “Company” for ISM?
• Responsibilities overview ISM & STCW
• ISM & MLC 2006
• MLC 2006 surveys and ISM
• ISM - STCW - MLC comparison

Shipboard operations

• Shipboard Operation - requirements
• Plans & Procedures Preparation
• Sample Content for SMM manual

Emergency preparedness

• Emergency Preparedness requirements
• Comments for Emergencies
• Comments on Near misses
• Hazardous Situations
• Near miss Pros & Cons
• Near miss and Companies
• Defining near miss
• General examples of a near-miss
• Barriers to reporting near-misses
• Barriers and management initiatives
• Near miss investigation process
• Identifying causal factors
• Completing the investigation – Final Report Basic Elements

Reports and analysis of non-conformities, accidents and hazardous occurrences

• Reports & Analysis of NCs, Observations, Accidents and Hazardous Occurrences requirements
• Reporting & Analyzing of NCs, Observations, Accidents and Hazardous Occurrences
• Result of Evaluation Report
• Major Non Conformities (MNC)
• MNC and DoC
• MNC and SMC
• How/What to Report a NC
• What to include in a Conformity Report?
• Assessments of Risks and Non Conformities
• Risk Categories
• ALARP Triangle
• Risk management / Risk Control Measures

Maintenance of the ship and equipment

• Maintenance of the Ship and Equipment requirements
• Maintenance planning – Areas to be included
• Maintenance planning – Examples
• Maintenance planning – Key Issues
• Maintenance planning & reports
• Maintenance planning & Critical Equipment

Documentation

• Documentation requirements
• Records & Verification
• What Company should provided

Company verification, review and evaluation

• Company Verification, Review & Evaluation requirements
• Review of Safety Management System (SMS)
• Internal Audits Intervals Key Issues
• Internal Audit? at which extent?
• Internal Audit Why?
• Internal audit before an external audit
• What about DPA and Audits?
• Company & Ship's SMS Comparison
• Persons Responsible for Audits

Certification and verification

• Certification and Verification -Requirements
• Comments on Requirements

Interim certification

• Interim Certification - Requirements
• Comments on Requirements

Verification

• Verification requirements
• Verification by Administrations of Recognized Organizations (ROs)
• Effective enforcement by Administrations with Verification
• What Administrations should consider during verification
• Objective Evidences from facts and Records
• Tools for Verification/Certification
• Certification and verification activities
• Interim verification
• Initial Verification
• Annual verification of Document of Compliance
• Intermediate verification of Safety Management Certificates
• Renewal verification
• Additional verification
• Safety management audits
• Application for audit Preliminary review (Document review)
• Preparing the audit
• Executing the audit
• Audit report
• Corrective action follow-up
• More Company responsibilities pertaining to safety management audits
• Responsibilities of the Organization (or Flag) performing the ISM Code certification
• Standards of Management for the Organization performing Certification
• RO Arrangements
• Responsibilities of the verification team & Lead Auditor
• More Guidance for Certification / Verifications
• Standards for Auditors
• Standards of Competence for Auditors