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Resource Management

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Resource management is about using the people, information and equipment on the bridge or in the engine room as a team, so that small errors do not grow into disasters. This guide covers the training and its aims.[1]

What resource management training develops

For a resource management training programme to be effective it must have a lasting result, ensuring that the individual's communication skills, assertiveness and ways of coping with pressure and stress are well developed. The purpose is to create a crew with a focus on preventing the minor errors that can lead to serious incidents or even catastrophic events.

Culture and behaviour

There is a strong correlation between the behaviours and attitudes of seafarers on board a ship and the cultures that seafarers belong to — for example professional, national and organisational cultures. Understanding this helps leaders read behaviour and manage teams.

Decision-making

Effective decision-making can be supported by carrying out regular meetings that let officers and crew members interact and share opinions.

Why it matters

Human factors contribute to a large majority of shipping-related accidents. Resource management training is carried out at workshops and using computer-based training.

Key facts to remember

  • Effective training develops communication, assertiveness, and coping with pressure and stress, to prevent minor errors becoming catastrophic events.
  • Behaviour and attitudes correlate with professional, national and organisational cultures.
  • Support decisions with regular meetings where officers and crew share opinions.
  • Human factors cause the large majority of shipping accidents.
  • Training delivery: workshops and computer-based training.

Sources

  1. STCW Convention and Code — bridge and engine-room resource management (Sections A-II/1, A-II/2 and A-III).
  2. ISM Code (SOLAS Chapter IX) — the human-element and safety management framework in which resource management operates.

Compiled from the sources above and cross-checked against the official documents. Published by the MaritimeTest editorial team.

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  1. Question 1

    A resource management training programme must have a lasting result to be effective, ensuring that the individual's communication skills, ____ and ways of coping with pressure and ____ are well developed. This creates a crew with a focus on preventing minor errors that can lead to serious incidents or even ____ events.
    • ... assertiveness ... stress ... catastrophic.
    • ... attractiveness ... injury ... mundane.

  2. Question 2

    There is a strong correlation between the behaviours and attitudes of seafarers on board a ship and the cultures that seafarers belong to, for example, professional, national and organisational cultures.
    • True.
    • False.

  3. Question 3

    How can effective decision-making be supported?
    • By having seafarers complete surveys based on their work experience.
    • By carrying out regular meetings to let officers and crew members interact and share opinions.

  4. Question 4

    Which factor contributes to a large majority of shipping related accidents?
    • Human factors.
    • Equipment failure factor.

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