This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to carry out basic hull servicing on a small commercial coastal vessel within the limits of responsibility of Marine Engine Drivers Grades 2 and 3.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required within the limits of responsibility of a Marine Engine Driver Grade 2 to recognise deteriorated fittings and machinery on a small commercial vessel, including corroded and defective fittings and machinery components, faulty and corroded pipe work, and worn down tail shafts and initiate appropriate corrective action.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to contribute to effective communications and teamwork on board a coastal vessel, including communicating effectively with others, performing allocated duties and observing expected standards of work and behaviour on board a vessel.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to prevent, control and fight fires on board a small commercial vessel, including management of fire prevention measures, initiation and management of evacuation, emergency shut down and isolation procedures, and the execution and coordination of fire fighting operations for the type and size of vessel involved.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to carry out basic operational engineering calculations when operating a small commercial vessel, including conversion of volumes to litres and calculations of volume, specific gravity, bunkering capacity, specific fuel consumption, speed and range of vessel.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required within the limits of responsibility of a Master 5 and Marine Engine Drivers Grades 2 and 3 to operate and carry out basic user maintenance on shipboard lifting equipment and deck machinery as per manufacturer's instructions, marine regulations and vessel operational procedures.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to safely handle and stow explosive and flammable materials including explosive liquids, gases, solids and other materials likely to be carried on a small vessel less than 1,500 KW propulsion power. In particular, this may include spare fuel, lubricants, LPG cooking gas, flares, liquid fuels and refigerant gases.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and carry out routine servicing within the limits of responsibility and skill of a Marine Engine Driver Grade 2 on marine internal combustion engines on small commercial vessels up to 750 kW propulsion power. This includes operating the engines within technical specifications, monitoring the performance of engines and propulsion machinery, recognising faults and poor performance, and reporting and rectifying faults in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and established servicing procedures.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and carry out basic routine servicing within the limits of responsibility and skill of a Marine Engine Driver Grade 2 on auxiliary systems on a small commercial vessel up to 750 kW propulsion power, including the steering gears; lubricating oil and cooling water systems; pumps, bilge and sea water systems; and fuel and fuel oil systems on the vessel.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and carry out basic routine servicing checks within the limits of responsibility and skill level of a Marine Engine Driver Grade 2 on electrical systems up to 50 volts AC and 115 volts DC, starter motors and alternators used on a small vessel, including operation and basic maintenance of DC systems, basic care and basic maintenance of batteries and charging systems and basic operation and basic maintenance of starter motors, alternators and associated equipment.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to supervise or carry out routine refuelling and fuel transfer operations as per relevant sections of Part D of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV). The commercial vessel should be considered as operating within the coastal environment and include the transfer of fuel from one vessel to another while at sea.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to use and care for hand and power tools used by Marine Engine Drivers Grades 1, 2 and 3 during operations and maintenance activities on board commercial coastal vessels.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate a coastal vessel up to 24 metres in length in compliance with marine regulations and environmental considerations.