Safety Officer

Safety Officer is appointed by the Master.

Responsibilities –

1. Control and record all safety and anti-pollution exercises in accordance with statutory regulations and company procedures.

2. Provide induction/familiarization course to new crew.


3. Follow-up with concerned personnel, and ensure that they implement corrective and preventive actions for nonconformities and observations recorded during audit.

4. Identify deficiencies in training of crew and inform Master accordingly.


5. Identify communication / language problem amongst crew and inform Master accordingly.

6. Implement actions (as guided by Master) to ensure that communication/language problems do not hamper safety and pollution prevention activities onboard.