CFR > Title 46 - Shipping > CHAPTER I—COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER B—MERCHANT MARINE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN (parts 10 to 16) > PART 13—CERTIFICATION OF TANKERMEN > SUBPART A—General (§13.101 to §13.129) > 13.121—Courses for tankerman endorsements.

13.121—Courses for tankerman endorsements.

(a) This section prescribes the requirements, beyond those in §§ 11.302 and 11.304 of this chapter, applicable to schools offering courses required for a tankerman endorsement and courses that are a substitute for experience with transfers of liquid cargo in bulk required for the endorsement.
(b) Upon satisfactory completion of an approved course, each student shall receive a certificate, signed by the head of the school offering the course or by a designated representative, indicating the title of the course, the duration, and, if appropriate, credit allowed towards meeting the transfer requirements of this part.
(c) A course that uses simulated transfers to train students in loading and discharging tank vessels may replace up to 2 loadings and 2 discharges, 1 commencement and 1 completion of loading, and 1 commencement and 1 completion of discharge required for a Tankerman-PIC or Tankerman-PIC (Barge) endorsement. The request for approval of the course must specify those segments of a transfer that the course will simulate. The letter from the Coast Guard approving the course will state the number and kind of segments that the course will replace.
(d) The course in liquid cargo required for an endorsement as—
(1) “Tankerman-PIC DL” is Tankship: Dangerous Liquids;
(2) “Tankerman-PIC (Barge) DL” is Tank Barge: Dangerous Liquids;
(3) “Tankerman-PIC LG” is Tankship: Liquefied Gases;
(4) “Tankerman-PIC (Barge) LG” is Tank Barge: Liquefied Gases;
(5) “Tankerman-Assistant DL” is Familiarization with DL Tankship; and
(6) “Tankerman-Assistant LG” is Familiarization with LG Tankship.
(e) The course in firefighting required for an endorsement as—
(1) “Tankerman-PIC (Barge)” is Tank Barge: Firefighting; and
(2) “Tankerman-PIC”, “Tankerman-Assistant”, and “Tankerman-Engineer” is a firefighting course that meets the basic firefighting section of the IMO's Resolution A.437 (XI), “Training of Crews in Fire Fighting”.
(f) No school may issue a certificate unless the student has successfully completed an approved course with the appropriate curriculum outlined in Table 13.121(f) or § 13.121(h).
(g) An organization with a course in DL or LG or a course in tank-barge firefighting taught before March 31, 1996, that substantially covered the material required by Table 13.121(f) for liquid cargoes, Table 13.121(g) for firefighting, or § 13.121(h) for familiarization with tankships, may seek approval under § 10.302 of this chapter from the Coast Guard for any course taught up to ten years before March 31, 1996.
(h) The Coast Guard will evaluate the curricula of courses for Familiarization with DL and LG Tankships to ensure adequate coverage of the required subjects. Training may employ classroom instruction, demonstrations, or simulated or actual operations.
(1) The curricula of courses for Familiarization with DL Tankships must consist of the following:
(i) General characteristics, compatibility, reaction, firefighting, and safety precautions for bulk liquid cargoes defined as DL in this part.
(ii) Terminology of tankships carrying oil and other chemicals.
(iii) General arrangement and construction of cargo tanks, vapor control, and venting.
(iv) Cargo-piping systems and valves.
(v) General operation of cargo pumps.
(vi) General discussion of the following operations connected with the loading and discharging of cargo:
(A) Pre-transfer inspection and conference and Declaration of Inspection.
(B) Lining up of the cargo and vapor-control systems and starting of liquid flow.
(C) Connecting and disconnecting of cargo hoses and loading arms.
(D) Loading.
(E) Ballasting and de-ballasting.
(F) Discharging.
(G) Tank-gauging (open and closed).
(vii) Rules of the Coast Guard governing operations in general and prevention of pollution in particular.
(viii) Prevention and control of pollution.
(ix) Emergency procedures.
(x) Safety precautions relative to:
(A) Entering cargo tanks and pump room.
(B) Dangers of contact with skin.
(C) Inhalation of vapors.
(D) Protective clothing and equipment.
(E) Hot work.
(F) Precautions respecting electrical hazards, including hazards of static electricity.
(xi) General principles and procedures of Crude-Oil Washing (COW) Systems and inert-gas systems.
(xii) Tank-cleaning procedures and precautions.
(xiii) Principles and procedures of vapor-control systems.
(xiv) Cargo-hazard-information systems.
(2) To ensure adequate coverage of the required subjects, training may employ classroom instruction, demonstrations, or simulated or actual operations. The curricula of courses for Familiarization with LG Tankships must consist of the following:
(i) General characteristics, compatibility, reaction, firefighting, and safety precautions for cargoes defined as LG in this part.
(ii) Terminology of tankships carrying LG.
(iii) Physical properties of LG.
(iv) Potential hazards and safety precautions of LG:
(A) Combustion characteristics.
(B) Hot work.
(C) Results of release of LG to the atmosphere.
(D) Health hazards (skin contact, inhalation, and ingestion).
(E) Protective clothing and equipment.
(F) Tank-entry procedures and precautions.
(G) Thermal stresses.
(H) Precautions respecting electrical hazards, including hazards of static electricity.
(v) Cargo-containment systems.
(vi) General arrangement and construction of cargo tanks.
(vii) Cargo-piping systems and valves.
(viii) Instrumentation:
(A) Cargo-level indicators.
(B) Gas-detecting systems.
(C) Systems for monitoring temperatures of hulls and cargoes.
(D) Automatic shut-down systems.
(ix) Heating systems for cofferdams and ballast tanks.
(x) General discussion of the following operations connected with the loading and discharging of cargo:
(A) Pre-transfer inspection and conference and Declaration of Inspection.
(B) Lining up of the cargo and vapor-control systems and starting of liquid flow.
(C) Connecting and disconnecting of cargo hoses and loading arms.
(D) Loading.
(E) Ballasting and de-ballasting.
(F) Discharging.
(xi) Disposal of boil-off.
(xii) Emergency procedures.
(xiii) Rules of the Coast Guard governing operations in general and prevention of pollution in particular.
(xiv) Principles and procedures of IGSs.
(xv) Tank-cleaning procedures and precautions.
(xvi) Principles and procedures of vapor-control systems.
(xvii) Cargo-hazard-information systems.
(i) A company that offers approved DL training for its employees shall ensure discussion of the following topics (further discussed in STCW Regulation V, Section A-V/1, paragraphs 9 through 21):
(1) Treaties and rules.
(2) Design and equipment.
(3) Cargo characteristics.
(4) Ship operations.
(5) Repair and maintenance.
(6) Emergency procedures.
(j) A company that offers approved LG training for its employees shall ensure discussion of the following topics (further discussed in STCW Regulation V, Section A-V/1, paragraphs 22 through 34):
(1) Treaties and rules.
(2) Chemistry and physics.
(3) Health hazards.
(4) Cargo containment.
(5) Pollution.
(6) Cargo-handling systems.
(7) Ship operations.
(8) Safety practices and equipment.
(9) Emergency procedures.
(10) General principles of cargo operations.
Table 13.121(f)
Course topics 1 2 3 4
General characteristics, compatibility, reaction, firefighting procedures, and safety precautions for the cargoes of:
Bulk liquids defined as Dangerous Liquids in 46 CFR Part 13 x x
Bulk liquefied gases & their vapors defined as Liquefied Gases in 46 CFR Part 13 x x
Physical phenomena of liquefied gas, including:
Basic concept x x
Compression and expansion x x
Mechanism of heat transfer x x
Potential hazards of liquefied gas, including:
Code of Federal Regulations 216
Chemical and physical properties x x
Combustion characteristics x x
Results of gas release to the atmosphere x x
Health hazards (skin contact, inhalation, and ingestion) x x
Control of flammability range with inert gas x x
Thermal stress in structure and piping of vessel x x
Cargo systems, including:
Principles of containment systems x x x x
Construction, materials, coating, & insulation of cargo tanks x x
General arrangement of cargo tanks x x x x
Venting and vapor-control systems x x x x
Cargo-handling systems, including:
Piping systems, valves, pumps, and expansion systems x x x x
Operating characteristics x x x x
Instrumentation systems, including:
Cargo-level indicators x x x x
Gas-detecting systems x x x
Temperature-monitoring systems, cargo x x x
Temperature-monitoring systems, hull x x
Automatic-shutdown systems x x x
Auxiliary systems, including:
Ventilation, inerting x x x x
Valves, including:
Quick-closing x x x x
Remote-control x x x x
Pneumatic x x x x
Excess-flow x x x x
Safety-relief x x x x
Pressure-vacuum x x x x
Heating-systems: cofferdams & ballast tanks x x
Operations connected with the loading and discharging of cargo, including:
Lining up the cargo and vapor-control systems x x x x
Pre-transfer inspections and completion of the Declaration of Inspection x x x x
Hooking up of cargo hose, loading arms, and grounding-strap x x x x
Starting of liquid flow x x x x
Calculation of loading rates x x
Discussion of loading x x x x
Ballasting and deballasting x x x x
Topping off of the cargo tanks x x x x
Discussion of discharging x x x x
Stripping of the cargo tanks x x
Monitoring of transfers x x x x
Gauging of cargo tanks x x x x
Disconnecting of cargo hoses or loading arms x x x x
Cargo-tank-cleaning procedures and precautions x x
Operating procedures and sequence for:
Inerting of cargo tanks and void spaces x x x x
Cooldown and warmup of cargo tanks x x
Gas-freeing x x x x
Loaded or ballasted voyages x x
Testing of cargo-tank atmospheres for oxygen & cargo vapor x x x x
Stability and stress considerations connected with loading and discharging of cargo x x x x
Loadline, draft, and trim x x x x
Disposal of boil-off, including:
System design x x
Safety features x x
Stability-letter requirements x x
Emergency procedures, including notice to appropriate authorities, for:
Fire x x x x
Collision x x x x
Grounding x x x x
Equipment failure x x x x
Leaks and spills x x x
Structural failure x x x x
Emergency discharge of cargo x x x x
Entering cargo tanks x x x x
Emergency shutdown of cargo-handling x x x x
Emergency systems for closing cargo tanks x x
Rules & regulations (international and Federal, for all tank vessels) on conducting operations and preventing pollution x x x x
Pollution prevention, including:
Procedures to prevent air and water pollution x x x x
Measures to take in event of spillage x x x x
Code of Federal Regulations 217
Danger from drift of vapor cloud x x x x
Terminology for tankships carrying oil and chemicals x
Terminology for tank barges carrying oil and chemicals x
Terminology for tankships carrying liquefied gases x
Terminology for tank barges carrying liquefied gases x
Principles & procedures of crude-oil-washing (COW) systems, including:
Purpose x
Equipment and design x
Operations x
Safety precautions x
Maintenance of plant and equipment x
Principles & procedures of the inert-gas systems (IGSs), including:
Purpose x x
Equipment and design x x
Operations x x
Safety precautions x x
Maintenance of plant and equipment x x
Principles & procedures of vapor-control systems, including:
Purpose x x x x
Principles x x x x
Coast Guard regulations x x x x
Hazards x x x x
Active system components x x x x
Passive system components x x x x
Operating procedures, including:
Testing and inspection requirements x x x x
Pre-transfer procedures x x x x
Connecting sequence x x x x
Start-up sequence x x x x
Normal operations x x x x
Emergency procedures x x x x
Cargo-hazard-information systems x x x x
Safe entry into confined spaces, including:
Testing tank atmospheres for oxygen & hydrocarbon vapors x x
Definition and hazards of confined spaces x x x x
Cargo tanks and pumprooms x x x x
Evaluation and assessment of risks and hazards x x x x
Safety precautions and procedures x x x x
Personnel protective equipment (PPE) and clothing x x x x
Maintenance of PPE x x x x
Dangers of skin contact x x x x
Inhalation of vapors x x
Electricity and static electricity—hazards and precautions x x x x
Emergency procedures x x x x
Federal regulations, national standards & industry guidelines x x x x
Inspections by marine chemists & competent persons, including hot-work permits & procedures x x x x
Vessel response plans:
Purpose, content, and location of information x x x x
Procedures for notice and mitigation of spills x x x x
Geographic-specific appendices x x x x
Vessel-specific appendices x x x x
Emergency-action checklist x x x x
Column 1—Tankerman-PIC DL.
Column 2—Tankerman-PIC (Barge) DL.
Column 3—Tankerman-PIC LG.
Column 4—Tankerman-PIC (Barge) LG.
Table 13.121(g)




Course topics 1 2
Elements of fire (Fire triangle):
Fuel X X
Source of ignition X X
Oxygen X X
Ignition sources (general):
Chemical X
Biological X
Physical X
Ignition sources applicable to barges X
Definitions of flammability and combustibility:
Code of Federal Regulations 218
Flammability X X
Ignition point X X
Burning temperature X X
Burning speed X
Thermal value X
Lower flammable limit X X
Upper flammable limit X X
Flammable range X X
Inerting X
Static electricity X X
Flash point X X
Auto-ignition X X
Spread of fire:
By radiation X X
By convection X X
By conduction X X
Reactivity X X
Fire classifications and applicable extinguishing agents X X
Main causes of fires:
Oil leakage X X
Smoking X X
Overheating pumps X X
Galley appliances X
Spontaneous ignition X X
Hot work X X
Electrical apparatus X
Reaction, self-heating, and auto-ignition X
Fire prevention:
General X X
Fire hazards of DL and LG X X
Fire detection:
Fire- and smoke-detection systems X
Automatic fire alarms X
Firefighting equipment:
Fire mains, hydrants X
International shore-connection X
Smothering-installations, carbon dioxide (CO2), foam... X
Halogenated hydrocarbons X
Pressure-water spray system in special-category spaces X