Guidelines to Reducing Fatigue in Seafarers

Fatigue is a symptom of affective scattering after years of hard working. Considering the hard, and sometimes, intolerable working conditions of the seafarers, fatigue seems to be widely common in this job. The present study has been conducted as a correlation – descriptive analysis in 2011. It aims at examining the level of fatigue in seafarers and to provide practicable guidelines to overcome the problem. The population included in the examination consisted of seafarers of different ranks from National Iranian Tanker Company berthed at Khark Island and Port of Bandar Abbass, Iran. Statistical samples include 64 seafarers nominated by a simple random sampling method and were studied using Goldard’s standard and through a structured questionnaire basis. The collected data were analyzed by the descriptive statistical indices and inductive statistical methods by using Pearson’s statistical correlation test, the “t” test and also the Freedman test. The study has considered three groups of criteria, notably, individual, occupational and organizational factors. The variables of sexual, emotional and the personality desires have been taken as individual factors and the job records and promotional incentives as occupational variables and finally the rules, regulations and amenities are used to represent organizational factors. The research hypotheses are tested by Pearson’ statistical correlation method. The Study has concluded that all individual, occupational and organizational factors have a direct and significant impact on the seafarers’ fatigue. Using the “t” test, it has been found that there exists a significant relationship between the age of the seafarers and the fatigue amongst them. Finally, the Freedman test has indicated that the emotional and sexual desires would have the highest and amenities would have the lowest impact on the seafarers’ fatigue.

Fatigue, Introversion, Job Promotion, Seafarers