Vessel Mooring and Securing Operations

What’s involved?

This one-day course that focuses on the knowledge required for safely securing vessels to a quay, including line-person duties, safe access and communication.

What will I learn?

• Mooring theory: terms of vessel, terms of equipment, forces         
• Mooring safety: hazards, use of lines - practical, snapback, common knots, communication           
• Rope and wire management: types and properties of lines, regulations on checking lines and equipment           
• Hand signals and communications: vessel flags, voice, UHF/VHF hand signals
• Barge manoeuvring: vessel mooring, securing in tides taking into account range/height and flow, rafting up       
• Tides and charts: overview of charts, overview of tides, short exercise on tidal heights    
• Safe access: dangers, requirements and checks, gangways, ladders, direct access
• Regulation: maritime and landside regulation, PUWER, ACoP, COSWP, working at height etc.
• Responsibilities: berth owner, employer, vessel master, worker

Duration: 

08:30 - 16:30

Contact: 

To find out more about the course and to book, contact the training team on 07756 651 171 or training@thamesacademy.london