ENGINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

ENGINE ROOM RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

What is Resource Management? • Course about MANAGEMENT. – it is the ACT of managing; handling, supervision, or control of business or other enterprise such as the bridge & engine room when applied to maritime vessels..

What is Resource Management? • Course is about MANAGEMENT. – the person who directs, controls, manages resources and expenditures; a person who handles a responsibility and has resources under him such as subordinates and has also a manager above him called his superiors..

This person who do management is called the MANAGER. • Onboard ship it’s the Master or Chief Engineer..

Why Do We Need Resource Management? • To cope with emergencies. • Accident prevention. • Regulatory requirements. • Safety..

Causes of Maritime Accidents • 20% Act of NATURE. • 80% Human Error..

What is Engine Room Resource Management? • This training programme deals with management in highly operational situations in the engine room..

Engine Room Resource Management • It is a fact that the way human beings interact, communicate and make decisions in such situations is quite similar. So management errors are also similar..

Engine Room Resource Management The base of this course was developed in the airline industry as a result of research which showed that most aircraft accidents are caused not by technical errors but by crew management error..

Crew Management Error • Preoccupation with minor technical problems. • Failure to delegate tasks. • Failure to assign responsibilities. • Failure to set priorities. • Inadequate monitoring. • Failure to use available data. • Failure to communicate intent and plans. • Failure to detect and challenge deviations from standard operating procedures..

Lack of competence is actually a minor reason for an accident!.

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