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    The chief officer is the head of the deck department and second in command of the ship. Their key responsibilities include overseeing vessel navigation, cargo operations, ship stability, maintenance, life saving equipment, crew scheduling, coordination between departments, garbage management, ballast operations, ensuring compliance with international regulations, security, crew safety and welfare.

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    Duties of Chief Officer

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    The chief officer is the head of the deck department and second in command of the ship. Their key responsibilities include overseeing vessel navigation, cargo operations, ship stability, maintenance, life saving equipment, crew scheduling, coordination between departments, garbage management, ballast operations, ensuring compliance with international regulations, security, crew safety and welfare.

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    The chief officer is the head of the deck department and second in command of the ship. Their key responsibilities include overseeing vessel navigation, cargo operations, ship stability, maintenance, life saving equipment, crew scheduling, coordination between departments, garbage management, ballast operations, ensuring compliance with international regulations, security, crew safety and welfare.

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    The chief officer is the head of the deck department and second in command of the ship. Their key responsibilities include overseeing vessel navigation, cargo operations, ship stability, maintenance, life saving equipment, crew scheduling, coordination between departments, garbage management, ballast operations, ensuring compliance with international regulations, security, crew safety and welfare.

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    What are the Duties of Chief

    Officer?
    The operation of a ship is a result of the excellent teamwork of deck and engine
    department. One cannot run the ship with only engineers on board or for that
    matter with only deck officers.

    While the engine department ensures the safe running of the ship’s machinery,
    the deck department is an organizational unit in which, deck officers performs
    navigational and other important duties directly related to the efficient working of
    the ship, apart from those involved with the engine room.

    One of the most important ranks among deck officers is that of a Chief Officer,
    the head of deck department of the ship. S/He is one of the four management
    level officers on the ship who report directly to the captain and his/her second in
    command after the master of the ship.

    Important duties of a ship’s Chief Officer include

    1. Chief Officer is responsible for performing vessel navigation watch duties.

    2. S/He is responsible for the entire cargo operation in ports which includes
    loading, unloading, and cargo planning.

    3. 3. S/He is the in-charge for maintenance of cargo gears and cargo carried
    on board ship.

    4. 4. One of the critical tasks performed by the chief officer is the


    accountability of the stability of the ship.

    5. 5. S/He is responsible for the maintenance of the ship’s hull and


    accommodation.

    6. 6. All the life saving and fire fighting appliances of the vessel comes under
    the responsibility of the chief officer.

    7. 7. The duties include the administration task of scheduling and distributing


    work to deck crew.

    8. 8. S/He has to build up the co-ordination with other departments and take
    part in conflict resolution.
    9. S/He is responsible for garbage management for the deck and
    accommodation part of the ship.

    10. 10. S/He is in charge of the ballast and de-ballasting operation done on
    board.

    11. S/He has to make sure all the crew members are complying with latest
    rules of MARPOL, SOLAS and STCW.

    12. 12. ISPS code is another responsibility that the chief officer has to look
    over.

    13. 13. Training in all the above regulations and conventions are to be carried
    out by the chief officer as per company policy.

    14. 14. To look after supply, overtime, cost control records, purchase order,
    requisition, and other paperwork on behalf of shore management.

    15. 15. S/He also acts as SSO- ship security officer, responsible for the
    security of the ship both in port and at sea.

    16. 16. S/He is the overall safety in charge of the deck crew.

    17. 17. S/He is responsible for the welfare of the crew on board ship.

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