LEISURE TIME AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO MARITIME SAFETY

RODRÍGUEZ-MARTOS Ricardo
10/1/2010
Marine sciences and engineering;
Renewable energies; Marine renewable energies and Sustenability; Advanced
technologies for MET; Climate changes

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Abstract
Often when we speak about safety on board ships we consider technical aspects and if we take in account human factor then we think about stress, working hours, drougs, etc. Leisure will be not seriously consider as something related with safety. This paper tries to introduce the concern about the importance of leisure time for a proper psychological condition of a seafarer for his own safety and the safety of the ship.
Keywords
leisure time; free time; safety; job satisfaction; crews, rest; stress; human factor
RODRÍGUEZ-MARTOS Ricardo
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spania