This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to command a commercial vessel or engineering plant, including the establishment of work rosters, allocation of duties, and maintenance of expected standards of work and behaviour on board a vessel. In addition the unit involves the skills and knowledge required to organise and manage the physical operations and resources of a vessel, including fulfilling legal responsibilities, the development and implementation of the vessel’s ISM and safety management system, and undergoing subsequent audits, the planning, implementation and monitoring of OHS procedures and practices onboard a vessel, monitoring and controlling expenditure related to the vessel’s budget, analysing and compiling voyage data, and preparing related reports, investigating, analysing and compiling casualty data and preparing related reports.