Assessing Behavioural Competency Seafarers Seminar 2018

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1 Assessing Behavioural Competency Seafarers Seminar 2018 Dr Phillip Belcher Marine Director INTERTANKO

2 INTERTANKO 2018

3 Members working for members

4 Work with OCIMF SIRE FG MEG 4 TMSA 3 Security Various committees Safety Initiative

5 OCIMF SAFETY INITIATIVE INTERTANKO/OCIMF Joint Safety Initiative Initiated at joint OCIMF Board/INTERTANKO EXCOM meeting in Dubai November 2014 Goal a step change in safety and operational excellence Series of meetings at board and secretariat level First Joint Working Group meeting July 2015 Behavioural Competence

6 Why Behavioural Competency? Human error Not following rules Professional skill Human Behaviour

7 Human Error

8 Preventing Accidents

9 Why Rules are not followed Lack of knowledge Taking a short-cut Lack of surveillance and enforcement Lack of trust Rule could not cover everything Demonstrate professional skill

10 Why Rules are not followed Taking a short-cut Lack of knowledge Lack of surveillance and enforcement Lack of trust Rule could not cover everything Demonstrate professional skill

11 Why Rules are not followed Lack of surveillance and enforcement Lack of knowledge Taking a short-cut Lack of trust Rule could not cover everything Demonstrate professional skill

12 Why Rules are not followed Lack of trust Lack of knowledge Taking a short-cut Lack of surveillance and enforcement Rule could not cover everything Demonstrate professional skill

13 Why Rules are not followed Rule could not cover everything Lack of knowledge Taking a short-cut Lack of surveillance and enforcement Lack of trust Demonstrate professional skill

14 Why Rules are not followed Lack of knowledge Taking a short-cut Lack of surveillance and enforcement Lack of trust Rule could not cover everything Demonstrate professional skill

15 Professional Skill They can handle any outcome It never goes wrong Absence of consequences Blind to risk Stopped people from thinking Technology provides a veneer of security

16 Heogh Osaka

17 Competence based training Traditional system: Set list of tasks Candidate completes a training book Officer signs them off Candidate deemed competent But is that a true measure of competence? Trust? Reliability? Qualifications of the officer?

18 Soft skills How the seafarer does the job How he applies technical knowledge How he gets others to work An ability that enables someone to interact successfully with other people, systems and equipment, procedures and environment.

19 CAV Focus on tanker core competencies 1. Navigation 2. Mooring 3. Cargo Operations 4. Engineering Up to each individual company to decide if they want to incorporate the system into their company. Could be an independent system or incorporated into the company s SMS.

20 Key Elements Outline of competence scheme: Introduction Guidelines Behavioural indicators Templates Assessor training & guidance

21 Behavioral Indicators Explains what these are and how they should be applied with a worked example. Split into 6 areas with sub elements. A. Collaboration and Team Cohesion B. Communication & Influencing C. Situation Awareness D. Decision making E. Results focus F. Leadership & Managerial skills

22 CAV System Behavioural Competency System Shared ownership with OCIMF Standard system across industry Non-mandatory Launched Nov 2018

23 CAV System Outcome Behavioural Competency System: shared ownership with OCIMF Standard system across industry and transferable between companies Used to assess competence in rank Also as a talent management tool Should also be used in the promotion process Useful during recruitment

24 Summary Close working collaboration between OCIMF and INTERTANKO True focus upon the human element Reduces the burdens imposed by fixed term deterministic approaches Achieve a real step change in safety

25 Yemen

26 Southern Red Sea Incidents

27 ABAIQ and INCE INEBOLU

28 ARSAN

29 MINES and WBIED

30 Military assessment EU NAVFOR and CMF assess that neutral shipping not directly linked to the SLC is UNLIKELY to be deliberately targeted by Houthis. However, risk of collateral damage to neutral shipping exist due to misidentification

31 Industry advice Stay as far away as navigationally possible from Yemen coast Comply with BMP5 Keep AIS ON Circumspect with last port information

32 Thank you