Course syllabus for Emergencies and damage control

Course syllabus adopted 2024-01-30 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameNödsituationer och skadekontroll
  • CodeSJM076
  • Credits3 Credits
  • OwnerTSJKL
  • Education cycleFirst-cycle
  • Main field of studyShipping and Marine Technology
  • DepartmentMECHANICS AND MARITIME SCIENCES
  • GradingUG - Pass, Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language Swedish
  • Application code 75147
  • Maximum participants48
  • Open for exchange studentsNo
  • Only students with the course round in the programme overview.

Credit distribution

0121 Written and oral assignments 3 c
Grading: UG		 3 c

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Examiner

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Eligibility

General entry requirements for bachelor's level (first cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

The same as for the programme that owns the course.
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

Knowledge and skills corresponding to the learning outcomes of the following courses:

SJM010 Introduction to cargo operations and ship stability
SJO114 Safety - basic level

Aim

The purpose of this course is to establish sufficient knowledge in stability enabling correct actions in an emergency or incident in order to save crew, ship and cargo.

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

- Describe the parties who are involved in a grounding
- Describe the steps one should take in the first stage after an incident
- Identify and understand the GZ-curve change at water ingress
- Perform the calculations required to determine the force with which a ship is aground
- Define stability-changing concepts and their impact on a ship at sea

Content

- Basic stability (repeat)
- Damage stability
- Actions taking by accidents - report reviews
- Dynamic stability, concepts and examples
- GZ curve - interpretations of and change during accidents, dry docking etc.

Organisation

The course consists of lectures, mandatory simulator session and ends through several mandatory Quizzes.

Literature

Ship stability, Dokkum
Hydrostatic data SAGA FEEDER

Examination including compulsory elements

Learning outcomes 1-5 are examined by achieving at least 80% correct answers through several Quizzes.

Aids at the examination
N/A

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.

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