Enclosed Space Entry and Rescue drills mandated by SOLAS and their implementation in practice
Uski, Santeri (2021)
Uski, Santeri
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2021052510993
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The objective of this thesis was to conduct a research on enclosed space entry and rescue among the crew of two shipping companies operating under the Finnish flag, and the maritime students at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences.
The first part was to study the current legislations and requirements regarding enclosed space entry and rescue set by SOLAS, to establish the minimum bar to which the survey participants would meet. The second part was conducting the survey and analyzing the results.
Apart from a couple of concerning and repetitive observations, the results were mainly positive due to the high level of training and valuable safety culture that exists in the Finnish maritime education system and on vessels sailing under the Finnish flag.
The approaches to conducting enclosed space entry and rescue training on Finnish vessels vary greatly in these two companies from vessel to vessel. On some vessels, the training exercises are conducted so that they meet the minimum legal requirements regarding the testing of equipment, training of the personnel with enclosed space entry responsibilities, and then hold the exercise verbally among the crew. On some vessels the training exercises followed a pre-planned rescue scenario with an intended action of rescuing someone from an enclosed space in addition to the minimum legal requirements. These differences are caused by several factors. The attitude of the participants is a huge factor in the contents of the enclosed space entry and rescue training drills they hold on their vessels.
The confidence, that an individual possesses the needed skills to rescue another person from an enclosed space among the crew on Finnish vessels is high and increases the longer they work on vessels as everything regarding safety and security becomes more familiar and second nature.
The first part was to study the current legislations and requirements regarding enclosed space entry and rescue set by SOLAS, to establish the minimum bar to which the survey participants would meet. The second part was conducting the survey and analyzing the results.
Apart from a couple of concerning and repetitive observations, the results were mainly positive due to the high level of training and valuable safety culture that exists in the Finnish maritime education system and on vessels sailing under the Finnish flag.
The approaches to conducting enclosed space entry and rescue training on Finnish vessels vary greatly in these two companies from vessel to vessel. On some vessels, the training exercises are conducted so that they meet the minimum legal requirements regarding the testing of equipment, training of the personnel with enclosed space entry responsibilities, and then hold the exercise verbally among the crew. On some vessels the training exercises followed a pre-planned rescue scenario with an intended action of rescuing someone from an enclosed space in addition to the minimum legal requirements. These differences are caused by several factors. The attitude of the participants is a huge factor in the contents of the enclosed space entry and rescue training drills they hold on their vessels.
The confidence, that an individual possesses the needed skills to rescue another person from an enclosed space among the crew on Finnish vessels is high and increases the longer they work on vessels as everything regarding safety and security becomes more familiar and second nature.