Basic Training In Liquified Gas Tanker Cargo Operations

The STCW 2010 BASIC Training in Liquified Gas Tanker Cargo Operations course is set up to offer seafarers, who have a Tanker Fire Fighting certificate, with the essential education and training in tanker cargo operations, in order to meet the knowledge, understanding and proficiency (KUP) requirements set out in the specific part of the following: Table A-V/1-2-1.

• Relevant symbols according to the types of Gas carried on board Liquified Gas tankers
• Relationship between pressure and temperature, including vapor pressure/temperature
• How an electrostatic charge may be generated
• Hazards associated with Liquified Gas cargoes
• Inerting, drying agents and monitoring techniques
• Hazard controls
• Gas-measuring instruments
• Safety equipment and protective devices
• Safe working practices and procedures
• Effects of liquefied gas pollution on human and marine life
• Loading, unloading, care in transit, tank cleaning, purging, gas-freeing and inerting cargo
• Operations
• Different Liquified Gas tanker types, including their general arrangement and construction
• Brittle Fracture

Prerequisites

1. Delegates must already hold approved certificate in Tanker Fire Fighting or (FPFF or AFF inclusive of Tanker firefighting component).
2. Photographic ID (A Government issued, photographic proof of identity on the day of the course and this should take the form of either a valid Passport or a driving license or a valid discharge book).

Certification

Successful delegates will be awarded with an approved STCW 2010 BASIC Training in Liquified Gas Tanker Cargo Operations, after a short exam.

Revalidation

No.