REFERENCE NO.: D65 - PERS MAN 1. COURSE NAME: Shipboard Personnel Management 2. COURSE DESCRIPTIONS: The course includes the Personnel Management, Organization of Staff, Training on Board Ships, Protection and Safety of Passengers 3. NUMBER OF UNITS FOR LECTURE AND LABORATORY: 3 LECTURE, 0 LABORATORY = 3 UNITS 4. NUMBER OF CONTACT HOURS: 3 LECTURE, 0 LABORATORY = 3 HOURS 5. PREREQUISITES: NONE 6. COURSE OBJECTIVE: The student shall be capable of organizing and managing the crew for safe and efficient operation of the ship and apply ship’s contingency plans for emergencies. The student will also be able to chair meetings on board and implement shipboard training programs. FUNCTION: F3 - Controlling the Operation of the Ship and Care for Persons on Board at the Operational Level 7. COURSE OUTLINE: LEARNING OBJECTIVES The student shall be able to . . . . . . 7.1 Personnel Management 7.1.1 Principles of controlling subordinates and maintaining good relationship 7.1.1.1 state the basic principles for personnel management; 7.1.1.2 demonstrate how personnel can be managed by: 7.1.1.2.1 democratic leadership 7.1.1.2.2 autocratic leadership 7.1.1.3 explain when the various roles of leaderships will be most effective; 7.1.1.4 demonstrate various ways of motivating the crew for an unpleasant task; 7.1.1.5 explain how appraisal and/or criticism shall be done to achieve desired results; 7.1.1.6 explain the principles for Management By Objectives (MBO). D65 – PERSMAN page 1 of 4 7.1.2 Staff attitudes 7.1.2.1 explain the elements of Maslows Hierarchy of needs. 7.1.3 Condition of employment 7.1.3.1 state the basic conditions to be written in a contract of employment; 7.1.3.2 list the benefits and disadvantages by obtaining officers and crew through: 7.1.3.2.1 direct employment by a shipping company 7.1.3.2.2 employment through a national organization 7.1.3.2.3 employment through a trade union 7.1.3.2.4 employment through an agency 7.1.3.3 suggest an efficient system for employing Filipino seafarers; 7.1.3.4 state why conditions of service can vary between countries and between companies; 7.1.3.5 state how officers and crew can obtain the necessary training appropriate to their duties and who is responsible for the competence of the seafarers. 7.2 Organization of Staff 7.2.1 Manning arrangements 7.2.2 state the basic principles upon which the safe manning document is based and the conditions for changes. 7.2.3 Organizing for safety and emergencies 7.2.3.1 evaluate the contingency plan of the schools and suggest if necessary, appropriate changes; 7.2.3.2 explain how the Shipboard Oil Pollution Emergency Plan (SOPEP) is functioning. 7.2.4 Organizing for operation and maintenance 7.2.4.1 state the main functions of the personnel required in the ship’s Safe Manning Document; 7.2.4.2 explain the purpose, benefits, disadvantages and problems encountered of dual-purpose officers and general-purpose ratings. 7.2.5 Communication on board 7.2.5.1 explain the considerations to be given to the following elements of a meeting: 7.2.5.1.1 the purpose 7.2.5.1.2 the agenda 7.2.5.1.3 preparations 7.2.5.1.4 chairing 7.2.5.1.5 voting 7.2.5.1.6 decisions 7.2.5.1.7 minutes 7.2.5.2 conduct a meeting for his/her classmates. D65 – PERSMAN page 2 of 4 7.3 Training on Board Ships 7.3.1 Training methods 7.3.1.1 explain the purpose of on-board training; 7.3.1.2 describe the preparation needed before the start of a training session; 7.3.1.3 conduct a training session to other members of the class; 7.3.1.4 explain how the shipboard training can be integrated in the ship’s work plan; 7.3.2 Familiarization training 7.3.2.1 explain the purpose of familiarization training and how this training shall be conducted. 7.3.3 Organizing shipboard training 7.3.3.1 state the measures to be taken by the school to ensure that the shipboard training will be properly conducted and approved; 7.3.3.2 explain how the ISF’s Training Record Book, approved by CHED, shall be used; 7.3.3.3 state considerations to be taken to ensure that competence evaluation will be based on the criteria for proper performance without any kind of “face-like/ dislike” aspects. 7.4 Protection and Safety of Passengers 7.4.1 states that some crew members will be assigned specific studies for the mustering and control of passengers lists the duties as: warning the passengers ensuring that all passengers spaces are evaluated guiding passengers spaces, stairs and doorways maintaining discipline in passage ways stairs and doorways 7.4.7 checking that passengers are suitably clothed and that life jackets are correctly donned taking roll call of passengers 7.4.9 instructing passengers on the procedure for boarding survival craft or jumping on the sea directing them to embarkation stations instructing passengers during drills ensuring that a supply of blankets is taken to the survival craft 7.4.2 7.4.3 7.4.4 7.4.5 7.4.6 7.4.8 7.4.10 7.4.11 7.4.12 8. EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS CHEMICALS, TEACHING AIDS: 8.1 Various videos on Personnel Management D65 – PERSMAN page 3 of 4 8.2 Shipboard Organizational Charts 8.3 Fire Control Plans 8.4 ISF’s Training Record Book for Deck or Engineer Cadets, as appropriate. 9. REFERENCES: 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 IMO Model Course 5.04: Human Resources Management. IMO Model Course 2.05: Ships’ Administration. IMO Model Course 7.03, 1999 Edition. ISBN 92-801-6105-9. Dela Calzada, Linic, Hilario, Andres, Quenkiol, Rafael and Templo, Aaron. Personnel Management. D65 – PERSMAN page 4 of 4