Basic Safety
Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities
- Modules
- 2
- Lessons
- 4
- Questions
- 20
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Aligned to the published MCA syllabus. Official syllabus (GOV.UK). MSN 1865.
PSSR-M1 · Safe working and emergencies
2 lessons
PSSR-M1-A Shipboard hazards, safe working practices, and contributing to the ship's emergency response.
Practice in examiner ↗PSSR-L1.1Shipboard hazards and safe workingA ship is a hazardous industrial workplace as well as a home, and working safely is every seafarer's personal responsibility. This lesson covers the hazards aboard and the safe working practices that control them.PSSR-L1.2Emergency procedures and personal safetyEvery seafarer has a part to play in the ship's response to an emergency, and knowing the procedures is part of the basic safety training. This lesson covers emergency procedures and personal safety.
PSSR-M2 · Living and working aboard
2 lessons
PSSR-M2-A Communication, human relationships and the seafarer's social responsibilities.
Practice in examiner ↗PSSR-L2.1Effective communication and human relationshipsA ship is a workplace and a community where people of different backgrounds live and work at close quarters for long periods, so getting on and communicating well is a genuine safety and welfare matter. This lesson covers communication and human relationships aboard.PSSR-L2.2Social responsibilities, rights, fatigue and healthThe seafarer has both responsibilities and rights aboard, and a duty to look after their own health and fitness for duty. This lesson covers social responsibilities, seafarers' rights, fatigue and health.