Chief Officer - Gas

1. Promote a strong and proactive safety and quality culture on board.
2. Always lead by example, especially in safety related issues.
3. Ensure that safety, quality and environmental excellence performance goals within deck department are met on board.
4. To participate in the general and detailed planning of operations and maintenance of vessel.
5. To execute the technology charts and cargo plans.
6. Ensure that junior deck officers are actively involved in planning, cargo line and valve setting and execution of the cargo and ballast operations.
7. To plan and control activities of his immediate subordinates.
8. As responsible Deck Officer have to organise all activities to clean up the oil spill.
9. To implement safety policies and practices.
10. To act as Safety Officer with duties for shipboard organisation and maintenance of safety standards.
11. To act as Spill/ Environment Officer with duties for maintenance of proper environment protection standards on board the ship.
12. To deputise for Master when necessary.
13. To act as Training Officer for all crew.
14. To appraise the performance of immediate subordinates in accordance with Company Procedures.
15. To command the confidence of his subordinates by clearly influencing their success with tasks and the satisfaction or their generally accepted needs.
16. To develop the abilities of immediate subordinates.
17. To foster a congenial and stimulating social and working environment.

Special Responsibilities

1. To perform all cargo operations and maintain documentation.
2. To control the quality of cargo and to be responsible for safe delivery.
3. To ensure that ship is ready in all aspects to receive and discharge cargoes when required to do so.
4. To observe all statutory requirements with regard to oil pollution.
5. To observe vessel’s safe condition at all times, with regard to ballast, cargo stowage, trim andstability.
6. To carry out the overall supervision of the Third Officer duties regarding maintenance of firefighting, life-saving and other safety equipment.
7. To ensure that all safety requirements are met during cargo operations and deck works.
8. To organise and conduct safety and emergency exercises or drills, ensure that equipment is satisfactory tested.
9. To keep and take charge of a safe navigational watch (including watchkeeping) as required.
10. To control the condition of hull, cargo holds/tanks, covers, cargo handling equipment / gear/ system, ballast and inert gas system (I.G.S.), C.O.W., venting systems, anchor gear, mooring and other deck equipment and liaise for maintenance and deficiencies with Chief Engineer.
11. To familiarize himself with the jobs of officers in all departments.
12. To maintain the timetable and to check overtime hours of deck crew and deck Officers.
13. To supervise the training and drills of vessel’s crew. To carry out drills or exercises as required.
14. To be responsible for all portable gas detectors using and medium control in vessel spaces.
15. To develop himself for promotion to Master by acquiring flexibility of attitudes and management skills necessary.
16. To carry out instructional duties as required.
17. Other duties as required by the Master.