Maritime operations officer
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Reference Number: ST0394
Details of standard
Maritime Operations Officers (MOO) work for Her Majesty’s Coastguard, a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), which is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport. HM Coastguard is responsible for initiating and coordinating maritime Search and Rescue in the UK, as well as fulfilling other functions such as Pollution Response, Vessel Traffic Management, Maritime Safety, Maritime Security and Emergency and Disaster Management.
A MOO works in an operations room, and is responsible for carrying out activities required to effectively respond to maritime emergencies as well as a range of activities relating to the functions above.
Duties
A MOO will handle emergency and routine calls, gather and analyse information in order to respond to incidents and emergencies, and provide the mariner, coastal user and partner organisations with maritime safety information. A MOO will work as part of a team, overseen by a Senior Maritime Operations Officer.
They will achieve this by ensuring that all equipment in support of Coastguard services is fully maintained and functioning correctly, assess requests for air support and make recommendations to senior officers with regard to other appropriate resources to despatch to incidents. They will monitor alerts related to Maritime Security, assessing and passing information to the most appropriate authority and take responsibility for Data and Information Management, maintaining accurate, up to date resource information and databases.
Knowledge, Skills and Behaviour
Knowledge |
The Maritime Operations Officer will know and understand: |
MCA |
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Emergency Planning |
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Nautical |
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Counter pollution, salvage, wreck and coastal protection |
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Vessel traffic monitoring |
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Skills |
The Maritime Operations Officer will be able to: |
Chart and map work |
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Response, Co- ordination, Mission Conduct and Incident Command |
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Search |
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Environmental Factors |
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Operational Systems |
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Values / Behaviour |
The Maritime Operations Officer must always: |
Safety |
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Leading and Communicating |
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Delivering at Pace |
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Making Effective Decisions |
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Trust |
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Respect |
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Duration |
Minimum of 12 months |
Qualifications |
Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment. |
Level |
3 |
Review date |
The Standard will be reviewed in 3 years from approval, unless there is evidence of significant change which warrants earlier amendment. |
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