Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01173
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 8103–11063

reasonable steps to ensure that seafarers and other people are not exposed to health and safety risks arising from the conduct of the operator's undertaking. This duty includes:
       providing and maintaining a safe work environment (including plant and systems of work)
       ensuring the safe use, handling and storage of plant and substances
       providing adequate facilities for the welfare at work
       providing and maintaining a safe means of access to and from the workplace
       providing any information, training, instruction or supervision that is needed to enable seafarers to carry out their work in a way that is safe and without risk to their health
       monitoring the health of seafarers and the conditions at the workplace
       providing appropriate medical and first aid services
       developing a health and safety policy in consultation with any involved unions and other persons the operator considers appropriate.
The operator should also provide the necessary resources to implement a safety program[1] based on the safety policy. The policy and program should set out the responsibilities of all relevant parties, including shore staff, contractors and any other persons on, or in the vicinity of the ship.
The operator should ensure that the design of a new ship and any modifications to an existing ship takes account of ergonomic principles and the relevant Australian and international standards and codes of practice.[2]
The operator must maintain their ships, provide and maintain equipment, tools, operating manuals and other documentation[3], plan and organise all work so that health and safety risks are eliminated, or if that is not possible, minimised so far as is reasonably practicable.
The operator must also comply with Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures), including:
       providing written instructions to the person in command of each ship setting out the policies and procedures to ensure all newly employed seafarers are given a reasonable opportunity to become familiar with the shipboard equipment, operating procedures and other arrangements needed for the proper performance of their duties, before being assigned to those duties
       ensuring that seafarers are provided with minimum hours of rest, and
       checking that the seafarers hold appropriate medical and competency certificates.[4]
The operator must ensure that, as soon as practicable after joining the ship, seafarers are instructed in the hazards associated with their work and the shipboard environment and trained in the procedures used to eliminate or minimise exposure to health and safety risks. The training should include contingency planning and emergency preparedness.
The operator should take into account the necessary standards of fitness, experience and competence to ensure the health and safety of seafarers in the performance of their duties when operating on board. In doing so