A ship and staff management

You are the senior marine engineer working for a ship and staff management company which manages
the recruitment and staff development of ships officers.
Your current customer operates a fleet of 10 Panamax size container ships which are also currently fully
staffed by your company. These vessels are around 4-5 years old and are all running using the latest
specification of fuel oil.
The company is expecting to gain the contract to manage 5 new LNG carriers of around 150,000gt each.
The vessels have the latest power plant with dual fuel capability and are currently being built in South
Korea by the Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co Ltd (DSME) to Lloyd’s Register rules.
To prepare for this opportunity, and to ensure that staff are flexible and able to serve across the different
ships, the managing director is assessing the benefit of a significant staff development program which
will be open to all the current staff serving on the container ships and prepare them to also work on the
LNG vessels.
You have been set the task to:
Produce a comprehensive report for the managing director which advises him/her of the training that will
be required by the current container vessel staff to enable them to be competent when serving on the
new LNG vessels.
During discussions with the managing director, you note:
• Good staff development programs should be aimed at assisting the development of the company’s
business, and also be of benefit to the individual.
• Your company expects to be responsible for the full technical management of the ships, which will
be registered under the Flag of Bahamas.
• The report should include the importance of building upon the experience already gained by
operational staff, as part of flag state requirements, and take into account the need to help staff
understand the business and technical needs of their own company as well as being “customer
focused”.
• You could start by thinking about the need for your company to build flexibility into their staffing
pool by offering existing staff a training course to fully understand the “cryogenic” equipment and
systems associated with the cargo on-board LNG ships.
• It could be that your company might think that officers should know about the wider LNG industry
and the importance of the contribution that the ship’s staff make to the company’s business.
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• You’ve checked your prior studies and can use the information about ships and regulatory
qualifications required of staff from module 1, plus information about the science background of
marine engineers and how this could be used to broaden the knowledge of the current marine
engineers to become flexible enough to serve on the new ships.
• Learning from module 3 about ship design and different propulsion systems could also be
considered when suggesting any training that may be required as staff prepare for the newer ships.
NOTE: The word length for this assignment is 2,000 words (+/- 10%). This excludes the contents page,
references/bibliography and any annex/appendices. If your work is outside of this word length it may be
returned to you for improvement and resubmission.
You must include a suitable introduction, main body of discussion and then conclusion to your report,
followed by a bibliography. The report must have a structure of headings and subheadings, and you need
to ensure all the sources and references you use are properly acknowledged – see the Academic Course
Handbook for further information about how to reference the sources you use in a Harvard referencing
style.
It is expected that your answer will be well written, accurate and consistent in approach and style. This
means that you need to plan your approach and the structure of the content before you start writing. Your
answer should demonstrate that you have a good knowledge and understanding of the subject matter, and
your discussion and arguments should be logical and well presented. It is expected that the marker will see
evidence of your research skills, knowledge gained, relevance, analytical ability, referencing and
presentation skills. The overall presentation is expected to be to a high professional standard.
If you have any questions about the TMA, please don’t hesitate to ask for help from your Academic Course
Director via the course forum.
When you submit your work, please ensure that you use the NKC Diploma Assignment Template found on
your course home page and submit via Turnitin. Guidance on how to submit your work is available in the
Course Handbook.
You are strongly recommended to re-read the Academic Course Handbook, in particular the sections on
report writing, referencing, plagiarism and the standard marking rubric, before commencing this TMA.
You can check your similarity score after submitting your TMA and, if you need to edit your work, you have
a limited time to request your Programme Co-ordinator at LMA to withdraw your submission before it is
provided to the marker.
You are recommended to complete this TMA by the expected submission date so the marker can return
your work as quickly as possible. You will also benefit from important feedback before you need to
produce your next assessed work. If you submit your assignment later in the course, it is likely that
feedback will take longer to be received, and you may not benefit from this prior to needing to submit
other work.