About Us
The committee was formed in the latter part of 2005. Committee members are commercial ship owners and operators, maritime trainers/assessors and representatives from a number of government agencies with a vested interest in marine safety. The committee represents the commitment of industry and government to work collectively to improve safety standards in the commercial sector.
Committee
The following is a non-exhaustive list of industry contacts who attend BMSC meetings; please feel free to contact any of the industry representatives listed below if you would like more information regarding the BMSC.
Richard Matterson (Chair) – Queensland Marine Training Services
Phone: 0419 265 227
Email: richard(at)mattmar(dot)com(dot)auKen Wiltshire (Secretary) – Maritime Safety Queensland (Senior Policy Advisor)
Phone: (07) 3120 7354
Email: ken(dot)w(dot)Wiltshire(at)msq(dot)qld(dot)gov(dot)auPeter McLaren –Kookaburra River Queens (Operations Manager)
Scott Richards – Metrolink (Operations Controller)
Jim Kelly – Stradbroke Ferries
James McVeigh – Big Cat Reality
Mogens Johansen – Workplace Health & Safety Queensland
Tony Menezes – Maritime Safety Queensland (Policy Advisor Maritime)
Paul Cate – Wide Bay TAFE
Ian Alexander – Gateway TAFE
Frank Lee – Aboard Training Australia Pty Ltd
Jeff Osborne – Tangalooma Wild Dolphin Resort
Craig Baddiley – Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (Shipmaster)
Rob Treasure – Mirimar Cruises
Doug Hislop – Bowen Barge, Bunkering & Marine Contracting Pty Ltd
Debbie Garbutt – Miramar Cruises
John Groom – Stradbroke Flyer
Gordon Petersen – Queensland Commercial Vessel Operators Association
Ray Joyce – Queensland Commercial Vessel Operators Association
Michael Wood – Queensland Seafood Industry Association
Vision, Mission, Charter
BMSC Vision
To create an Industry that is committed to developing and maintaining a ‘culture of safety’ based on best practice.BMSC Mission
To work in partnership with industry and government to identify and pursue initiatives that encourage and recognise best practice in marine safety.BMSC Charter
Work in partnership with government and industry to advocate a culture of safety within the commercial marine industry.Identify strategies that support and encourage the establishment of proactive and collaborative frameworks for reporting of safety issues and the application of lessons learnt.
Advocate essential change within the marine training sector to eliminate or minimise inequities between the private and public frameworks that represent a barrier to the delivery of competency based training.
Identify and pursue opportunities to enhance marine safety induction training and industry commitment to maintaining the currency of crew competencies through ongoing learning and professional development.
Eliminate barriers to encourage and recognise an inherent safety culture at all levels and sectors within the marine industry.
Foster the development of a self sustaining framework that drives an inherent safety culture and industry ownership of the change process.
Scope of Charter
Short Term - Trading and fishing sectors of the commercial marine industry.
Long Term - All sectors of the commercial marine industry
(Example: Hire & drive, bare boat charter)Exceptions - The scope will be subject to adjustment in circumstances where industry representatives from other sectors come forward to work on the committee
Geographical limitations - Brisbane region only
Definitions - Best practice = Culture of safety (generative/informed safety culture)
Attributes of commercial operations that mirror Professor James Reason’s ‘informed safety culture’ are as follows:
- Just Culture – focus is on lessons learnt not apportioning blame
- Reporting Culture – Crew are encouraged to report safety issues regardless of circumstance and without fear of reprisal
- Flexible Culture – Corrective action is based on informed assessment and a balance between cost and safety
- Learning Culture – Preventative action is taken in response to incidents, accident or near misses and so on to offset reoccurrence