March 2013

FATIGUE RISKMANAGEMENT PLAN THE DEFAULT PLAN

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AMSA means: the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990;

At home means: located at the ordinary residence of the pilot, or other suitable accommodation ashore agreed between the pilot and pilotage provider;

Audit means:an audit carried out on a pilotage provider or a pilot by an AMSA auditor in accordance with agreed and documented procedures;

FAID means: Fatigue Audit InterDyne, which is a computer-based program for comparing peak fatigue scores, accumulated fatigue hourly scores and peak risk levels measured for an individual compared to targeted risk levels;

FRMP means:a. the fatigue risk management plan published by AMSA in accordance with Marine Order 54 provision

58—the default fatigue risk management plan; or

b. a fatigue risk management plan for a pilotage provider approved by AMSA in accordance with Marine Order 54 provision 59—the approved fatigue risk management plan.

Internal audit means: an audit carried out by pilotage providers on their own activities to ensure compliance with Marine Order 54;

Leave means: any period where a pilot is not involved in pilotage duties and is not on call or rostered for an agreed time;

Licensed Pilot means: a person who is licensed as a pilot under the Navigation Act 1912;

Optimal core rest period means: the hours of 2200 to 0600 local time;

Optimal nights rest means means: a nights rest including an uninterrupted optimal core rest period;

Pilotage provider means: a person who assigns or allocates a pilot to a particular transit, irrespective of the legal relationship, contractual or otherwise, between that person and the pilot;

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Rest means: the time when a pilot is relieved of all duties associated with his employment;

SMS means: Safety Management System;

Roster Cycle: means the period of time in which a pilot is rostered for duty;

Valid licence means: a licence issued or renewed under Marine Order 54 that is current, is not cancelled or under suspension.

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Contents

Introduction .........................................................................................................1

Procedures ........................................................................................................1

1. Minimum Rest Periods .................................................................................1

2. Monitoring .....................................................................................................4

3. Audit & Review .............................................................................................5

4. Records ........................................................................................................6

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Introduction

Marine Order 54 requires that all pilots operate within a fatigue risk management plan. The following plan is the Australian Maritime Safety Authority plan as mentioned in Marine Order 54, provision 58 (AMSA’s plan).

Procedures

1. Minimum Rest Periods

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to set out the minimum rest periods that must be observed by pilots under the default FRMP.

Scope

This procedure applies to all pilots and all pilotage providers that hold a licence issued by AMSA in accordance with Marine Order 54.

Procedure

Part A1.

a. A roster cycle must not exceed 28 days. The pilot must have not less than 5 consecutive optimal nights rest at home after a roster cycle exceeding 21 days.

b. A pilot completing a roster cycle in 21 days or less is to have not less than 4 consecutive optimal nights rest at home after the roster cycle.

c. A roster cycle must be terminated if the pilot has reached 15 points or more (see section 2). The pilot must have not less than 5 consecutive optimal nights rest at home after a roster cycle during which the pilot accrues 15 points or more.

d. Pilots having a planned break of 3 consecutive optimal nights rest at home on 2 separate occasions during a roster cycle will be exempt from the requirement to have not less than:

(i) 4 consecutive optimal nights rest at home at the completion of a 21 day roster cycle; or

(ii) 5 consecutive optimal nights rest at home at the completion of a 28 day roster cycle; or

(iii) 5 consecutive optimal nights rest at home after accruing 15 or more roster cycle points.

The completion of the second period of 3 consecutive optimal nights rest at home will automatically complete the roster cycle and reset the point score to zero.

e. Pilots that have had a period of 3 consecutive optimal nights rest at home during a roster cycle whilst accruing 15 or more points must return to their home but will only be required to have 3 consecutive optimal nights rest at home before another roster cycle can commence.

f. A period of 5 consecutive optimal nights rest or two periods of 3 consecutive optimal nights rest at home at any time during the roster cycle will automatically complete the roster cycle and reset the point score to zero.

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2. The roster cycle points are allocated as follows:

a. Inner Route - 2.5 points

b. GNEC, Hydrographers Passage, Cairns/ Flattery, or One-Half Mile Opening/Cape Flattery – 1 point

3. The minimum rest periods between vessels are as follows:

a. Inner Route: A minimum period of 24 hours which must include an optimal nights rest before and after the pilotage.

b. GNEC, Hydrographers Passage, Cairns/ Flattery, or One-Half Mile Opening/Cape Flattery: A period of 12 hours rest.

c. A lesser period of rest between 2 pilotages in the Hydrographers Passage or GNEC may be taken if the following requirements are met:

(i) Thepilothasanoptimalnightsrestbeforethefirstpilotageandafterthesecondpilotageand;

(ii) Thetotaltimeintervalfromthebeginningofthefirstpilotagetothecompletionofthesecond pilotage inclusive of travel is not expected to exceed 18 hours.

4. After 3 consecutive Inner Route pilotages have been conducted with only 1 optimal nights rest separating each pilotage then 2 optimal nights rest are required before another Inner Route pilotage can be conducted.

5. Time spent in pilot boats, helicopters or other transport during pilot transfers is duty associated with employment. This time is not to be included in a rest period.

6. Relocation between ports for the purpose of conducting a pilotage is duty associated with employment. This time is not to be included in a rest period.

7. Rest may be taken aboard ships (e.g. at anchor) so long as the pilot has reported to REEFVTS that they have ceased duty.

8. Pilots are required to take a minimum of 63 days leave per annum. Leave break periods must not be less than 14 consecutive days.

9. No pilot can work longer than 150 days without a leave break.

10. The requirements for rest listed above are the minimum requirements; pilots may take greater rest breaks from work than those mentioned.

Procedure

Part B

AMSAispreparedtoconsiderallowingtheminimumrestperiodstobemodifiedsubjecttoaformaldocumented proposal being submitted by the pilotage provider. If, however, other pilots are available then approval for modifying minimum rest periods will not be granted.

The proposal must clearly show how the pilotage provider has considered the potential fatigue risk. It must also clearly indicate the perceived level of risk based on a qualitative risk assessment.

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A qualitative risk assessment based on the FAID program (or similar) is considered acceptable.

Aqualitativeassessmentbasedonasleep/wakedeficitanalysiswhichcreditseachsleephourwithtwoindex points and debits one index point for each hour awake may be acceptable. This method however makes no allowance for physical or mental effort or for the effects of circadian rhythms. As such an allowance for the effects of these factors must be applied if appropriate. It would be anticipated that this estimated allowance would reduce the potential time available for the pilot to be on duty.

Issues that must be clearly addressed in the formal documented proposal to AMSA:

• It must be clearly stated that there is no other pilot available.

• The pilot is in complete agreement and gives a clear indication that they believe it is safe to complete the pilotage.

• The route of the previous pilotage completed by the pilot.

• Dates and times of boarding and disembarking from the previous pilotage.

• An estimate of the rest achieved during previous pilotage.

• The proposed pilotage route.

• Estimated date and time of boarding the vessel.

• Estimated period of the pilotage.

• Estimated period before any subsequent pilotage.

• Results of any FAID (or similar) assessments.

• Resultsofanysleep/wakedeficiencyanalysisifusedtogetherwithanindicationofanyallowancesfor physical or mental effort or circadian rhythm.

2. Monitoring

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to describe the fatigue risk monitoring procedures that must be undertaken by providers and pilots.

Scope

This procedure applies to all pilots, and all pilotage providers that hold a licence issued by AMSA.

Procedure

All pilots will monitor their hours of work and rest aboard vessels and if for any reason the pilot considers that the rest periods available are unable to be used to best advantage, or if the pilot considers the rest periods may be inadequate, then this information must be conveyed to the provider as soon as possible so alternative arrangements can be made if required.

AMSA is to be copied in to any request from a pilot to a pilotage provider regarding amendments to pilotage assignments where fatigue is a consideration.

All pilotage providers will process any extraordinary rest requests received from pilots in a timely manner to ensure that pilots are not fatigued and therefore suitable to be allocated to vessels to perform pilotage duties.

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Pilotsarenottoacceptapilotageassignmentunlesstheyarefullyconfidentintheirabilitytocompletethepilotage task while remaining fully alert.

3. Audit & Review

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to describe how the AMSA FRMP will be audited and reviewed.

Scope

This procedure applies to all pilots, and all pilotage providers that hold a licence issued by AMSA.

ProcedureAMSA Audit

AMSA will audit the FRMP used by the pilotage provider at least annually, whether the default or approved FRMP.

AMSA Review

AMSA shall review the effectiveness of the FRMP at least annually.

4. Records

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to describe how the data of fatigue management generated by the FRMP will be recorded.

Scope

This procedure applies to all pilots, and all pilotage providers that hold a licence issued by AMSA.

Procedure

Each pilotage provider will keep the records of the fatigue management of pilots for 2 years.

Each pilotage provider will keep the records of any analysis performed for audit purposes for 2 years.

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AMSA 406 (03/13)