Excell Marine Record of Service

Record of Service This guide is a working document. To help you advance through the various positions during your career with Excell Marine.

Welcome to Excell Marine This guide is a working document to help you advance through the various positions during your career with Excell Marine. Not only is your success as a deckhand at stake, but also the continued success of the company depends on the ability of our new deckhands to become efficient workers as soon as possible. We believe this guide will further both goals by helping you achieve the knowledge and skills to work safely and efficiently. This guide will assist you in documenting your progress and suitability for promotion to the next level of responsibility. Employee Name Last Name First Name Middle Name Employee Address City, State, Zip Hire Date Position

Introduction Your supervisors (Captain, Pilot, Mate and Engineer) will play an integral role in your career, so make sure you keep them informed about your progress and ask questions when you are unsure of anything. You are responsible for keeping up with this guide and are expected to take it to the boat on each of your assignments. You should work closely with your supervisors to maintain the guide and can expect your supervisors and captains to review the guide and your progress at any time. How to Use this Record 1. Always Keep this Service Record with you. It will conveniently slip into your pocket or luggage. 2. At boarding, complete the appropriate sections of the Vessel Boarding Statement. 3. The Mate and Captain will review your Service Record to assess your skill level and make your watch assignment. 4. The Mate will conduct the Safety Orientation. 5. A few days before completing your hitch ask the Mate to review your progress and update your Service Record. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. The Mate will sign off on all areas in which you have demonstrated full proficiency. Maintaining the Service Record is your responsibility. If lost a new Service Record will be issued, but it is your responsibility to make your book current by demonstrating proficiency to the Mate.

Advancement For an employee to advance to the next level of employment, he or she must demonstrate competency in certain knowledge and/or skills that are required for each position. Employees seeking to advance must meet the following conditions.  Fulfill all requirements for the employee’s current position.  Good evaluations.  Recommendation for promotion from the Captain and Mate or Engineer.  No disciplinary actions which would prevent advancement; and  Demonstrate a working competent knowledge of your job responsibilities.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date General Knowledge to be completed by end of first trip 1. Familiar with applicable sections of Excell Marine Policies and Procedures Manual- TSMS and LMS 2. Understands the Chain of Command aboard Company vessels. 3. Has read, understands and practices rules in the TSMS or understand where to find them. 4. Understands Company Policy regarding the importance of wearing a life jacket (PFD). 5. Understands and utilizes proper personal protective equipment (PPE) for various job functions. (Steel toed boots, gloves, hat, flashlight, etc.) 6. Understand and follows the “buddy system.” 7. Understands and follows Excell Marine s Fall Overboard Prevention Policy and best practices. 8. Can identify and understand the importance of the station bill and his/her responsibilities in the event of: a. Fire b. Man Overboard c. Abandon Ship d. Collision e. Grounding f. Tow break up g. Oil Spill

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date General Knowledge to be completed by end of first trip h. Security Incident 9. Identify the following barge and towing vessel components; a. Wheelhouse / Pilothouse b. Crew quarters c. Engine room d. Galley e. Bow f. Stern g. Port h. Starboard i. Tow knees j. Button k. Line deck l. Rake and stern voids m. Headlog n. Sternlog o. Rake knuckle p. Bilge knuckle q. Wing tanks r. Hopper s. Cargo tank t. Ullage hatch u. Butterworth hatch v. Drip pans w. Pipeline headers 10. Demonstrates and uses proper lifting, pulling, and pushing techniques. 11. Identify and use portable CO2 fire extinguisher. 12. Identify and use portable dry chemical fire extinguisher. 13.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date General Knowledge to be completed by end of first trip 13.Tie a Bowline 14. Tie a square knot. 15. Secure a line using turns and two half hitches. 16. Catch a line. 17. Throw a line on or off fittings. 18. Tie a towing lead. 19. Understands the Handling Face Wires / Rigging Policy. 20. Make a bumper. 21. Make a whipping. 22. Tie a backing lead. 23. Make a line fast to timberheads. 24. Make a line fast to H-bits. 25. Make a line fast to cavil. 26. Work a line under strain. 27. Check a tow or cut using a single-part line. 28. Check a tow or cut using a two-part line. 29. Identify and stay out of the “line of fire.” 30. Properly stow lines on tow and in the deck locker. 31. Properly open a new coil of line. 32. Make up a line by faking and coiling.

1. Understands the importance of daily wake-up routine and personal preparation. 2. Understands the watch system aboard company vessels. 3. Practices good personal hygiene and grooming. 4. Properly stows personal gear and laundry. 5. Exhibits a positive attitude. Safety 1. Knows VHF channel for emergency communications. 2. Demonstrates and uses proper lifting, pulling, and pushing techniques. 3. Willingly participates in safety meetings and drill exercises. 4. Understands A, B and C class fires and the appropriate extinguishing agent to fight each type of fire. 5. Locate CO2 fixed extinguisher controls and understand who can and cannot operate the system. 6. Identify and use fire pump. 7. Identify and properly deploy fire hose. 8. Understands the Drug and Alcohol Policy. 9. Understands the Hazard Communication policy. 10. Understands the Confined Space Entry procedures and policy. Equipment 1. Use a capstan safely and effectively. 2. Use winches safely and effectively. 3. Maintain deck winches. 4. Use wire clamps, cables, and slings. 5. Operate and maintain barge pumps.

6. Sooge exterior of boat. 7. Clean interior of vessel. 8. Safely use a grinder and needle gun. 9. Identify different types of paints and their proper use. 10. Prepare a surface for painting. 11. Paint a surface. Rigging 1. Identify a set of rigging. (1) ratchet, (1) strap and (1) 35’ wire. 2. Identify and use a shackle and pin. 3. Identify and use a chain link. 4. Identify a set of tools. (1) Cheater bar and (2) toothpicks. 5. Identify the parts of a ratchet. 6. Properly lubricate ratchet screws. 7. Properly carry a ratchet. 8. Properly insert toothpicks to tighten a ratchet. 9. Properly insert toothpicks to loosen a ratchet. 10. Properly position a ratchet to prevent damage. 11. Position a ratchet to prevent tightening overboard. 12. Properly tighten the ratchet using a cheater bar safely. 13. Properly lay out a set of rigging. Fore and aft, jockey and breast. 14. Knows how to break down “hard down” rigging. 15. Knows when and how to safely use sledgehammer. 16. Can roll and tie wires properly. 17. Routinely keeps up with tools. 18. Understands the importance of maintaining a clean work area, gear properly and neatly arranged, and decks clear of hazards.

Communications and Navigation 1. Use a VHF radio effectively. 2. Use tow speaker effectively. 3. Use the following hand signals: a.) Come to port. b.) Come to starboard. c.) All Stop. d.) Ahead straight. e.) Back up port. f.) Back up starboard. g.) Full astern. h.) Ahead starboard. i.) Ahead port. j.) All clear port. k.) All clear starboard. 4. Set up and position navigation lights. 5. Rig and make up peep light. 6. Enter and exit a skiff properly. 7. Use and properly set ladders. Security 1. Know who the Vessel Security Officer (VSO) is onboard the vessel. 2. Understands and can communicate the current MARSEC Level to fellow crew members. 3. Can locate and update the MARSEC Security Poster. Rigging 1. Proficient in laying and use of the following: a.) Backing wire. b.) Towing wire.

c.) Breast wire. d.) Jockey wire. e.) Fore and aft wire. f.) Alley wire. g.) Boat face wire. h.) Boat long wire. i.) Boat hold-down wire. Seamanship 1. Make an eye splice. 1. Make a short eye splice. 2. Understands the importance of a properly outfitted skiff and can identify; a.) Oars. b.) Oar locks. c.) Running lights. d.) Fuel tank and hose. e.) Drain plug. f.) A properly mounted and current fire extinguisher. 3. Operate a davit. 4. Properly launch and retrieve a skiff. 5. Effectively use lanterns to keep lock lines warm and dry during winter operations. 6. Fully understands the Skiff Use and Operation Policy. 7. Fully understands the Headline Operations Policy. 8. Fully understands the Environmental Policy. Navigation Assist 1. Fully understand the importance of the pre-locking conference and locking procedures. 2. Can accurately judge and call out distances when approaching locks, landings, or fleets.

3. Understands the importance and duties of a lookout. 4. Understands that a deckhand, leadman or mate can perform no other duties while acting as a “lookout.” 5. Fully capable of performing all job functions in the locking process. 6. Make up, run and trouble shoot light cords. 7. Make up, run and trouble shoot sounder cords. 8. Make up, run and trouble shoot speaker cords. 9. Properly inspect barges for water, damage and that covers are closed. 10. Properly set up pumps to dewater barges. 11. Make temporary repairs such as shingles or soft patches. 12. Effectively communicate barge damages to the Mate or Captain. 13. Conduct job briefings prior to beginning any work on tow, at landings or in fleets. 14. Ensure crew understand their assignment. Never assume. Leadership: 1. Has good leadership skills and attitude. 2. Work area / equipment prepared before arriving in a fleet or landing to aid in effective management of the vessels’ time. 3. Assists the Mate conduct Safety Orientations when the Mate is unavailable. 4. Works safely and applies safety rules and procedures in the workplace. 5. Fully understands Excell Marine s Safety rules.

6. Understands and follows work rules and procedures laid out in the Excell Marine s TSMS. Security: 1. Fully understands the importance of performing security duties when called upon by the VSO. 2. Ability to inspect visitors and crew members IDs prior to boarding. 3. Ensures all visitors receive the Vessel Visitor Safety Orientation in the Mates absence utilizing the appropriate checklist. 4. Ensure all visitors complete the Vessel Boarding Log in the Mates absence. Area of Competency Captain Mate Date Administration A key element within the overall scope of the Mates duties, as a member of the on-board leadership and management team, is the administration or execution of certain functions and assisting in the management of activities required to accomplish both vessel and company goals. Additionally, certain reporting requirements are necessary to document completion or the ongoing progress of these activities. The Mate should be proficient in the following areas: 1. Understands how to properly order deck supplies and maintain budget controls. 2. Maintains appropriate operating supplies and inventories to ensure over ordering does not occur. 3. Understands Company policies, procedures, rules, and best practices and comply with it.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 4. Routinely completes additional duties assigned by the Captain or Pilot. 5. Properly inspects barges for water, closed covers, damage, and spilled cargoes. 6. Properly records barge inspection results using the appropriate report forms. 7. Reports correct information on all barge damage and condition reports. 8. Demonstrates ability to keep accurate, monthly counts of rigging and pumps. 9. Understands and can demonstrate proper vessel layup procedures. Communications: Mates must possess the ability to judge distance, set, swing, speed, upstream and downstream, and relay this information back to the wheelhouse accurately, via walkie-talkie, tow speaker, and hand signals both day and night. The Mate should demonstrate a good rapport with lock personnel. The Mate should maintain a good working relationship with dock personnel, tug operators, and vendors. The Mates attitude must reflect the best interest of the Company, when dealing with the public. The Mate must follow reporting procedures and report all incidents or injuries, insubordination, and personality conflicts to wheelhouse management. The Mate must be familiar with emergency communications and station bills. 1. Understands all duties outlined in the vessels Station Bill – Who, what and where? 2. Understands procedures to report all incidents and problems as they occur.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 3. Demonstrates clear and effective routine and emergency communications in all situations. 4. Demonstrates the ability to effectively communicate work assignments, emergency instructions, and other critical information to crewmembers. 5. Understands the value of maintaining good work relations with vessel management, and crew, tug, fleet and dock personnel and outside vendors. Supervision Supervision directs and motivates others to perform assigned tasks at a predetermined level of performance and within an acceptable period. A positive attitude is critical to achieve these results. 1. Understands and enforces compliance with all company policies and procedures. 2. Conducts on the job training with deck crew. 3. Demonstrates and understands the value of good employee relations. 4. Understands and demonstrates the ability to manage deck crew discipline issues. 5. Understands and demonstrates the ability to conduct deck crew evaluations. 6. Understands the importance of and effectively conducts new employees, and visitor onboard safety orientations. 7. Knows and understands how to apply good problem- solving techniques and skills to any situation. 8. Demonstrates good leadership skills and abilities.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 9. Demonstrates the ability to prepare for jobs in advance when informed. 10. Understands the importance of informing crew on what to expect before tow work, making landings or locking before arrival. (Game plans.) 11. Recognizes crewmember abilities and plans work accordingly. 12. Demonstrates the ability to maintain composure in emergencies. Safety Safety is a top priority of Excell Marine. Your mission as Mate is to eliminate or control both known and potential safety and health hazards encountered on the job. This includes enforcing the life jacket policies, safety rules, best practices, policies, and procedures. It is the Mates responsibility to understand Excell Marine s Safety and Loss Prevention Policy and Vessel Safety Rules and to apply them in day-to-day operations. 1. Demonstrate a thorough understanding of both Excell Marine s Safety Manual and Procedure Manual 2. Enforce all safety rules. 3. Understand the importance of properly conducting training sessions, safety meetings, and drill exercises. 4. Assist in conducting fire, man overboard, collision, abandon ship, oil, and other emergency drills. 5. Conduct periodic vessel audits. Make appropriate corrections of deficiencies to ensure compliance with Company objectives and goals.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 6. Conduct Quarterly Vessel Safety Inspections and make necessary and required corrections as soon as practical. 7. Demonstrate the ability to stand down and counsel employees that are performing unsafely. 8. Ability to promote safety awareness. 9. Understand and communicate to crew the importance and primary responsibility when assigned to assist the Captain or Pilot as a “Look Out.” When assigned as a Look Out, no other duties may be performed. 10. Demonstrates a complete understanding of the Confined Space Entry program and ensures all crewmembers are properly trained. 11. Demonstrates a complete understanding of the Lock Out/Tag Out program and ensures all crew members are properly trained. Tow Building Tow building is a major portion of the Mates responsibilities. This is where most of a Mates’ skills come together in a well- orchestrated effort to maximize vessel crew performance and minimize port time. The Mate must ensure that all wires are properly laid, no lines fouled, pumps are properly positioned where they can be easily accessed in case of emergency. Properly position navigation lights and jack staff on the head of the tow. Thoroughly understand the differences between tow work required in landings and what is accomplishable underway to minimize port time. Mate must ensure crews properly inspect barges for water in a timely manner and the tow wired for double lockage when appropriate. Being prepared for the job at hand is of foremost importance.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 1. Understand the need to have all rigging ready before barge placement. Ratchets backed out with wires laid out ready for use. A delay of only 2 minutes a ratchet results in a loss of 2 hours for a 15-barge tow. 2. Ability to safely use a capstan while building tow. 3. Ability to properly stage tow to make safe and efficient deliveries. 4. Ability to properly wire tow without fouling wires causing them to be re-laid after making a delivery of a barge or barges. 5. Understand company requirements to make all barges ready for delivery and meet customer expectations. 6. Demonstrate the ability to recognize barge problems, make appropriate temporary repairs, and communicate those problems to the wheelhouse 7. Ability to coordinate tow-building activities with the wheelhouse and effectively communicate those requirements or changes to deck crew. 8. Identify unusual hazards on tow such as duck ponds, damaged fittings, or other equipment hazards. 9. Ability to properly prepare for tow building, locking, or making landings prior to arrival. Rigging is in place and properly staged. Deck crew understands what is going to happen. (Game plan.) 10. Demonstrate proper radio terminology and utilization. Accurately judge speed, distance and direction and communicate that to the wheelhouse.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 11. Ability to analyze barge and tow configurations (empties, loads, over or undersize barges) to determine rigging requirements to properly wire tow. 12. Ability to analyze barge and tow configurations (empties, loads, over or undersize barges) to determine rigging requirements to properly wire tow. 13. Demonstrate skills to properly and efficiently strip a tow once delivered: a.) Lines or tie off wires in place. b.) Rigging removed from all drops. c.) Hatches closed and in place. d.) Lights, light cords, ladders, sounders, and sounder cords removed. e.) Pumps and hoses removed. f.) Loose rigging pulled over and properly tied before dropping. Line Skills Safe line handling skills are critical in the day-to-day operation of any vessel. The Mate must be proficient in all aspects of line skills such as splicing eyes, making bumpers, checking cuts into locks, or catching barges in an emergency. The ability to teach other deck crew these vital skills is also very important and is the foundation for good seamanship. 1. Understands how to properly take new line off a coil. (Always pull the line up through the inside and follow directions on the end of the line inside.) 2. Ability to properly splice an eye in a line. 3. Understands the importance of making leavening of the proper length (35’).

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 4. Ability to make a bumper. 5. Demonstrates the proper way to fake a line down. 6. Demonstrates and instructs all crew on how to stay out of the “line of fire” when working lines. 7. Demonstrates the proper way to place turns on timberheads and cavals to prevent fouling. 8. Demonstrates the proper way to place under turns when handling down lead. 9. Understand the importance of and demonstrate various methods of making lines fast to different types of deck fittings. 10. Demonstrate the proper and safe way to utilize capstan lines. Locking The Mate and crew performance during locking is critically important. The wheelhouse depends on information coming from the head of the tow when making any lock approach. The Mate either provides this information or depends on or other members of his deck crew. In either case the wheelhouse, mate and deck crew must fully prepare for locking before arrival. The Mate must ensure adequate resources are available and in the proper locations to accomplish the mission. A game plan is critical. 1. Demonstrates effective communication skills on the approach, entry, and departure of locks. 2. Ability to accurately judge distance. 3. Ability to distinguish set.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 4. Ability to distinguish direction of travel by the flow of the river or navigation lights on the end of the guide wall. 5. Utilize speakers and hand signals in the event of radio failure. 6. Ability to effectively communicate with the wheelhouse. 7. Ability to factor in natural conditions when approaching locks such as wind, fog, and headway. 8. Properly stage lines before lock approach. 9. Aware of locking procedures and has followed all pre- locking procedures and protocols. 10. Recognizes and understands lock whistles. 11. Recognize when the lock is safe for entry. (Traffic light and gates fully recessed.) 12. Assigns appropriate personnel to stop cuts and check headway. 13. Demonstrates skills in efficiently rebuilding break couplings after locking. Landings Landings are a normal part of daily vessel operations. An efficient landing is the coordinated efforts of the entire crew. The Mate is an essential component for the safe and timely completion of any landing. 1. Demonstrate the ability to assess the situation before arrival and make necessary adjustments such as rigging in place, lines ready, and ladders if needed. 2. Ability to point out and communicate to all crew potential hazards when working in fleets.

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 3. Understands the differences between pool and high flow conditions and the affects they have on tow building. 4. Understands the potential problems associated with drift and ice. 5. Demonstrates proficiency in talking the wheelhouse through a lock or landing. 6. Demonstrates the ability to handle lines in fleets or landings. 7. Demonstrates the ability to develop a “game plan” which informs the crew of necessary fleet information on potential hazards, duties crew need to perform and what the desired results are. 8. Demonstrates good communications skills with wheelhouse relative to distance, headway, or sternway. 9. Ability to drop barges in an efficient manner minimizing port time. 10. Demonstrate ability to properly check barges for draft, damage, and water, upon picked up and properly recording that information in the appropriate format for use by the office. Security The Captain acting as Excell Marine VSO will from time to time depend on the Mate to perform security duties. These will include, checking ID’s, conducting Safety Orientations, securing the vessel in accordance with the current MARSEC level and periodic searches of crewmember luggage. The mate must demonstrate a thorough understanding of;

Area of Competency Captain Mate Date 1. Checking crewmember, vendor, visitor, and federal ID’s. 2. Communicating to crew the current MARSEC Levels as directed by the Captain. 3. Challenge all unauthorized personnel found onboard. 4. Restrict access to certain areas of the vessel as directed by the Captain. 5. Assigning crew to make periodic vessel patrols as directed by the Captain. 6. Ensure vessel is properly secure as directed by the Captain and in compliance with the appropriate MARSEC level. 7. Conduct Vessel Visitor Safety Orientations. 8. Ensure all visiting personnel complete Visitor Boarding Logs.

Vessel Name Captain Mate Start Date End Date Total Days 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30