Work planning and coordination
What is being checked
The inspector is checking whether the company process for work planning is understood, applied onboard and capable of producing traceable decisions and improvement rather than completed forms alone.
Ready onboard
0/6 completePractice questions
Answer aloud, then open the preparation point.
1What is the purpose of work planning?
Explain how it controls daily and forward work scope, operational conflicts, permits, manpower, tools, spares, weather and simultaneous operations and give a recent shipboard example.
2Show one complete example.
Trace work plans, permits, toolbox talks, operational meetings and completed work orders from initiation to verified closure.
3Who verifies the quality of the process?
Identify the responsible shipboard and shore roles and how weak or overdue entries are challenged.
4How are ratings involved?
Give a specific example of participation, feedback or use rather than relying only on signatures.
5What changed because of the last finding?
Identify the control, equipment, training or planning change and show that effectiveness was checked.
Where an observation may arise
The process did not define daily and forward work scope, operational conflicts, permits, manpower, tools, spares, weather and simultaneous operations.
Records were generic, copied or completed after the event without supporting evidence.
Personnel affected by the process could not explain it or provide an example.
Actions lacked ownership, due date, verification or overdue escalation.
The same weakness recurred without effective learning: maintenance and operations conflicted or work began without resources and risk controls.
Dates or facts did not reconcile across work plans, permits, toolbox talks, operational meetings and completed work orders.
Master's practical note
Select the most recent imperfect example, not the neatest one. A functioning safety-management process should expose weakness, assign action and verify improvement.
Equipment boundary and references
Equipment boundary: This guide addresses onboard implementation. Company reporting thresholds, shore investigation authority and confidentiality controls remain governed by the SMS.
References
- OCIMF SIRE 2.0 Question Library Part 1, Version 1.0, Question 5.7.4
- ISM Code sections 7 and 10
Last reviewed: 2026-09-13