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• Ensures safe loading and navigation of the
  Ferry;
• Manage ferry operations in line with
  departmental guidelines and standards;
• Draws up and regularly updates crew rosters,
  including timely provision for leave, sickness and other absences.
• Conducts early morning checks of the ferry
  condition, ensures it carries adequate fuel and other consumables, that
  all safety facilities, such as lifejackets, are in place and serviceable
  and certifies in the logbook that the vessel is fit for service;
• Ensures the daily, weekly and monthly
  servicing of the vessel(s).
• Ensures the timely provision of stocks of fuel
  and other consumables/inputs, authorizes and controls their issues, and
  accounts for the resources;
• Ensures that crew are fit for duty, wearing
  the appropriate uniform and maintains strict discipline at all times.
• Maintains the Daily Movement Log;
• Ensures passenger-cargo manifests are
  completed by all ferry users and that all cargo is declared prior to
  boarding the Ferry;
• Ensures the maintenance, cleanliness and
  tidiness of all landing site facilities.
• Communicates with the public and other
  stakeholders on issues relating to the ferry service and ensures that
  Safety messages are passed over to the passengers.
• Responsible of the monitoring of
  occupational, health and safety procedures in line with departmental
  standards and guidelines
• Prepares appropriate reports as required from
  time to time
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Ferry
  Engineer

• The applicant for the UNRA Ferry Master job
  vacancy should hold a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or
  Marine/Nautical Science or any other related qualification
• Relevant Industrial Training Experience while
  at the University is a must;
• Working experience will be an added advantage;
• Computer literacy skills
• High levels of integrity;
• Ability to work as part of a team and to
  develop subordinates;
• Excellent interpersonal, particularly
  staff/management relation skills
• Excellent oral and written communication
  skills;
• Ability to manage/supervise multi skilled
  teams and deliver accurate results in a timely manner and in an
  environment with multiple and challenging tasks.

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