United Earth Starfleet Cargo Service - Spacer's Handbook tentative draft
Life Boats; Basic Rules and Requirements
All vessels engaged in commercial activities as defined by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority Article Nine shall be equipped with life boats of sufficient capacity to evacuate all passengers and crew in the event of catastrophic emergency. The numbers, sizes, and operational parameters of the life boats depend on the size and class of vessel and are fully enumerated by vessel size and class in Appendix P.
Safety Drills; Requirements
All vessels engaged in commercial activities as defined by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority Article Nine shall engage in regular safety drills to assure that all passengers and crew are aware of their duties and responsibilities in the event of emergency. These drills must occur at least once per quarter of operation and may include but are not limited to life boat drills, suit drills, and fire drills. Passenger vessels of more than 200mkt and carrying more than 30 passengers are required to perform these drills not later than seven days after getting underway.
Ship's Organizational Structure
All vessels engaged in commercial activities as defined by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority Article Nine, shall be in compliance with all appropriate rules and regulations governing their class and trade. Each ship must carry and display prominently an Operational License granted by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority and subject to inspection and renewal every five years. In order to maintain a valid Operational License, each vessel must maintain the stipulated numbers of qualified officers and crew according to ship class and commercial activity. A complete breakdown of minimum crew standards by ship class and activity can be found in Appendix J of this handbook.
Generally officer and crew shall consist of at least, but not limited to, the following:
Deck Division:
Officers:
Captain: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Commanding officer.
First officer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Executive officer (required only on vessels larger than 100mkt).
Second officer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Bridge officer (required only on vessels larger than 200mkt).
Third officer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Bridge officer (required only on vessels larger than 500mkt).
Specialist Officers:
Helmsman: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Helmsman.
Tactical officer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Tactical officer (required on any vessel with weapon capability).
Communications officer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Communications officer.
Crew:
Able Spacer: Individually certified by passing the Able Spacer exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Ordinary Spacers and Spacer Apprentices, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Ordinary Spacer: Individually certified by passing the Ordinary Spacer exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Spacer Apprentices, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Spacer Apprentice: Entry level position requiring only valid identification. Individual ships may impose additional requirements including but not limited to language fluency, health assessment, and minimum age. Duties include standing watch, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Selected Technical Specializations (See Appendix L for complete list by division): Navigation; Ship Handling
Steward Division:
Officers:
Chief Steward: Qualified and individually certified as Chief Steward by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority (required on passenger vessels, only).
Stewards Mate: Qualified and individually certified as Stewards Mate by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority (required on passenger vessels above 200mkt, only)
Medical officer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Medical officer.
Crew:
Messman: Individually certified by passing the Able Messman exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Food Handlers and Attendants, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Food Handler: Individually certified by passing the Ordinary Steward exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Attendants, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Attendant: Entry level position requiring only valid identification. Individual ships may impose additional requirements including but not limited to language fluency, health assessment, and minimum age. Duties include standing watch, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Selected Technical Specializations (See Appendix L for complete list by division): Chef; Steward; Bursar; Medic
Engineering Division:
Officers:
Chief Engineer: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Chief Engineer.
Engineering First: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Engineering First Officer.
Engineering Second: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet as Engineering Second Officer.
Crew:
Machinist: Individually certified by passing the Machinist exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Enginemen and Wipers, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Engineman: Individually certified by passing the Engineman exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Wipers, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Wiper: Entry level position requiring only valid identification. Individual ships may impose additional requirements including but not limited to language fluency, health assessment, and minimum age. Duties include standing watch, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Selected Technical Specializations (See Appendix L for complete list by division): Power Systems; Propulsion Systems; Environmental Systems
Cargo Division:
Officers:
Cargo Master: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority as Cargo Master for the class of vessel (required on any vessel carrying more than 10mkt of cargo, only)
Cargo First: Qualified and individually licensed by the United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority as Cargo First Officer for the class of vessel (required on any vessel carrying more than 100mkt of cargo, only)
Crew:
Cargoman: Individually certified by passing the Able Cargoman exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Cargo Handlers and Cargo Loaders, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Cargo Handler: Individually certified by passing the Ordinary Cargoman exam administered by the designated ship's officer while underway or by United Earth Starfleet Cargo Authority field officers in port. Duties include standing watch, supervising Cargo Loaders, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Cargo Loader: Entry level position requiring only valid identification. Individual ships may impose additional requirements including but not limited to language fluency, health assessment, and minimum age. Duties include standing watch, and other routine shipboard tasks as directed.
Selected Technical Specializations (See Appendix L for complete list by division): Cargo Routing; Cargo Handling
Special qualification:
An Officer can perform up to 3 functions on a ship. The list of mutually exclusive functions can be found in Appendix R. Exceptions include: commercial courier vessels, yachts for hire, and other small craft carrying less that 10mkt of cargo and up to 10 passengers, which may operate with one officer only.
Vacuum Environment Suits
All ship's personnel will have access to, and training in the use of, vacuum environment suits. VE-suits come in three classes: emergency suit, soft suit, and hard suit. Each suit has a slightly different configuration and application but all have the same basic function in terms of allowing the wearer to operate in vacuum.
Emergency Suit
The emergency suit is the lightest and shortest duration suit. They provide the bare minimum vacuum protection and operational duration and are intended for crew and passengers who have little or no training in vacuum environment operations. The emergency suit has sufficient air reserve for up to two hours, depending on exertion levels, but carries no water or sanitation fittings. Regulations call for every registered commercial vessel to have at least one of these suits available for every person aboard.
Soft Suit
The soft suit is the basic vacuum work suit intended for use inside ship and station hulls. They are heavier and more durable than emergency suits. Because they are intended for extended use, they have sanitation fittings as well as replaceable air and water canisters. Soft suits can be used in any gravity environment but have no propulsion capability. Soft suits have only limited radiation shielding and should normally be used inside of a ship or station hull. They are intended for the use by trained officers and crew and only those individuals who are so certified should be allowed to use soft suits in operational settings.
Hard Suit
The hard suit is a heavy duty vacuum work suit intended for use outside ship and station hulls. In addition to all the features of the soft suit, the hard suit has a stiffened exoskeleton with mount points for various tools such as propulsion units and grapplers. They are used in low-gravity and no-gravity vacuum environments for construction and repair as well as cargo handling. Hard suits have extensive radiation shielding and can be safely operated outside of the ship or station hull. They are intended for use by trained officers and crew and only those individuals who are so certified should be allowed to use hard suits in operational settings.
Excerpted from The Articles…
Article 37
Certain circumstances require the Captain of a vessel to exert extraordinary control on the flow of information from the ship. Special cargoes, important passengers, or other sensitive information can be temporarily suppressed for the safety and welfare of the ship and crew. When questioned about these situations, all crew will be instructed to politely invoke Article 37 and refer all inquiry to the Captain or other designated source for official information.
adapted from http:/ / solarclipper .com / spacers-handbook /, based on the book series The Golden Age of the Solar Clipper by Nathan Lowell
I would advise you to read it yourself, as it show exactly how trade in space for this time period should look like.
