TASCO

Advanced Training For Oil Tanker Cargo Operations

Course Description


This course provides training for masters, chief engineers, chief officers, 2nd engineers and any person with immediate responsibility for the loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of oil cargoes.
It comprises a specialized training programme appropriate to their duties, including oil tanker safety, fire safety measures and systems, pollution prevention, operational practice and obligations under applicable laws and regulations.
The course takes full account of Section A-V/1 of the STCW Code adopted by the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended.

A specialized oil tanker training programme (TASCO) is a mandatory course for obtaining level - 2 Oil Tanker Endorsement (DCE), which is a requirement under STCW chapter V/1 for all officers wanting to serve on board chemical tankers in the management level, in addition such personnel must have completed the Tanker Familiarization course and have experience appropriate to their duties on oil tankers with immediate responsibility for the loading, discharging and care in transit or handling of cargo.

Contents of the course

  • Hazards of Oil Cargoes
  • Marpol Regulations
  • Cargo containment
  • Cargo handling systems & general principles of cargo operations
  • Cargo calculation
  • Fire fighting and pollution prevention
  • Emergency procedures

 

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Duration10 Days
Type: Advance Modular Course
Course Fee: 8000
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