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Cargo Handling Basics (AKA Basic Cargo Handling and Stowage) (CHS-BAS)

Course Description

This course is required for all Able Bodied Seamen upgrading to 3rd/2nd Mate. It prepares the student for undertaking deck watch duties while loading and discharging cargo in port and care of cargo in transit. The goal of this 35-hour training course, “Cargo Handling & Stowage”, is to provide trainees with knowledge, understanding and proficiency in monitoring the loading, stowage, securing and unloading of cargoes. It includes procedures for safe entry into confined spaces and handling dangerous goods but does not include specialized cargo operations. (E.g. LNG/LPG or chemical tanker operations)

This course satisfies the following STCW95 and CFR training requirements:

•       Cargo Handling training requirements for certification as OICNW on vessels of 500 or more gross tonnage (ITC)
• 46 CFR 11.303 (c) Formerly 46 CFR 10.303 (c)
• 46 CFR 11.303 (d)  Formerly 46 CFR 10.303 (d)
• 46 CFR 11.303 (e)  Formerly 46 CFR 10.303 (e)
• 46 CFR11.303 (f) Formerly 46 CFR 10.303 (f) 

What You Will Learn

• Inspection and Preparation of Holds
• Segregation of Cargo
• Securing Cargo
• Ventilation
• Deck Cargo
• Refrigerated Cargo
• Container Ships
• Ro-Ro Ships
• Cargo Handling Equipment & Safety
• Dangerous, Hazardous and Harmful Cargo
• Oil Tankers
• Bulk Carriers
• Confined Space Entry
• Stowage and Stability Calculations

Students who  satisfactorily completed the 35-hour course “Cargo Handling & Stowage” offered by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies. This course of training satisfies the training requirement of the STCW Code for Officer in Charge of a Navigational Watch on vessel of 500 GT or more and Policy Letter 01-02.