Stability Awareness Courses

On completion of this course, you will understand:

• How poor vessel stability links to deaths in the fishing industry
• Risk, the ALARP principal, ‘Event and Consequence’ and the Risk Spectrum
• The responsibilities of the Skipper in respect to managing stability risks
• Event chains using event and consequence diagrams
• How weight and the shape of a vessel contributes to vessel stability
• The stability of both ballast stable and form stable boats
• Initial (GM) and static stability (GZ)
• The methods used to monitor risks to stability
• The risks posed by external forces, the transverse movement of weight, the FSE and the up-ward movement of weights and the condition of a vessel are managed
• How vessel watertight and weathertight integrity is managed to minimise risk
• How vessel condition and modifications are managed to maintain stability
• How to monitor and maintain the stability of a vessel during fishing operations
• How fishing vessel stability books manage the stability risk on fishing vessels
• The role of regulation and the regulatory organisations concerned with fishing vessel stability