September found our Green
team reaching new heights. For the past six months, GMS’s Green team has been
voluntarily conducting a number of training programmes at over 20 recycling
yards in Alang, India. The demand for these training programmes has grown so
rapidly, the Green Team eventually designed a first of its kind
“Train-the-Trainer” programme in collaboration with the Indian Registry of
Shipping (IRCLASS) in an effort to reach out to a larger audience / groups of
work force under the supervision of Dr. Anand Hiremath, Lead Co-ordinator of
the GMS Green Team and the Responsible Ship Recycling program.
This is the first time that
such a high caliber training programme has been launched in the Indian ship
recycling sector as an increasing number of ship recycling yards have been
attaining the standards set by the Hong Kong Convention for the Safe &
Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. As such, the timing couldn’t have
been more perfect. The training programme launched with 20 safety officers from
twenty different recycling yards who will go on to train over 100 workers in
each plot.
This means that through a
single training seminar, GMS’s Green team is indirectly reaching out to more
than 2000 workers in Alang! The first train-the-trainer programme was conducted
on the 21st of September at the Training Conference room of Sarvag Shipping
Services Pvt. Ltd, Plot No. 84D at Alang. The topic for this first GMS –
IRCLASS, “Train-the-Trainer” programme was “Working in Confined Space”. The
safety officers were made aware of the potential hazards associated with
confined spaces on-board vessels, safe entry into such spaces, emergency
preparedness and generating a response plan, importance of gas level
measurements in tanks, proper use of multi detector gas meters and
self-contained breathing apparatus, importance of work permits etc. Safety officers
also had a hands-on experience with all of the necessary equipment.
Upon conclusion of the
training seminar, an animated video was shown for a better visual
representation of the necessary work flows and processes. We are certainly
excited for this novel training programme and we hope to continue it in the
coming months with another batch of safety officers joining from another group
of recycling yards.
Source:
hellenic
shipping news. 10 October 2017
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