This occupation is discovered within the engineering and manufacturing sector inside the marine trade. Marine electricians may match for boat producers, refit and restore boatyards, marinas and specialist marine electrical and marine digital corporations. These may be small, medium or massive companies inside the marine leisure, small business, and superyacht sectors. These sectors make use of over 33,000 individuals. Marine electricians can undertake work on quite a lot of boats together with for instance motorised cruisers, narrowboats, crusing boats, work boats, and superyachts. The broad function of the occupation is to conduct a variety of marine electrical, and marine digital work operations that embody the design and set up of marine assemblies and sub-assemblies. Upgrades, diagnostics, and upkeep to current marine electrical and digital techniques and marine electrical and digital repairs on boats, making certain the secure and optimum use of a ship’s electrical and digital techniques and providers, that meet prospects’ necessities.They’re answerable for putting in, sustaining, monitoring, fault discovering and repairing a variety of marine electrical and digital techniques. They’re answerable for enterprise the work from inception by means of to completion, together with commissioning {the electrical} work, testing it and supporting sea trials. Of their every day work, an worker on this occupation interacts with different marine electricians, line managers and a variety of related marine trades akin to boat builders, marine engineers, inventory management workers, and mission managers. Additionally they work together with prospects, suppliers, different technical workers, and regulatory and trade our bodies (e.g. Lloyds Register, Maritime Coastguard Company, Royal Establishment of Naval Architects, and Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Know-how).
Marine electricians’ work operations may be undertaken on boats in a workshop atmosphere, or on boats moored or saved exterior on laborious standing close to water, or within the water they usually may additionally attend sea trials. Marine electricians must work safely and may match in confined areas, on or close to water, aloft, or at peak. An worker on this occupation can be answerable for finishing their work to agreed timelines and in accordance with work directions and related laws, laws, codes of observe and different related steering and knowledge. Marine electricians are answerable for designing and producing options to boat layouts and necessities, and producing marine electrical and digital techniques from electrical, engineering and technical drawings and specs.
Marine electricians are answerable for performing a spread of calculations, utilizing formulae and electrical measuring tools and galvanic bonding and cathodic safety.
Marine electricians are required to keep up efficient traces of communication and remedy issues referring to the marine electrical and digital work necessities. They’re required to debate and perceive prospects’ electrical and digital necessities and are answerable for enterprise diagnostic and drawback fixing to determine faults and make repairs.
They should perceive navigation techniques, radar, radio and communications, helm management techniques, alarm and monitoring techniques, boat communication techniques and interface protocols, together with alternating present (ac) and direct currents (dc) distribution and loadings and energy technology.
Marine electricians should adjust to Well being and Security and the Electrical Security at Work Acts together with the management of drugs hazardous to well being (COSHH), the waste electrical and digital tools laws (WEEE), and work at peak and work on or close to water necessities. They should perceive the dynamics of water and electrical techniques and parts to make sure the security of themselves, the boat customers and the vessel.
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Data
K1: Traits and options of the nationwide and worldwide marine trade and marine electrician’s position and placement inside the trade, and who marine electricians work together with with a view to carry out their work operations.
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K2: Efficient communication strategies and strategies, their position and options, together with the benefits and downsides of every when speaking with completely different prospects and stakeholders (inner and exterior). Organisational processes and procedures relating to communication channels, strategies and strategies, and the way communications and their outcomes are recorded and documented.
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K3: Makes use of of data expertise within the marine trade and when performing marine electrical and digital work operations. Marine electrical and digital and different common marine terminology and their meanings.
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K4: Completely different diagnostic and drawback fixing strategies and strategies used to resolve marine electrical and digital issues related to their space of accountability.
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K5: Sourcing of parts, costing, pricing and budgeting rules and reporting discrepancies and high quality points.
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K6: Organisational course of and procedures for the design, planning and arrange, and set up of marine electrical and digital techniques together with assemblies and sub-assemblies.
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K7: Related laws, laws, related trade steering, and organisational insurance policies, practices and procedures that direct well being and security and environmental sustainability at work and the significance of complying with management of drugs hazardous to well being (COSHH), the waste electrical and digital tools (WEEE), and work at peak laws and work on or close to water necessities. The hazards and dangers when enterprise marine electrical and digital work operations and the way these may be minimised. Private protecting tools (PPE) that must be used when enterprise marine electrical and digital work operations, the choice of the PPE and find out how to use the completely different PPE. Find out how to take care of emergencies and obligations in responding to those inside their very own space of accountability.
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K8: Methods of making certain high quality of marine electrical and digital processes and work merchandise, together with steady enterprise enchancment strategies and the way they’re built-in into marine electrical and digital work processes and procedures.
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K9: The completely different sources of data and steering that directs marine electrical and digital work operations, sometimes together with marine electrical drawings and technical specs, the place this info and steering may be discovered and when and the place it must be used.
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K10: The mathematical strategies, formulae, and calculations that underpin marine electrical and digital work.
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K11: Vary of instruments, supplies, tools and parts used when performing marine electrical and digital operations, their traits, options and their secure use, motion and operation.
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K12: Objective and operation of various marine electrical and digital tools and techniques and their traits and options.
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K13: Vessel design and building and complicated shapes and the connection between techniques and environment friendly use of area.
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K14: Ideas, course of, permitted strategies and strategies and organisational coverage and procedures that should be adopted when enterprise completely different marine electrical and digital work operations.
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K15: Significance of correct completion and upkeep of marine electrical and digital info, documentation and the information and knowledge that must be recorded and the place, throughout completely different phases of marine electrical and digital work operations.
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K16: Significance of restoring the work space to a tidy and secure state on completion of marine electrical and digital work operation and what this entails.
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K17: Needed checks, assessments and diagnostics and inspections undertaken when performing completely different marine electrical and digital work operations and the way these are undertaken for the various kinds of marine electrical and digital work operation.
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K18: Operation rules of various electrical and digital techniques.
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K19: Significance of isolation procedures for marine electrical and digital operations. Methods of minimising electrostatic discharge.
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K20: Fundamental operational rules of marine electrical and digital tools and parts being serviced and their servicing necessities.
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K21: Strategies for checking that marine electrical and digital parts are match for function and actions that should be taken if they don’t seem to be.
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K22: Technique of powering down and appropriately working locking out techniques.
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K23: Find out how to examine, take a look at, and diagnose the situation of various marine electrical and digital techniques.
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K24: Significance of customer support and efficient customer support rules and strategies.
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Abilities
S1: Put together for and contribute to conferences and maintain discussions. Use applicable communication and interpersonal strategies and marine terminology to help efficient interactions with colleagues, prospects, contractors, suppliers and others, to realize required marine electrical and digital job outcomes.
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S2: Make suggestions to prospects and different events to make sure optimum compliance and efficiency of marine electrical and digital tools and techniques, that meet buyer necessities. Apply applicable customer support rules and strategies. Meet buyer wants (inner and exterior) and ship required customer support in accordance with organisational coverage and processes when enterprise a marine electrical and digital work position.
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S3: Keep the security of self together with others by following secure techniques of labor when conducting marine electrical and digital work operations. Determine and adjust to all related laws, laws, codes of observe and different related info and steering when planning and performing marine electrical and digital work operations.
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S4: Think about sustainability and environmental impacts and apply environmental finest observe when planning and performing marine electrical and digital work operations.
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S5: Comply with permitted trade steering and strategies, and operational work strategies, practices, processes, rules, and procedures when enterprise the completely different marine electrical and digital work operations, inside required time frames.
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S6: Choose, use, keep, and retailer applicable assets safely and appropriately (instruments, tools, equipment and consumables).
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S7: Design, plan and set as much as produce and set up marine electrical and digital techniques together with assemblies and sub-assemblies from marine electrical engineering drawings, electrical formulae and technical specs within the appropriate method (This can sometimes embody design {of electrical} panels, energy distribution necessities and finest use of obtainable area), making certain the required assets are chosen.
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S8: Comply with high quality enchancment rules, strategies, and strategies and determine any areas for enchancment.
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S9: Use varied wiring help mechanisms and techniques to route and safe cables in accordance with laws and finest observe and set up cables utilizing applicable segregation and separation strategies, in accordance with required specs in relation to positioning bulkhead penetration.
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S10: Conduct required assessments and checks when performing work operations on completely different marine electrical and digital techniques.
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S11: Restore work space to a secure and tidy situation in accordance with organisational coverage and procedures.
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S12: Full related information and documentation related to marine electrical and digital techniques, in accordance with organisational documentation and every other related info and steering.
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S13: Set up, place and safe marine electrical and digital tools and parts (propulsion, navigational, security, home, operational, technology, communication, audio visible and IT, safety and ancillary techniques) in accordance with design specification and following all required steps and checks for the permitted work operation course of and operational requirements.
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S14: Assist fee and system assessments in accordance with the producer’s design specification, firm finest observe and processes and carry out primary crew roles.
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S15: Test, take a look at, and diagnose marine electrical and digital tools and parts in boats to firm and marine requirements, utilizing applicable firm and marine requirements and different related documentation.
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S16: Energy down, take away, restore and reuse or change electrical and digital tools, circuits and cables. Lockout and tagout electrical and digital tools, circuits and cables.
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S17: Eliminate waste supplies, in accordance with secure working and environmental practices and permitted procedures.
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S18: Perform required modifications and rewiring utilizing permitted supplies and strategies, adhering to required specs and directions.
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S19: Match required new marine electrical and digital tools adhering to finest observe.
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S20: Carry out routine servicing within the specified sequence utilizing applicable strategies and procedures.
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S21: Take care of any issues which will current themselves inside their very own space of accountability.
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S22: Test, take a look at, and diagnose battery situation and alternating present (ac) energy techniques and report outcomes.
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Behaviours
B1: Embrace a security tradition and situational consciousness together with being hazard and threat conscious when engaged on and close to water and when working aloft or at peak. Problem any unsafe practices.
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B2: Embrace an environmentally sustainable working tradition, taking accountability for the suitable use of assets and personal actions.
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B3: Show dedication to high quality, business consciousness and steady enchancment.
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B4: Concentrate on the necessities of the client (inner and exterior), in search of to supply excellent customer support, assembly buyer necessities.
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B5: Work individually and as a part of a crew, speaking successfully at completely different ranges to realize constructive work outcomes.
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B6: Constantly deal with everybody with respect and courtesy, valuing range.
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B7: Motivated, meticulous, proactive and adaptable, with a concentrate on steady private improvement.
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B8: Handle personal time effectively to finish work operations inside the confines of job accountability, and successfully schedule and handle stakeholder expectations.
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