1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Administratively, the entire crew is subordinated to the chief assistant of the captain, and his orders regarding compliance with the court order, discipline, organization of service and schedule are obligatory for all crew members and persons on board. The senior assistant is the head of the general ship service   and manages the deck team and the life team, the work of the second, third, fourth and fifth assistants.

The chief mate must be constantly ready to replace the captain and take command of the vessel. In the absence of the captain, he can independently make shifting and transitions of the vessel in port waters, calling for pilots and port tugs if necessary.

2. RESPONSIBILITIES

Senior mate:

1. Makes and corrects ship schedules.

2. Organizes and conducts crew training to combat ship survivability, use rescue equipment and rescue people, cargo and ship property, oversees the training of emergency parties and groups, directly manages the actions of the crew to combat ship survivability.

3. Ensures the constant readiness of rescue equipment for immediate use, monitors their completeness.

4. Ensures the availability on board and proper storage of a minimum stock of products.

5. Controls and keeps records of the amount of water in ballast and drinking tanks, its consumption.

6. Together with the chiefs of services, accommodates the crew members and persons temporarily arriving on the ship at residential premises.

7. Ensures proper technical operation and proper maintenance of hull, decks, superstructures, ship rooms and compartments, drinking tanks, collective protection rooms, medical aid and provision storerooms, dosimetric devices, personal protective equipment and blackout equipment, rigging and rigging, cargo, anchor, mooring, towing equipment, ship rescue equipment; fire-fighting, rescue equipment, property and equipment, measuring, air and receiving pipes; air vent and welded ventilation ducts, klinketny doors and their drives (except for machine-boiler compartments), ladders, storm ladders and fender protection.

8. Together with the chief (senior) mechanic, he checks the condition of the watertight compartments and the closures of the vessel.

9. Plans and exercises control over the conduct of ship works; monitors the quality of cooking.

10. Distributes sailors to ship-wide, mining and processing services, trainees by ship services.

11. Provides timely receipt, storage, consumption and accounting of rescue, fire-fighting and special equipment and inventory, supplies and consumables for the general ship service.

12. Keeps documentation on the accounting of the technical condition of his supervisor, prepares repair sheets; draws up plans for classes, exercises, inspections, inspections and ensures their implementation; leads ship order book.

Before and during cargo operations:

1. Ensures the preparation of cargo devices and premises to receive cargo; checks their readiness together with the second assistant, the senior mechanic, the electrician and the assistant to the captain on fire and technical part.

2. Personally manages the loading (unloading) and fastening of large-sized and heavy cargo, accommodation and fastening of deck cargo.

3. He personally supervises the preparation of the vessel for the transport of dangerous goods and ensures the implementation of the rules for their transportation.

Before going to flight:

1. Ensures the preparation of the ship in the field, takes measures to properly secure deck devices and cargo.

2. Checks the readiness of the steering, anchor, mooring, boat devices, signal and distinctive lights, light, sound and alarm signaling, in-ship communication, engine telegraph and remote control of main engines; monitors the reliable closing of holds, hatches, openings, tambuchins, portholes, mouthpans and other openings of the deck and sides.

3. 2 hours prior to departure, he reports to the captain about the readiness of the service for the voyage and 15 minutes later about the readiness of the vessel for departure.

1. Controls the proper fastening of deck devices and cargo; organizes and monitors the watertightness of the hull, the tightness of the outer contour of the vessel; takes measures to ensure them; supervises the preparation of the vessel for storm sailing and to combat icing.

2. When leaving the vessel, the crew ensures that the vessel’s premises are checked and that there are no people left on the vessel.

3. Carries the watch from 4 to 8 hours and from 16 to 20 hours. (On ships where there are more than three captain assistants, the elder maintains one running shift per day from 4 to 8 hours and controls the shift of the fourth assistant from 16 to 20 hours). In difficult conditions, bears the watch on the instructions of the captain.

Note. This instruction does not limit the rights of the captain in certain cases to impose on crew members additional responsibilities in relation to the actual conditions and condition of the vessel.

Other instructions in the section:
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Instructions for the post " Senior mate", presented on the site, meets the requirements of the document -" DIRECTORY of qualification characteristics of occupations of workers. ISSUE 67. Water transport. Section "Sea Transport" (With changes and additions made by orders of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Ukraine N 189 of 05.10.2005, N 671 of 06.08.2007). The second edition, supplemented, revised as of August 6, 2007, "which was approved by order of the Ministry of Transport of Ukraine on 10.12.2001, N 863. Agreed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy of Ukraine. The status of the document is “valid”.

Foreword

0.1. The document comes into force upon approval.

0.2. Document developer: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

0.3 The document was agreed: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

0.4. Periodic verification of this document is made with an interval not exceeding 3 years.

1. General Provisions

1.1. The position "Senior Assistant Captain" refers to the category "Specialists".

1.2. Qualification requirements - complete, basic or incomplete higher education relevant areas of training (specialist, bachelor or junior specialist). Experience in the profession of assistant captain for obtaining a diploma of senior assistant captain of ships: gross tonnage of 3000 and more (with educational qualification level - specialist), gross tonnage from 500 to 3000 or less 500 in case of sailing in the open sea (with educational qualification levels) bachelor), gross tonnage less than 500 coastal navigation (with educational qualification level - junior specialist) - not less than 1 year. Examination tests on the requirements for competence in accordance with the Code on the preparation and certification of seafarers and watch keeping (STCW) for the right to obtain a diploma of official qualifications and other documents. Periodic training and confirmation of qualification.

1.3. Knows and applies in activities:
  - resolutions, orders, orders, regulations, instructions, regulatory and other governing documents on navigation, technical operation of merchant ships, on safety of navigation, technical condition of vessels, general ship service organization;
  - navigation, general and special flight;
  - operational technical data of navigation and navigational equipment;
  - advanced domestic and foreign navigation experience;
  - rules of operation of the system of remote control of the power plant;
  - the rules and regulatory documents of the Shipping Register of Ukraine or another classification society, which provides technical supervision of the vessel;
  - Merchant Shipping Code of Ukraine;
  - provisions of international conventions and resolutions of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on the protection of human life at sea (SOLAS), the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL), on international aviation and maritime search and rescue (IAMS), on the training and certification of seafarers and keeping watch (PMNV), on the load line;
  - international rules, codes and standards for the safe handling, stowage, securing and carriage of goods, taking into account the Code of Safe Placement and Security of Goods (GSC Code), International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG), Code of Safe Bulk Carriage Practice (Code NG);
  - rules for loading, transporting and unloading heavy and long goods;
  - The organization of accommodation and passenger service (on passenger ships);
  - specifics of loading, securing, transporting and unloading on specialized vessels;
  - fire safety rules during repair work and work with the use of open fire;
  - fire protection of the vessel;
  - Sectoral agreement between the Ministry of Transport of Ukraine and the trade union;
  - rules and instructions of the shipowner, conditions of the Collective agreement (contract);
  - economics, organization of labor and management, transport law, emergency and rescue business, maritime sanitary declarations and the requirements of the International Sanitary Rules;
  - International Medical Guide for Ships, medical section of the International Code of Signals;
  - English (maritime specifics).

1.4. The senior assistant to the captain is appointed to the post and dismissed by the order of the organization (enterprise / institution).

1.5. The chief mate submits directly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

1.6. The chief mate supervises the work of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

1.7. The senior mate during the absence is replaced by a person appointed in the prescribed manner, who acquires the corresponding rights and is responsible for the proper performance of the duties assigned to him.

2. Characteristics of work, tasks and duties

2.1. Carries out voyage planning, control and maneuvering in any circumstances.

2.2. Provides organization of ship service, replaces the captain and takes command of the vessel, if necessary.

2.3. Supervises the service of operation and life, the work of the deck team.

2.4. Supervises the proper organization of work and rest in these services.

2.5. Ensures proper use, maintenance and maintenance of the hull, decks, deck mechanisms, hatch covers and filler compartments, spars and rigging, ship devices and facilities, rescue equipment, rescue, fire fighting equipment, measuring, air and receiving pipes fresh water and ballast-drainage, ladders, storm ladders, lifts, fender protection.

2.6. It organizes and controls the training of emergency units, directs the crew’s actions while ensuring the survivability of the vessel.

2.7. It compiles schedules based on the alarms of the entire crew, while during the stops at the ports it is an abbreviated crew.

2.8. Carries out control of delivery and staffing with individual and collective emergency and rescue means and corps property, availability of regulatory provisions.

2.9. Keeps records of the presence of water in ballast tanks and tanks.

2.10. Provides timely supply of the vessel and proper storage of the minimum supply of food supply and drinking water, their proper spending and accounting, says the crew’s food menu.

2.11. Carries out the location of crew members and persons temporarily arrived on the ship, in residential premises.

2.12. Ensures proper organization of accommodation and servicing of passengers, if there is no assistant captain in the passenger part in the state.

2.13. Acts as assistant to the captain of the fire department, if one is absent in the state.

2.14. Controls the maintenance of the vessel in proper sanitary condition.

2.15. Ensures that the vessel passes deratization and disinsection.

2.16. Carries out the preparation and announcement of the orders of the captain, monitors their implementation, maintains ship seals and stamps.

2.17. Makes a cargo plan taking into account the specifics and properties of the cargo, ensuring the stability and durability of the vessel, presents it to the captain for approval.

2.18. Provides preparation of cargo devices and mechanisms of the ship to perform cargo operations, decks, holds and other cargo spaces - for receiving cargo.

2.19. Controls and provides the necessary temperature regime of the cargo space and the level of humidity.

2.20. Makes and delivers a message (notice) about the readiness of the vessel for carrying out cargo operations.

2.21. Manages the acceptance and delivery of cargo (baggage), provides the correct load, separation, stacking, fastening, transportation and unloading.

2.22. Carries out control of sealing of cargo spaces and storage of seals.

2.23. Issues receipts of acceptance of cargo, prepares shipping documents, maintains ship’s shipping documentation, draws up a trip report.

2.24. He personally supervises the preparation of the vessel for the transport of dangerous and bulk cargoes, loading, securing, unloading heavy and long cargoes, the location and securing of deck cargo.

2.25. Supervises loading and unloading operations on specialized vessels (such as "RO-RO", container ships, etc.).

2.26. Carries out planning and carrying out repair and maintenance work performed by the deck crew, preparing statements of defects in its management.

2.27. Supervises the completeness of the vessel technical support of the hull.

2.28. Carries out the compilation of repair statements in accordance with the objects of service.

2.29. Monitors the quality of hull work performed by repair companies.

2.30. Provides timely presentation of the vessel for inspection of the technical supervision of the hull.

2.31. Before the vessel leaves the voyage, it checks the preparation of the vessel for navigation.

2.32. Reports to the captain about the readiness of the vessel for the voyage after receiving reports from the captain's assistants about the readiness of the subordinate units.

2.33. During the voyage, he monitors the state of attachment of deck equipment and cargo, organizes supervision of the hull's water resistance and takes measures to eliminate the deficiencies that have been noticed, supervises the preparation of the vessel for storm sailing, as well as navigation in ice conditions, mooring the vessel (together with the pilot or independently) in the absence of the captain on board the ship.

2.34. Carries parking and running watches.

2.35. Monitors the implementation of measures to ensure environmental protection.

2.36. Organizes the timely provision of medical care to members of the ship's crew.

2.37. Ensures the observance by the crew of the vessel labor protection rules, conducts briefings on labor protection issues.

2.38. He knows, understands and applies the current regulatory documents relating to his activities.

2.39. He knows and fulfills the requirements of regulatory enactments on labor protection and the environment, complies with the norms, methods and techniques of safe work performance.

3. Rights

3.1. The senior mate has the right to take action to prevent and remedy any irregularities or inconsistencies.

3.2. The senior mate has the right to receive all social guarantees provided by law.

3.3. The senior mate has the right to demand assistance in the performance of his official duties and the exercise of rights.

3.4. The senior assistant to the captain has the right to demand the creation of the organizational and technical conditions necessary for the performance of official duties and the provision of the necessary equipment and inventory.

3.5. The senior assistant to the captain has the right to get acquainted with the draft documents relating to his activities.

3.6. The senior assistant to the captain has the right to request and receive documents, materials and information necessary for the performance of his official duties and management instructions.

3.7. The senior mate has the right to upgrade his professional qualifications.

3.8. The senior assistant to the captain has the right to report all violations and discrepancies identified in the course of his activities and to make proposals for their elimination.

3.9. The senior assistant to the captain has the right to familiarize himself with the documents defining the rights and obligations of the position held, the criteria for assessing the quality of the performance of official duties.

4. Responsibility

4.1. The senior assistant to the captain is responsible for non-fulfillment or untimely fulfillment of the duties assigned by this job description and (or) non-use of the rights granted.

4.2. The senior assistant to the captain is responsible for non-compliance with the internal labor regulations, occupational health and safety, industrial hygiene and fire protection.

4.3. The senior assistant to the captain is responsible for disclosing information about the organization (enterprise / institution) related to a trade secret.

4.4. The senior mate is responsible for the non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of the requirements of internal regulatory documents   organizations (enterprises / institutions) and legal executive orders.

4.5. The senior assistant to the captain is responsible for offenses committed in the course of their activities, within the limits established by applicable administrative, criminal and civil law.

4.6. The senior assistant to the captain is responsible for causing material damage to the organization (enterprise / institution) within the limits established by the applicable administrative, criminal and civil legislation.

4.7. The senior assistant to the captain is responsible for the misuse of his official authority, as well as for personal use.

1. General Provisions

1.1. This instruction defines functional responsibilities.
   Senior mate of the ship.
   1.2. The senior assistant is appointed and dismissed.
   positions by order of the head of the organization in the manner prescribed
   RF legislation.
   1.3. The senior assistant reports directly to the captain of the vessel, and
   administratively, the whole crew submits to him.
   1.4. The orders of the senior assistant in compliance with the ship
   order, discipline, organization of service and routine are required for
   performance by all crew members and other persons on board.
   The senior assistant manages the deck team and the life team, as well as
   the work of other captain mates. The senior assistant is the boss
   general ship service.
   1.5. The chief mate must be constantly ready to be replaced.
   captain and take command of the vessel. In the absence of the captain
   can independently make shifting and transfer of the vessel to
   port waters, calling for pilots and port tugs if necessary.
   1.6. The position of senior assistant is assigned to a person possessing
   required knowledge, skills, skills, having a higher special
   education and work experience of at least __ years.

2. Functional responsibilities

Senior mate:
   2.1. Makes and corrects ship schedules.
   2.2. Organizes and conducts crew training in the fight for
   the survivability of the vessel, the use of life-saving appliances and the rescue of people
cargo and ship property, controls the preparation of emergency parties and
   groups, directly manages the actions of the crew in the fight for
   vessel survivability.
   2.3. Provides constant readiness of rescue equipment to
   immediate use, monitors their completeness.
   2.4. Ensures availability on board and proper storage.
   minimum stock of products.
   2.5. Monitors and keeps records of the amount of water in ballast and
   drinking tanks, its consumption.
   2.6. Together with the chiefs of services accommodates crew members and
   persons temporarily arriving on the ship by residential premises.
   2.7. Ensures proper technical operation and maintenance
   proper hull, deck, superstructure, ship premises and
   compartments, drinking tanks, collective protection rooms, medical
   help and provision storerooms, dosimetric devices, means
   personal protection and blackout, mast and rigging, cargo,
   anchor, mooring, towing equipment, ship rescue equipment;
   fire-fighting, rescue equipment, property and
   inventory, measuring, air and receiving pipes; air vent and
   welded channels of ventilation, klinketny doors and their drives (except
   machine-boiler compartments), ladders, storm ladders and fender protection.
   2.8. Together with the chief (senior) mechanic checks the state
   waterproof compartments and vessel closures.
   2.9. Plans and supervises the conduct of ship works;
   monitors the quality of cooking.
   2.10. Distributes sailors to the general shipboard, mining and
   processing, probationers on ship services.
   2.11. Provides timely receipt, storage, consumption and
   accounting of rescue, fire-fighting and special property and
   inventory, supplies and consumables for general court service.
   2.12. Keeps records on the technical status of its
   supervisors, prepares repair sheets; makes plans for
   classes, exercises, inspections, checks and ensures their implementation; leads
   ship order book.
   Before going to flight:
   2.13. Provides preparation of the vessel in hiking, takes measures to
   proper fastening of deck devices and goods.
   2.14. Checks the readiness of the helmsman, anchor, mooring,
   dinghy, signal lights, lights,
   audible and alarm, onboard communication, machine
telegraph and remote control of main engines; keeps an eye on
   reliable closing of holds, hatches, mouths, tambuchin, portholes,
   Kapov and other openings of the deck and sides.
   2.15. 2 hours before the release, the captain reports on the readiness of the service to
   the flight and in 15 minutes - about the readiness of the vessel to depart.
   Before and during cargo operations:
   2.16. Provides preparation of cargo devices and premises for
   receiving cargo; checks their readiness together with the second assistant,
   senior mechanic, electrician and assistant captain
   fire-technical part.
   2.17. Personally manages the loading (unloading) and fastening
   oversized and heavy cargo, accommodation and fastening
   deck cargo
   2.18. He personally supervises the preparation of the vessel for the transport of dangerous goods and
   ensures compliance with the rules of their transportation.
   In flight:
   2.19. Controls proper fastening of deck devices and cargo;
   organizes and monitors the watertightness of the case,
   tightness of the outer contour of the vessel; takes measures to ensure them;
   supervises the preparation of the vessel for storm sailing and to combat
   icing.
   2.20. When leaving the vessel, the crew provides a check of the premises
   vessel and makes sure that the vessel has no people left.
   2.21. Bears running watches from 4 to 8 hours and from 16 to 20 hours. (On
   vessels with more than three captain mates, the elder carries one running gear
   watch a day from 4 to 8 hours and monitors the watch of the fourth
   assistant from 16 to 20 hours). In difficult conditions, the watch carries on
   the instructions of the captain.

3. Responsibility

3.1 The senior mate is responsible for improper
   performance of duties, failure to ensure the tasks assigned to him

Compliance with the legislation of the Russian Federation