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- Hotel:
- Check into the official hotel at least one night before boarding the ship.
- Know transportation schedule to the ship and be checked out of the hotel and ready to board the bus 15 minutes prior to departure.
- Prior to boarding the ship, get your room and task assignments from the LO.
- Move on board:
- Have your ID on and visible.
- Sign in at the gangway security booth.
- Find your room and bunk assignment, drop your luggage off in your room.
- Cross-over:
- Go to your assigned work area(s) and begin crossover with the off-going technician(s).
- Read the technical report from the previous expedition.
- Discuss any status and any issues with equipment, procedures, or ship's infrastructure. Be prepared to discuss these issues with you supervisor and co-workers at the daily port call meetings.
- Identify items in the incoming shipments that were ordered for repairs.
- Identify needed shore purchases and bring this to the LO/ALO attention as soon as possible.
- Run updates and reboot all computers in your lab
- Required portcall meeting attendance:
- Cross-over meeting with IODP supervisors and off-going crew (first day of portcall).
- Technical meeting with the LO (daily).
- Science introductory meeting (also known as "Howdy-Duty" meeting, to be announced).
- Safety and Life-At-Sea training: If this is your first time onboard the JOIDES Resolution or it has more than one year since you participated on an expedition, you must attend the following meetings. These meetings are conducted on the first day the science party arrives onboard. In addition, you are required to sign an attendance roster indicating that you attended and understand the information given to you.
- Shipboard safety meeting with the ship's captain and doctor.
- IODP's safety awareness and life-at-sea.
- IODP's Safety Tour.
- Safety Inspections:
- Verify that IODP provided safety equipment (eyewash stations, showers, hoods, etc.) have been tested and the inspection cards updated.
- Ensure that your work areas' safety supplies (first aid kit, spill control, etc.) are stocked and that expiration dates are not exceeded.
- Make sure that shipboard safety equipment (fire extinguishers, escape hoods, etc.) are in their designated locations.
- Personal Protective Equipment: Locate your PPE, inspect for defects, and replace as necessary. Do not engage in any activity until properly outfitted!
- Logistic activities:
- Assist with loading/unloading of cores, freight, and other tasks as directed by the LO/ALO.
- Wear the appropriate PPE for the activity you are engaged with. You must wear steel-toed shoes, hardhat, and safety glasses when working on deck.
- Unpack all oncoming freight and distribute them accordingly. Write the Expedition number on relevant supplies and rotate stock.
- Verify that the contents match the packing slips and return the packing slips to the ALO. Notify the ALO, if you find any damaged items or if the description or quantity on packing slips, do not match the contents.
- Inventory control: Verify physical counts on inventory items in assigned lab/area. Bring to LO/ALO's immediate attention if any item is short on quantity.
- Prior to the ship's departure:
- Ensure instruments in your lab are functioning properly.
- Complete all calibrations, or any other preparations that must be done while the ship is in port and stationary. See your work assignment SOPs.
- Secure all equipment and supplies for the expected sea states. The LO will inform you of the expected sea conditions.
- Collect and remove all trash.
- The LO will announce when you can change to your assigned shift. Keep the ALO informed on how you will make this change.
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- Refer to your work area SOP's for specific details
- Back up all files from the instrument computers to DATA1
- Write a Tech Report(s) for your assigned lab(s); a deadline will be posted by the Lab Officer. The report should include the following:
- Summary section: Without going into details, provide a brief description of the activities covered by this report. This is intended as an overview for management.
- The following section(s) contains the details of what happened during the expedition and the format is report specific. You should discuss the following:
- Issues from the previous expedition and if they were resolved (and how).
- New issues and their status at the end of the expedition.
- New or changed methods or documents. Do not put manuals in the reports, but indicate where on the servers they can be found.
- Shipments and orders: Even if discussed in the above section(s).
- List all special items received in portcall and their final disposition
- List all non-inventory orders you made and their intended use.
- If you have ordered items that, you want the other-crew to hold for you (special projects) then indicate that in the lists.
- If you received items for the other crew, indicate where you have stored them.Do we need a style guide???
- Clean your assigned lab and assigned area following the cleaning instructions of the LO.
- Remove all trash to the incinerator.
- The LO will announce when (or if) you may change your shift for arriving in port. Keep the ALO informed on how you will make this change.
- Shore-based staff send return to work dates to the LO.
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