42Designated person duties

42 Designated person duties

A person appointed by a pilotage provider as a designated person for the pilotage provider’s safety management system is responsible for the following:

(a) monitoring the safety and pollution prevention aspects of the operation of each pilotage;

(b) ensuring that there are adequate resources and shore based support when required;

(c) maintaining the pilotage provider’s system, in particular:

(i) verifying the effectiveness and implementation of the system; and

(ii) reporting any deficiencies to the responsible level of management of the pilotage provider; and

(iii) identifying 1 or more persons responsible for rectifying deficiencies;

(d) being fully conversant with the pilotage provider’s system and safety and environmental protection policies;

(e) organising internal audits of the pilotage provider’s system and ensuring appropriate corrective action is taken after an audit.

Note It is a condition of a pilotage provider licence that the pilotage provider appoint a person as a designated person for the safety management system of the pilotage provider — see Schedule 1.