Safety Officer

Responsibilities:

• Attending and participating in safety meetings and training.
• Ensuring work areas are clean, tidy, and clear of debris and other obstructions.
• Maintaining awareness of surroundings and potential safety hazards when performing duties.
• Following vessel loading plans and instructions.
• Preparing cargo for lifting.
• Operating chainsaws to unsecure cargo, cranes, forklifts, tractors and trailers to move cargo.
• Loading and unloading cargo to and from vessels' holds.
• Securing cargo on vessels.
• Ensuring compliance with safety procedures and policies.
• Informing supervisor of damaged or unsafe cargo, and other safety hazards, injury, illness or property damage.