2nd Officer - Container

2nd Officer - Container

Department: Deck

Employment Type: Contract

Location: Shipboard

Designated as the vessel’s Navigation Officer and Officer of the Watch for Navigation & Cargo Operations. Designated as the vessel’s Medical/Health & Safety Promotion Officer. Ensuring that Bridge and Navigational Equipment is in good working order, maintaining all navigation records and keeping them up to date as required by the Navigation procedures within the VMS and Best Practice Guides.

• Acting as the vessel’s Navigation Officer, monitoring the condition of all navigation equipment, correcting/updating all charts and associated navigational publications, and preparing passage plans for approval by the Master. Reporting to the Master any deficiencies which may affect the safe navigation of the vessel
• Keeping a safe navigational watch as instructed by the Master
• Ensuring that the Passage Plan is prepared and executed as per the Navigation Procedures of the Company and per the Master’s Standing Orders and specific instructions
• Keeping a cargo/port watch as instructed by the Chief Officer
• Taking charge of a mooring party
• Providing medical first aid under the supervision of the Master or the designated medical officer if suitably qualified
• Maintenance and inventory of the ship’s medical stores
• Acting as the Health Promotion Officer aboard vessel on behalf of the Master
• Understudying the Chief Officer whenever suitable opportunities arise
• Any other tasks, duties as instructed by the Master
• Any other tasks, duties as instructed by Chief Officer during Cargo Operations
• The Second Officer is to be given the opportunity to understudy the Master whenever such an opportunity arises including on-board ship handling training. Such training to be recorded in ADM
  30a and reported in their appraisal report.