This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to organise safe maintenance and repair procedures on a small commercial vessel. Note: Relevant State/Territory electrical licensing requirements must be fulfilled by persons carrying out installation, maintenance and repair of medium/high voltage electrical circuits and systems.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to implement correct damage control procedures following damage to a small commercial vessel's hull.

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 maintain the operational condition of lifesaving, firefighting and other safety systems, including the coordination of the monitoring of systems and their components to ensure that they function in the event of fire and other shipboard emergencies on board a commercial ocean-going vessel.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to carry out engineering calculations and apply them to maintenance and operations decisions on a small vessel within the limits of responsibility of a Marine Engine Driver Grade 1.

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 organise the use and maintenance of deck machinery installed on a small commercial vessel.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and carry out basic routine maintenance on internal combustion engines and propulsion systems on a small commercial vessel of up to 1,500 kW propulsion power.

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to operate and carry out basic routine maintenance on auxiliary systems on a small commercial vessel within the limits of responsibility of a Marine Engine Driver Grade 1, including pumping systems, hydraulic systems, steering gear and refrigeration systems on a small vessel of up to 1,500 kW propulsion power. Note: Relevant State/Territory training and qualification requirements need to be fulfilled by any persons carrying out installation, maintenance and/or repair of refrigeration equipment especially with regard to preventing the escape of refrigerants into the atmosphere and to electrical work. Work on refrigeration systems only includes allowable basic operator servicing as per manufacturer's manual. Maintenance and repair of refrigeration systems on a vessel should only be performed by persons qualified under the relevant regulations.

This unit involves the basic skills and knowledge required to operate, test and maintain electrical machinery and electronic control equipment on a commercial vessel up to 1,500 kW propulsion power, including low voltage DC equipment and AC generation machinery, protective devices and shore power arrangements. Note: All installation, maintenance and repair of AC (50 volts or above) or DC (above 115 volts) must be carried out only by a suitably qualified engineer or licensed tradesman. Relevant State/Territory electrical licensing requirements must be fulfilled by any persons carrying out installation, maintenance and repair of electrical circuits and systems at such voltages on a vessel.

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 carry out basic welding, brazing, cutting and machining tasks, as may be required of Marine Engine Driver Grade 1 on board a commercial coastal vessel.

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.