APP Onboard Drills and Scenarios module

APP Onboard Drills and Scenarios module


Introduction

The module is intended for planning onboard drills. Drills are activities usually conducted to train crew as well as to evaluate the response of the crew to a particular event.

Functionality

The section will teach you how to operate the module.

To get started, first, access the module. For this, click the Onboard Drills And Scenarios tile on the main page of the Adonis Crew Portal:

On clicking, you find yourself on the Onboard Drills and Scenarios page:

On the page, all the module tools are available:

  • Setup. Click the tile to create drills and scenarios as well as assign crew members to drills. For more information, see Housekeeping.

  • Scheduling. Click the tile to schedule scenarios as well as assign crew members to them. For more information, see Schedule Scenarios.

  • Executing. As a coordinator, click the tile to confirm the executed drills and leave your comments on the possible improvements that may be planned for future drills. For more information, see Execute Drills.

  • Audit. Click the tile to view the history of completed scenarios containing both completed and outdated drills. For more information, see Check Audit.

Schedule Scenarios

After setting up the drills, you can schedule them.

Scheduling drills is primarily intended for safety officers or, otherwise, for a captain.

To access the functionality, click the Scheduling tile on the Onboard Drills and Scenarios page:

Once clicked, you are redirected to the Scheduling page:

On the left-hand side of the scheduling grid, you can find a list of predefined scenario templates fetched from the Setup (see Set Up Scenarios) as well as private scenarios customized based on your needs (see Create Private Scenarios).

Confirmed time slots are marked in blue, whereas unconfirmed - in yellow.

 

To schedule a scenario, use one of the following ways:

  • Drag and drop a predefined scenario template to a certain day of the week in the Calendar

  • Click the CREATE NEW button at the top of the left-hand side pane

Once done, the following dialog appears on the screen:

Review the data provided in the dialog and perform the following:

  1. Verify the start and end days in the corresponding Start Date and End Date fields. To edit the fields, click the down arrow and specify the scenario date and time of the scenario in the calendar view. Besides, when specifying the scenario duration, the following options become available:

    • Whole day. Select the option to set the whole day event

    • Repeat. Select the option if you want to set a recurring event. This opens the Repeat dialog:

       

      When you create a recurring event, you can choose between the Daily, Weekdays, Weekly, Monthly and Yearly options. You can customize these options further:

      • Daily can be set to every day, every other day, every 3 days, etc.

      • Weekly can be set to every week, every 2 weeks, every 3 weeks, etc., and to selected days in the week.

      • Monthly can be set to every 2 months, every 3 months, etc., and set to a particular day: 10th day of the month or 2nd Monday of the month.

      • Yearly can be set to every year, every 2 years, every 3 years, etc., and to a particular day, like the Monthly option.

  2. In the Scenario drop-down menu, select the scenario to be used.

  3. In the Coordinator field (mandatory), set the coordinator of the drill by selecting the position and the crew member in charge.

  4. In the Aim/Objectives field, define the goal that is to be achieved.

  5. In the Description field, provide a short explanation of the scenario.

  6. In the Summary field, you will see the comment written by the scenario coordinator once the scenario is confirmed.

  7. Set up the drill(s) assigned to the scenario. To do this, in the Drills section, click the View button that corresponds the assigned drill. Once clicked, the dialog appears:


    Within the dialog, review the provided data and perform as described below:

    • In the Coordinator field, select the crew member's position as well as a crew member responsible for conducting the drill.

    • In the Deck field, select the deck affected by the drill.

    • In the Location field, enter the location where the drill will be held.

    • In the Description field, provide a short explanation of the drill.

    • In the Equipment field, enter a set of devices that may be required to conduct the drill.

    • In the Summary field, you will see the comment written by the scenario coordinator once the scenario is confirmed.

    • In the Participants section, you can optionally add participants by clicking the ADDITIONAL button. This opens the Participants dialog where you can add crew members:


      Click APPLY to save the changes. As a result new participants appear in the Participants section.

  8. When completed, click the SAVE DRILL and SAVE SCENARIO buttons on the Schedule Scenario dialogs. 

As a result, a new timeslot appears in the Calendar:

 


Create Private Scenarios

In the Scheduling section, you have the possibility to create a private scenario template. To do this, first, locate Private Scenarios on the left-hand side of the Scheduling page and click the 

button. On clicking, the Private Scenario Template dialog appears:

Within the dialog, fill in the fields: