Success in implementing CEM is dependent upon the participation, leadership, and commitment of a vessel’s management, operators, and crew. A Crew Endurance Working Group (CEWG) comprised of representatives from all levels of the vessel’s operation is established to identify and address the specific endurance risks pertinent to its operations. It examines an organization’s operational policies regarding matters such as sleeping and eating times, efforts to reduce noises for off-watch personnel, and the consideration of individual behaviors such as diet, exercise, and stress.
The CEWG also enlists the expertise of a CEM Coach; a crewmember trained in the science behind, and effects of, 15 interrelated risk factors, which include those of temperature, motion, vibrations, intensity of lighting, and other physical considerations aboard a ship. Once the group has identified which factors affect its operations, they can begin to prioritize, devise, and deploy CEM plans aboard.
