BRIDGE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

CAPTAIN CAMPBELL GRIFFITHS

MARINE PILOT/ MANAGING DIRECTOR – PORT HEDLAND PILOTS

• Adopted in early 1990

• Safety and error management

• Preventing single person errors

• Best use of human resources and materials

Communication

Teamwork

Decision making Processes

Situational awareness

Fatigue Management and Monitoring

MASTER OFFICER OF THE WATCH

HELMSMAN PILOT

BRM

MASTER

OOW

HELMSMAN

PILOT

CRM

MOORING STATIONS

ENGINE ROOM

GANGWAY ACCESS

TRANSFERS

PRM

VTS

TUGS

LINES BOATS

SHORE PERSONNEL

BRM UNDER PILOTAGE

Ensure the vessels team is briefed prior to the Pilot Boarding the vessel

Over Riding Authority

Monitor Performance

Monitor the Passage

Allocation of tasks

Ensure the safety of the crew

Maintain open & transparent communication with the pilot

Monitoring and reporting alarms to the Master and Pilot

Know when to acknowledge, silence and reset alarms

Monitoring main engine RPM each telegraph movement

Internal communications

Monitoring vessels position by chart or ECDIS

Monitoring radar or radar performance

Vessel lighting

Understanding emergency steering procedures

Understand the vessels behaviour

Panel lighting check

Familiar with lighting on steering console

Familiar with alarms associated with steering console

Familiarity with steering console modes of operation.

Emergency steering procedures

So how can we improve ?

RECOGNISING VARYING FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO MISTAKES

MISTAKES ERRORS

PEOPLE INVOLVED

TECHNICAL PROVISIONS

ORGANISATIONAL ELEMENTS

OUTSIDE INFLUENCES

BASICS PREPARATION & KNOWLEDGE

• Covers not removed from critical equipment • Critical gauges/indicators not illuminated • Location of deck lights and lighting panel familiarisation • Lack of familiarization with the NFU change over procedure • Radars not continually adjusted during transit or tuned incorrectly • Not reporting alarms or resetting/acknowledging without advising the

bridge team • Knowledge of alarms and Alarm desensitisation – locations, when, why and

how to silence, acknowledge and reset • Clearly defined bridge team roles and responsibilities during pilotage • Communication

Illumination Gyro Compass

Rudder & Engine

Removing Covers Gyro Compass

Engine, Rudder & Aids to Navigation

Communication Equipment

BENEFITS

• Information readily available to reduce human error

• The ability to utilise more area of the bridge effectively during pilotage operations

• Correct installation of quality gauges and equipment to prevent or reduce equipment failures and improve accuracy

• Response time to prevent errors

• Response time to respond to errors

Basic Design Flaws

• Wrap around consoles • Digital centre line repeaters • Poor quality repeaters • Second VHF located in at the GMDSS station in the back • Poorly positioned ROT indicators • Rudder angle indicators that are obscured or poorly positioned • Rudder angle indicators that have the incorrect colour configuration • RPM indicators that point in the opposite direction to the direction of travel

INCORRECT COLOUR CONFIGURATION CORRECT COLOUR CONFIGURATION

ROT INDICATOR POSITIONED NEXT TO RUDDER ANGLE INDICATOR

Internal Bridge Design

Internal Bridge Design

Internal Bridge Design

Bridge Wings

Quick review of past events

Steering Failure

ME Slow Down

ME Failure

Gyro Failure

Equipment failure

Crew Competency

Wrong Way Helm

Wrong Way Engine

Wrong Way Thruster

Dropped tow lines

Incorrect Drafts

Technical / Mechanical Human Factors / BRM

• Whistle should be checked to ensure the air is on and working on both the forward & aft settings

• Helmsman to be able to switch to NFU and operate • OOW should be familiar with the passage plan and advise the Pilot when approaching 0.6nm

from an alteration • Messenger lines ready both forward and aft • Crew to remain at stations (as per the passage) • Simple mooring arrangement plan with SWL of bitts and leads • Understanding the different types of leads on your vessel

Important Information

LOCATION OF TUG BITTS

SWL OF TUG BITTS

LOCATION OF LEADS

TYPES OF LEADS

PANAMA FAIRLEAD SWL

ROLLER FAIRLEAD SWL

Wire Roller Fairlead Roller Fairlead Panama Lead

Passage Plan

Recruitment & Training

Initial 4 stage process

1) Shortlisting against minimum criteria 2) Pre-employment Psychometric Testing / Phone Interview 3) Pre-employment Simulation Testing 4) Site visit and Interview

Psychometric Testing (Recruitment Phase)

1)Verbal reasoning 2)Numerical reasoning 3)Abstract reasoning 4)Mechanical reasoning 5)Critical reasoning

Psychometric Testing

Personality / Preference

Abilities / Strengths and Weaknesses

Thought Processes

Training & Development

Real Mistakes

• Occur when the wrong process is carried out

Black Outs

• Occur when part of the process is forgotten

Slip Ups

• Occur when the right process is carried out incorrectly

How does PHP mitigate against these mistakes?

Skill based level

Rule based level

Knowledge based level

SKILL BASE LEVEL

INTERVIEW / PREVIOUS EXPIRENCE

PROGRSSIVE LICENCE LEVELS

BERTH MATRIX

LICENCE LEVEL SPECIFIC REQUIRMENTS

OFF WATER TRAINING

TIME

RULE BASE LEVEL

DUTY PILOT SCHEDULING AND TRAINING

VMG TRAINING

TIME

KNOWLEDGE BASE LEVEL

INTERVIEW

EXAMINATIONS

CPD PROGRAMS

TIME

Port Hedland Pilots pride ourselves on having one of the most

thorough & rigorous training programs of any Pilotage Service

Provider anywhere in the world

Our standards and requirements for both recruitment and

completion of training are what make our organisation one of the

very best

Thank you for your time