Safety and training posters for crew reference
Marine safety and training posters put illustrated instructions and practical reminders where crew can read them, supporting familiarisation, briefings and everyday work.
Emergency procedures and survival equipment
A poster gives a subject room for explanation while keeping it visible in the relevant onboard setting.
Lifeboat and liferaft launching, evacuation chutes and slides, man overboard and abandon ship posters show actions that can be discussed during training and revisited afterwards. Other subjects include enclosed space entry and tank rescue, fire and explosion actions, and the life saving signals.
The equipment shown needs to correspond to the equipment being discussed. A recognisable illustration connects the training material with the appliance or arrangement aboard the vessel.
Daily work and safety awareness
Posters also address recurring tasks and working conditions. Mooring, towing, bunkering, hot work, working aloft, personal protective equipment and shipboard food hygiene are examples of subjects that benefit from a reminder near the work.
A short awareness message suits a place people pass regularly. A detailed sequence needs a position where someone can stop and read without obstructing a passage or standing inside the active work area.
Choosing a poster for its audience
Subject, language and reading distance determine whether a poster will be useful. A crew briefing room allows a different level of detail from a small preparation station beside a galley or workshop.
A poster can support an explanation, but it does not establish that someone has practised the task. Its strongest role is as a reference connected with the vessel's training and working routines, using the same equipment names and actions that crew encounter aboard ship.
What to tell us about the poster
- The subject, and whether it supports a briefing or acts as a reminder near the work.
- Where it will hang, and the distance it has to be read from.
- Whether the equipment or arrangement shown matches the one aboard the vessel.
- The size: most of the range is 475 × 330 mm, with A3 and A4 formats for some subjects.
- The language, and how many copies for how many vessels.
Safety and training posters, answered
What subjects does the range cover?
Three operational groups. Abandon ship and survival: lifeboat and liferaft launching, free-fall and davit-launched arrangements, evacuation chutes and slides, man overboard, abandon ship and life saving signals. Emergency response: enclosed space entry and tank rescue, fire and explosion actions, electric shock and drowning, post oil spill actions and the emergency muster list. And daily work: mooring, towing, bunkering, gangways and accommodation ladders, craneage, hot work, welding and flamecutting, working aloft or outboard, engine and machinery room safety, gas bottle safety, breathing apparatus, personal protective equipment and shipboard food hygiene.
Are there reference charts as well?
Yes, and they are a large part of the range: IMO safety signs, IMO fire control symbols, fire extinguisher types, the hazchem guide, hazard diamonds, hazardous substance symbols, pipe identification, international signaling flags, light, shape and sound signals, the wheelhouse poster, pilot card, Williamson turn and the Marpol garbage disposal plan. These are read as references rather than as training material.
What format are they?
Most are self-adhesive vinyl, 475 × 330 mm. Some subjects are 420 × 297 mm or 297 × 210 mm, and the double-sided life saving signals card is rigid plastic at 210 × 148.5 mm.
Where should a poster be placed?
According to how much of it has to be read. A short awareness message suits a place people pass regularly. A detailed sequence needs a position where someone can stop and read without obstructing a passage or standing inside the active work area.
Does a poster count as training?
No. It can support an explanation and give crew something to return to afterwards, but it does not establish that anyone has practised the task. Its strongest role is as a reference connected with the vessel's own training and working routines, using the same equipment names and actions crew meet aboard ship.
Can DENFOIL be bought directly?
No. DENFOIL is supplied through distributors, who quote the specification and handle the order.
Specifying posters for a vessel
Tell us the subject, the language and where the poster will hang. A distributor quotes the specification.