Joining a cruise ship as Safety Officer
Kask, Alo (2022)
Kask, Alo
2022
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The aim was to describe the process of joining a cruise ship and starting to act as a safety
officer for the first time during authors career. The Author had years of previous sea going
experience as an 2nd and 3rd Officer on passenger vessels. Basic information about cruise
ship hierarchy was studied together with ship’s particulars. Cruise Ship Astoria Grande (ex.
AIDA Cara) was built in Turku in 1996 and was bought by a Russian company in late 2021
from Costa cruises German subsidiary AIDA cruises. The new owners were new to cruising
business, so all the safety management onboard had to be built from scratch. The journey
took us from joining the ship and getting familiarized until implementing a fresh safety
system onboard and monitoring it. Safety system was based on codes, laws and guidelines
in force during that time.
The safety officer should familiarize himself with company policies, instructions and
procedures relevant to his position and he acts as a Staff Captain’s deputy, hence there
were details describing that position.
The study can be used as guide for students or ship personnel, when they are making
choices of their career path.
officer for the first time during authors career. The Author had years of previous sea going
experience as an 2nd and 3rd Officer on passenger vessels. Basic information about cruise
ship hierarchy was studied together with ship’s particulars. Cruise Ship Astoria Grande (ex.
AIDA Cara) was built in Turku in 1996 and was bought by a Russian company in late 2021
from Costa cruises German subsidiary AIDA cruises. The new owners were new to cruising
business, so all the safety management onboard had to be built from scratch. The journey
took us from joining the ship and getting familiarized until implementing a fresh safety
system onboard and monitoring it. Safety system was based on codes, laws and guidelines
in force during that time.
The safety officer should familiarize himself with company policies, instructions and
procedures relevant to his position and he acts as a Staff Captain’s deputy, hence there
were details describing that position.
The study can be used as guide for students or ship personnel, when they are making
choices of their career path.