PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SHIP'S OPERATORS AS CHEMICAL SAFETY PREDICTOR IN THE MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT

Golikova V. V., Shafran L. M. PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SHIP'S OPERATORS AS CHEMICAL SAFETY PREDICTOR IN THE MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT. Актуальні проблеми транспортної медицини / Actual problems of transport medicine / 2018;3(53):7-18. ISSN 1818-9385 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1434201 http://aptm.org.ua UDC 615.9: 377 PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE OF SHIP'S OPERATORS AS CHEMICAL SAFETY PREDICTOR IN THE MARITIME DANGEROUS GOODS TRANSPORT V. V. Golikova1,2, L. M. Shafran2 1National University "Odessa Maritime Academy", Odessa, Ukraine 2State Enterprise “Ukrainian Research Institute for Medicine of Transport, Odessa, Ukraine Summary Maritime transport of dangerous goods is associated with occupationally conditioned contact with harmful chemical factors, a high risk for the health and life of seafarers, as well as intensive pollution of the environment. Therefore, the process of forming the professional competence of ship crew members, primarily, ship operators, have to include a number of health-saving competences, an informative characteristic that, along with medical indicators, include the psycho-physiological status of seaman. Based on the received results of the research, recommendations have been developed and implemented into the practice to improve the effectiveness of the health-saving competencies formation through in-depth study of the chemical hazard on various types of ships, its indications, measures of home-care for poisoning, prevention methods, increasing resistance to stress on the basis of modern technologies preservation of seamens’ health. Key words: seafarers, dangerous goods, chemical hazard, health-saving competence, professional competence assessment, psycho-physiological pattern