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THE DEEPDRAFT · RIGHTSHIP PREPARATION

Mental-health policy and support

RISQ 15.10Section 15 · Health and Welfare of SeafarersSource marking: V

Applicability: Apply to the vessel’s employment, accommodation and welfare arrangements, retaining each question’s stated conditions.

What is being checked

Policy and management training support awareness and respectful assistance.

Ready on board

0 / 4 checked

Check the vessel’s procedures and evidence against these RISQ 3.2 points. Keep personal wages, medical records and complaint details out of public contributions.

Practice questions

Preparation prompts derived from this entry, not an official inspector interview script. Use anonymised examples without personal medical or complaint information.

1Does this preparation entry ask officers to diagnose mental disorders?

No. The source focuses on recognition, supportive conversation, awareness and appropriate support.

Where a finding may arise

Missing evidence, defects or gaps in familiarity against these checks may prevent a satisfactory answer. These are derived preparation concerns, not additional explicit finding criteria or reported past observations.

Past observations for practice

Anonymised reports, manually reviewed before publication. These are reported experiences, not additional inspection requirements.

No reviewed observations have been added for this entry.

Share an observation for private review

Remove vessel, company and inspector names, report numbers, exact dates and confidential information. Do not paste a complete inspection report.

Source clarification

No screening questionnaire, diagnosis criterion or treatment advice is added. The separate training question 15.12 remains active despite overlapping content.

References and source status

RightShip Inspection Ship Questionnaire, November 2025, version 3.2. Section 15, page 221, reference 15.10.

The explanation, checklist and practice answer derive from the supplied questionnaire. Reported observations are separately contributed and manually reviewed; they are not official RISQ guidance.

Independent DeepDraft preparation guide, based on the supplied RISQ 3.2 questionnaire. Not an official RightShip product or inspection report.