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Chief Oficer duties
Chief Oficer duties
and engine department. One cannot run the ship with only
engineers on board or for that matter with only deck officers.
While the engine department ensures the safe running of the ship’s
machinery, the deck department is an organizational unit in which,
deck officers performs navigational and other important duties
directly related to the efficient working of the ship, apart from those
involved with the engine room.
6. All the life saving and fire fighting appliances of the vessel comes
under the responsibility of the chief officer.
7. The duties include the administration task of scheduling and
distributing work to deck crew.
11. S/He has to make sure all the crew members are complying with
latest rules of MARPOL, SOLAS and STCW.
12. ISPS code is another responsibility that the chief officer has to
look over.
15. S/He also acts as SSO- ship security officer, responsible for the
security of the ship both in port and at sea.
17. S/He is responsible for the welfare of the crew on board ship.