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NFPA 306 is the document that a marine chemist is re- It’s ? tting that NFPA 306 has entered the revision cycle for quired to use when he or she performs this job-site hazard the 2024 edition just as the marine chemist program enters its analysis (JHA). This standard provides minimum require- second century. The ? rst draft of the next edition of NFPA 306 ments and conditions that are necessary before a space can be will be available on the NFPA website for public review and entered or before work can be started, continued, or started comment on March 22, 2022.

and continued on any vessel under construction, alteration, or What began as an experiment in 1922 continues today and repair, or on any vessel awaiting shipbreaking. The require- serves as a testament to a successful industry-and-government ments of the current edition of NFPA 306 can be traced back partnership. For 100 years the NFPA Certi? cated Marine to 1922 and Appendix A of the Regulations Governing Ma- Chemist has been the professional who the marine transporta- rine Fire Hazards. tion industry and shipyard industry has relied upon for con-

Upon completion of the JHA the marine chemist will is- ? ned space safety and ? re prevention on marine vessels, in sue a Marine Chemist’s Certi? cate documenting the results marine terminals and in shipyards. As the NFPA Certi? cated of the survey. Both OSHA and the U.S. Coast Guard require a Marine Chemist program enters a new century of service to

Marine Chemist’s Certi? cate is posted for hot work in, on or its stakeholders, marine chemists will continue to apply NFPA adjacent to tanks, spaces or compartments that contain or pre- 306 to assure the safety of workers and to protect shipyards, viously contained combustible or ? ammable liquids or ? am- marine terminals, and waterfront facilities from ? re.

mable gas. Presently there are 93 NFPA Certi? cated Marine If you would like more information about the NFPA Cer-

Chemists located in ports throughout the continental U.S., ti? cated Marine Chemist Program or NFPA 306, Standard for

Hawaii, Alaska and Guam. Together these marine chemists the Control of Gas Hazards on Vessels, please go to the NFPA write about 31,000 Marine Chemist’s Certi? cates each year. website: www.nfpa.org

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