Confidential external support
Applicability: Apply to the vessel’s employment, accommodation and welfare arrangements, retaining each question’s stated conditions.
What is being checked
Seafarers can access external support free and in confidence.
Ready on board
0 / 2 checkedCheck 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 source name one mandatory support provider?
No. It asks about access and gives categories of possible providers.
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
The question asks whether access is provided, while the guidance says the company should consider providing it. That recommendation wording is retained; no provider or unverified helpline is invented.
References and source status
RightShip Inspection Ship Questionnaire, November 2025, version 3.2. Section 15, page 222, reference 15.11.
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.