Supervising Safety Near Water
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It is 02:40 on a wet night. Your waterside guard, Joseph, is alone on the berth 5 walkway. His check call was due at 02:30. The control room has heard nothing.
Perhaps his radio battery is empty. Perhaps he is in the water. You must act as if the second is true.
Focus: you cannot stand beside every guard. You keep them safe near water with three tools: checked kit, check calls and clear rules for night, weather and machines. Rescue belongs to the port's trained people.
Learning objectives
- Say what a supervisor does for safety near water, and what a supervisor does not do.
- Check lifejackets as kit at the start of a shift.
- Include lifebuoys, ladders and lights in your rounds, and report a gap.
- Set up check calls for guards who work alone, and act on a missed call.
- Apply rules for night work, bad weather and machine traffic.
- Arrange drills with the port.
- Handle a near miss or an accident.
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