OVID REFRESHER COURSE

COURSE CURRICULUM

DAY 1
1. 0900-0915 / WELCOME
  • Safety and domestic information
  • Self-introduction of participants
  • Opening Address

2. 0915-0930 / SCHEDULE AND COURSE OUTLINE
  • What is OCIMF?
  • Inspector Accreditation
  • Inspection reports – the heart of OVID
  • Meeting the requirements of OVID
  • Inspector Ethics
  • Practical inspecting – the inspection walk-round
  • What will you achieve?

3. 0930-1030 / WHAT IS OCIMF AND WHAT IS OVID?
  • What’s New
  • The OCIMF Mission
  • What OCIMF does
  • What is OVID?
  • Why do we need OVID
  • Who are the OVID Participants?
  • How do the Participants contribute to OVID

1030-1050 / Coffee
4. 1050-1110 / ATTAINING AND MAINTAINING INSPECTOR ACCREDITATION
  • Importance of the Inspector’s contribution
  • Qualifications and qualities
  • Inspector ethics – conflicts of interests
  • The Accompanied training Inspections for new inspectors
  • The Examination
  • Initial and periodic on-board auditing
  • Ad-hoc review of incoming reports
  • The requirement for a minimum number of inspections per year
  • Attendance at refresher courses

5. 1110-1115 / SHIP QUALITY – THE CHAIN OF RESPONSIBILITY
  • IMO
  • FlagState
  • PortState
  • Classification Societies
  • Ship Operators
  • Industry Policing (The OVID Programme)

6. 1115-1130 / Risk Management
  • Why vetting is done
  • Automated vetting

7. 1130-1145 / PRINCIPLES OF THE OVID PROGRAMME
  • Origins of OVID
  • OVID Principles
  • Sharing reports
  • What report users need
  • The uniform inspection report
  • The inspection report

8. 1145-1200 / THE UNIFORM INSPECTION PROCEDURE
  • How is this achieved?
  • Inspecting using a standard procedure
  • The Inspector Manual (ROVIQ)
  • OVIQ Guidance notes
  • Using the ROVIQ during the inspection

9. 1200-1245 / Review of some OVID reports.
A review of a random select of reports and OVPQs from the OVID system
1245-1345 / Lunch
10. 1345 -1430 / ANALYSIS OF SOME REPORTS SUBMITTED TO OVID
  • A review of inspectors’ observations contained in some real reports

11. 1430- 1500 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Using the OVID Inspector Manual
  • The inspection work-flow
  • Making responses in the report
  • Dos and don’ts in responses – summaries and conclusions

1500-1520 / Coffee
12. 1520-1620 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Before/during boarding
  • Certification and Documentation

13. 1620 - 1700 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Wheelhouse and Navigation
  • DP Systems
  • Communications

DAY 2
14. 0900-0940 /
THE INSPECTION
  • External Areas
  • Lifeboats
  • Liferafts etc.

15. 0940-1030 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Working areas
  • Anchor handling area
  • Supply decks- rigging etc
  • Seismic arrays

1030-1050 / Coffee
16. 1050-1120 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Mooring - conventional mooring equipment, winches, windlasses etc.

17. 1120 -1150 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Engine Room

18. 1150-1230 /
THE INSPECTION
  • Accommodation – Internal
  • Debriefing with the Master

19. 1230- 1300 /
COURSE SUMMARY
  • Recap of Inspector’s role
  • Ethics
  • Conduct
  • OVID Inspector Accreditation,
  • The OVID Programme

1300-1400 / Lunch

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