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Garbage In, Garbage Out..... : The International Maritime Human Element Bulletin
Garbage In, Garbage Out..... : The International Maritime Human Element Bulletin
Garbage In, Garbage Out..... : The International Maritime Human Element Bulletin
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Crew Endurance Management: 3
o be human is not just to have bodily Despite the commonly held assumption Catholic and many others belong to the
T and mental needs as defined by the
human sciences. It is also to be a person
that secular attitudes prevail, the
sociological evidence is that relatively few
Islamic faith.
Human rights legislation requires that
with purposes and intentions that people have turned away from belief in,
people are not denied opportunities to
transcend the here and now, reach across and experience of, the sacred and the practice their faith. It is a challenge to the
into the mysteriousness of the future and spiritual. Across the globe, seven major maritime industry to ensure appropriate
involve us in deep and treasured religions account for 83% of the world’s opportunities are provided to the seafarer.
relationships of love with other people population. Amongst seafarers, belonging
The International Christian Maritime Association
and with God, in ways articulated within to religious traditions is particularly
(ICMA) <www.icma.as> maintains an online
different traditions of faith. In short, we are common - some 60% of them are Directory of Christian Centres, Chaplaincies and
people of spirit as well as mind and body. Christians, a high proportion is Roman Seamen’s Welfare Agencies throughout the world.
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People: Mind, Body & Spirit
MIND
Knowledge,
Education, training,
Driver competencies motivator: understanding, aptitude,
skill, proficiency
Mental ability,
Self awareness, self
Driver evaluation motivator: intelligence, personality,
character, sensitivity
Communication, Leadership
direction, teamwork,
Driver empowerment, character motivator: interoperability,
adaptability
building
BODY
Balanced diet,
habitability, hygiene, Energy, physical fitness,
Driver exercise, rest, recreation,
medical screening, D&A
motivator: physical strength,
stamina, wellbeing
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testing
Ergonomics, safe
working practices, Safety culture, security
Driver protective equipment, motivator: awareness
physical security
SPIRIT
Personal ethics, Pride, sense of purpose, identity,
conscience, cultural aesthetics, conviction, trust,
Driver integration, leadership, motivator: expectation, realisation,
supervision, belonging, loyalty, esteem,
remuneration fellowship, security
leads to:
Competence
leads to:
Attitude
leads to:
Motivation
leads to:
Happy & healthy
Lifestyle
leads to:
Safe & secure
working
IFECYCLE
environment L
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Competence
Attitude
USE
Motivation
leads to: Healthy & happy lifestyle
DEVEL
Self actualisation E
THE IVERY LY
actualisation Moral values
CAR OF
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leads to: DI
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MAINTAIN
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Joined up maritime
Dr Tim Carter
Secretary,
International Maritime Health Association health
blood pressure, diabetes and poor
I llness at sea matters. For example, a
sudden collapse on the bridge can
directly put a ship at risk. Commonly it
The key relationship is that fit seafarers
and safe working conditions will reduce
the toll which ill-health takes on safety,
weight control.
Joined up thinking about health is not
requires emergency attention by crew- operations and costs. Yet there have been
difficult, but joined up action needs an
members and evacuation or diversion. few attempts to look at how to optimise
approach that is not just rule-based but
Both pose risks to ship operations and prevention to reduce such risks. In this
one that assesses risks, costs and losses
safety. Even more frequently, seafaring respect seafaring is well behind aviation and evaluates the most cost-effective way
careers and sometimes lives are cut short and other safety critical industries. of preventing them.
by illness and disability which can be Take heart attacks - which are by far the
avoided by care for personal health and by If the goal is to be a safer maritime industry
commonest fatal illness at sea - and which safeguards its assets of experienced
working conditions which do not pose consider how the risks can be reduced.
accident or health risks. seafarers, then critical thinking about how
Ships have gone aground with a dead to reduce health risks is needed. It is
Like most aspects of the maritime industry master alone on the bridge; crews have already happening in a few shipping
health has lots of rules: certification of been severely taxed looking after seriously companies. It is being encouraged by
medical fitness, medical first aid training, ill colleagues; and not a few casualties land some forward looking insurers, trade
medical stores, radio-medical advice, and up in hospitals far from home. For those unions and maritime authorities and there
care for ill seafarers in foreign ports. Like who have had an attack their career at sea are accessible sources of expertise
most rules these are often followed may sometimes be over, although with available from bodies like the International
unthinkingly without either considering changes in fitness standards this is now Maritime Health Association and also from
their adequacy or how well they are not always the case. academic groups, often derived from the
observed if they conflict with economic Saving lives, in this context, is not about successes of disease prevention and
priorities. Even the latest proposals by emergency treatment but is about health promotion onshore.
the International Labour Organisation attention to personal risk factors such as Further information about the International
(ILO) for revision of the Maritime Labour diet and smoking. The maritime lifestyle Maritime Health Association can be found at
Conventions leave health scattered at four has not helped but these factors are www.imha.net
or five different places in the verbiage, readily addressed jointly by seafarers A series of articles by Dr Carter on specific
without a thought about how the ‘health and their employers. Regular medical aspects of seafarers’ health can be found at
system’ can best function. assessments can look for risks such as high http://seafarerswelfare.org/41_medical.htm
Communication
- a step towards Emotional Intelligence
Commander HN (Retd) Nicholas A Iliopoulos
Centrofin Management Inc
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An holistic approach is needed, Increased
a dd i c t i o n
• emotional strain
g
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with all concerned recognising that
it is in partnership that the best
VULNERABILITY
• metabolic excesses (e.g. heavy
d
meals, alcohol in excess of 2-3
s
dy R e d u c e
ence
shipboard environment is achieved.
units per day)
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Legislators, regulators, administrators,
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loss of self esteem (the feeling
responsibility of making a healthy ed
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r ela i s t u r b e d eas ty of defeat and despair
I n c r t a b ili
environment. The IMO has stated ti o n irr i
ships exacerbates the catabolic
that ‘Maritime administrations must process)
ensure a safety culture’ and that Fig 1: The Destructive Hermeneutic Cycle
companies take ‘all appropriate Without a balanced lifestyle
measures to encourage pride of seafarers become vulnerable.
service and professionalism on the Vulnerability translates into
Negative
part of personnel they employ’. ion rea inefficiency and in the context
uat cti
Sit on
of shipboard life there is the
Human error is often quoted as the problem that focus on the job
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Reports
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A RESEARCH AGENDA IN MARITIME PRINCIPLES OF SAFE MANNING
CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
IMO Resolution A.890(21)
Michael Barnett, PhD; David Gatfield, MSc; - 4 February 2000