Maritime safety and efficiency is of utmost concern to the Directorate General of Shipping (DGS), the constituted authority of the Government of India for all maritime affairs.
It was noticed that some training institutes barely met the minimum standards set by the Directorate, while others provided training facilities that were world class. In order to bring about uniformity of training, amenities and equipment provided by all training institutes the guidelines were revised and new ones formulated. This was done by the DGS in consultation with the training institutes and employers (shipowners and manning agencies). Draft guidelines were displayed on the website of the DGS and comments invited from interested parties, regardless of the position or office held. Comments received were considered to the earliest possible.
The final guidelines for Course is attached herewith. In keeping with Government policy, the guidelines have been made in as transparent manner as practicable.
It is expected that training institute would follow these guidelines in letter and spirit.
The above guidelines shall come into force w.e.f. 01.01.2005.
This issues with the approval of the Director General of Shipping and ex-officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India.
A proper record of actual dates, times and duration spent on each of the following activities should be maintained, especially where the facility has been outsourced, and shown to the members of the academic council during inspections. When in doubt, crosschecking with the outsourced agency may be done.
- PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP
GENERAL
Lectures 75 hrs; Practicals: 34 hrs; Total: 109 hours per year
Demonstrate and conduct practice on the use of various types of cordage, fibre and wire ropes used on ships.
Demonstrate and conduct practice on various types of whippings.
Demonstrate & conduct practice on various types of Knots, Bends & Hitches.
Demonstrate & conduct practice on types of splices on fibre and wire ropes.
Demonstrate the use of bulldog grips and bottlescrews/turnbuckles in joining wires.
&Explain the care & maintenance of fibre and wire ropes including uncoiling, coiling, stowing, etc.
Conduct practical exercises on the use of blocks, snatch blocks and the differential pulley (chain blocks).
Different types of tackles & purchases and the power gained in each case.
Conduct practical exercises on the maintenance of various types of blocks, tackles, shackles and bottle-screws/turnbuckles, including opening, greasing, etc.
Explain mooring arrangements. Explain the use of a mooring shackle.
Conduct practical exercises on throwing heaving lines, use of rope & chain stoppers, mooring shackle and handling of mooring ropes. Use of slip-ropes.
Explain Anchor Work. Explain the parts of a windlass.
Explain the following terms in connection with anchor work: Cable, Link, Swivel, Joining Shackle, Shackle as a term of length, Bitter End.
Parts of a stockless anchor.
Demonstrate the ability to use a sledgehammer.
Conduct practical exercises on opening a lug and a lugless shackle.
Explain the uses of an anchor, how it is dropped, hoisted and secured.
Demonstrate the ability to climb a ship's mast
Demonstrate ability in rope climbing.
Types of paints, painting procedures and defects
Conduct practical exercises on chipping and painting. Demonstrate all tools and gear available for the maintenance steel parts of a ship.
Explain the various cargo gear used. Explain SWL and Breaking Stress. Conduct simple exercises on cargo gear rigging.
Conduct practical exercises on rigging and climbing pilot ladders and Jacob's ladders. Maintenance of the same.
Demonstrate the use of the bosun's chair.
Demonstrate the use of overside staging for shipside maintenance.
Demonstrate the use of the safety belt and safety harness during the earlier two operations.
Explain the methods of dealing with an oil spill on deck.
Explain the plugging of scuppers during bunkering, loading and discharging of oil cargo.
Explain the use and construction of a cement box to stop leaks.
Explain Magnetic compass points.
Explain steering and helm orders.
- BOATWORK
Lectures Nil; Practicals 40 hrs; Total 40 hours per year
Explain the necessity to muster and ensure that each member of the boat crew wears boiler suit, safety shoes, helmet & life jacket.
The importance of checking that life jackets are worn correctly.
Explain the purpose of gravity davits and other arrangements for launching a lifeboat.
Practice procedure for preparation and launching.
Demonstrate ability to take charge, muster the crew, check life jackets, allot duties and give instructions for launching. To ensure that all crew carryout their duties correctly.
Practice rowing with proper co-ordination.
Practice and then demonstrate the ability to pick up a buoy (representing a man overboard).
- SHIP VISITS
<>h3> Lectures Nil; Practicals 30 hrs; Total 30 hours per year
Practical familiarisation visits to merchant ships
- WORKSHOP PRACTICALS -
Theory 75 hours Practical : 25 hrs Total 100 hrs per year
Carpentry workshop: Various types of tools and their uses e.g., nails, wood screws, screwdrivers, hammers (including claw, ball-pane, sledge, mallet), crowbars, saws, chisels, wood files, drills, vice, clamps, jack-planes, etc. Repairs to fibreglass surfaces such as boats, etc. Uses of various adhesives in joining of materials.
Plumbing workshop: Proper use of tools - spanners, wrenches, hacksaws, files, etc. The use of T-joints, bends and couplings in pipelines. Dismantling and joining various types of pipelines. Repair of water taps. Types of pipes, pipelines, their sizes, joints, cutting of simple gaskets/packing for pipe flanges, treatment leaks, use of various sealants for stopping small leaks in pipelines, pipe clamps, cutting of threads in pipelines, clearing of choked water pipelines.
Machine workshop: Familiarisation with, and proper use of, various tools e.g., open spanners, ring spanners, socket spanners, ratchet spanners, torsion spanners, Allen keys, screw drivers, files, hammers, chisels, punches, reamers, vice, taps and dies, etc. Special practice to be given on use of a sledgehammer. Types of nuts and bolts, studs; methods of freeing rusted nuts and bolts; proper use of the grinding machine, drilling machine (portable and mounted); use of coolants such as water, oil, etc., during drilling. Use of measuring devices - feeler gauges, callipers, screw gauges, etc. Overhauling of gate valves, butterfly valves and hydrants. The importance of lubricating oil and grease in reducing friction in machines.
Electrical workshop: Precautions when using electrical appliances; fuses and circuit breakers and their uses; danger of loose or improper connections; use of insulated hand tools, insulation tape, insulated footwear; danger of wet surfaces; proper connections (line, neuter and earth) in various joints. Types and specifications of electrical wire when making indents for purchase. Theory & practical of soldering.
Hotwork workshop: Basic theory and practical experience of gas cutting, gas welding and electric arc welding. Gas heating to free rusted nuts and bolts. The proper precautions to be taken during each of these processes.
BASIC COMPUTER TRAINING
Lectures 75; Practicals 25 hrs; Total 100 hours in 2nd year only
The cadet should learn & demonstrate his proficiency in the operation of the following:
Introduction to Computers and Windows (7 hours):
Handling the Computer and peripherals
Booting
Keyboard layout and functions of different keys
Proper shut down
Windows Operating System
Desktop features
Managing files and folders
Opening files and folders
Finding files and folders
Renaming files and folders
Deleting files and folders
Handling of Windows
Help
Shutting down the computer
MS Word (5 hours)
MS Excel (5 hours)
MS Access (5 hours)
MS Power Point ( 5 hours)
Proficiency in the above four programmes should include opening/ creating files/worksheets/databases/presentations, recording, editing, transferring, printing out, closing files, etc.
- GENERAL
Parade training
Physical training
Rope climbing
Swimming
Athletics
Outdoor games such as football, volleyball, etc
Indoor games
Extra curricular activities to develop officer like qualities such as Debating, Dramatics, etc.
Educational trips to shipping related organisations such as IRS, NIO, Goa, NSDRC, VIZAG etc
FAMILIARISATION WITH SHIPBOARD EQUIPMENT
Instructional visits to GMDSS Simulator.
Instructional visits to Radar & ARPA Simulator.
Plumbing workshop equipment to include: Spanners, wrenches, Stilson wrench, hacksaws, metal files, Teflon thread tape, water taps with washers, gasket material, plumbers vice, taps & dies for cutting threads on pipes, etc.