CSI aims for comprehensive safety overview
John Haynes, FRC International, highlights how his organisation intends to take an integrated approach towards high-speed craſt safety and crew welfare at the CSI 2013 conference in July
becoming more important as the professional RIB and high-speed craſt sectors are required to perform increasingly complex tasks. Te objective is for marine units to deal with new scenarios, make fast decisions and implement these decisions using high-speed craſt and specialist equipment to achieve successful outcomes. Crew-Systems Integration (CSI) brings
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together all of these elements for the fast boat sector. Te challenge for all professional organisations is the integration aspect of the many disparate areas that are required to deliver enhanced performance and safety. FRC International is an education, training
and qualification developer for fast response craſt (FRC) personnel. Te group’s approach includes understanding risk, duty-of-care, legislation, evolving technologies, new operational tasks and scenarios. FRC training recognizes the growing need for professional and commercial maritime operators to be interoperable with other agencies and assets. A set of competence-based international qualifications has been recognised by the Nautical Institute to support best practice for military, professional and commercial marine organisations worldwide. To this end, FRC International is set to host
the CSI 2013 conference, which will cover a range of factors that deliver performance and safety for the crew and operating organisation. Te topics that will be covered include: Crew; Craſt & Equipment; and Training, and the interface between these areas. Human Factors Engineering, which can be linked to defined Qualifications and Simulation, will also be covered. To complete the integration picture the conference will also focus on Repeated Shock & Whole Body Vibration, Unmanned Vehicles and Operations. Tese nine topics can be considered separately but ultimately the challenge is linking them up.
Ship & Boat International May/June 2013
uman systems integration (HSI) is a recognised requirement for many organisations. Tis is rapidly
High-speed craft face a series of interlinked challenges related to safe design and whole body vibration reduction
• Craft & Equipment: The sub-24m sector is developing at a rapid pace. Not only has this resulted in increased boat speed and capability but new technologies and systems are available both for new craſt and as retrofits. Boat builders now need to understand the level of test and evaluation that their craſt will go through as part of a tender process. Equipment manufacturers need to develop electronics and equipment to international standards and, where appropriate, military specifications. Seat manufacturers will now have the opportunity to integrate new international testing standards into their development process. The conference will highlight the latest innovations and how operators can incorporate these developments into their requirements.
• Crew: The increasing operational
capability facilitated by enhanced craſt no longer means that the vessel is simple to operate within the full operational
envelope. Slow speeds and benign environments are relatively simple to operate in. But as speed increases, the environment deteriorates. As systems become more complex the competencies demanded of the crew move to a higher level and become more like those required by a helicopter crew where effective situational awareness and command & control (C2) become crucial for performance and safety. Te needs of regular passengers increasingly need to be considered by the crew as they are oſten being transported at speed to perform tasks on a fixed or moving platform. Tis includes ships pilots, boarding teams and offshore wind farm turbine engineers. Te conference will examine the demands on the crew and passengers and how the crew may be supported to overcome these.
• Training: As the capability of the craſt and its systems have advanced, the crew, in evolutionary terms, remains unchanged and can be outperformed by
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