Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN FAST
RESCUE BOATS
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Administration in accordance with the requirements of the International
Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for
Seafarers, in force; or a person who holds a certificate issued or recognized
by the Administration of a State not a Party to that Convention for the same
purpose as the convention certificate.
* Embarkation ladder is the ladder provided at survival craft embarkation
stations to permit safe access to survival craft after launching.
* Float-free launching is that method of launching a survival craft
whereby the craft is automatically released from a sinking ship and is ready
for use.
* Free-fall launching is that method of launching a survival craft whereby the
craft with its complement of persons and equipment on board is released and
allowed to fall into the sea without any restraining apparatus.
* Immersion suit is a protective suit which reduces he body heat loss of a
person wearing it in cold water.
* Inflatable appliance is an appliance which depends upon non-rigid, gas
filled chambers for buoyancy and which is normally kept uninflated until
ready for use.
* Inflated appliance is an appliance which depends upon non-rigid, gas filled
chambers for buoyancy and which is kept inflated and ready for use at all times.
* International Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code means the International
Life-Saving Appliance (LSA) Code adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee of the
Organization by resolution MSC.48(66).
* Launching appliance or arrangement is a means of transferring a survival
craft or rescue boat from its stowed position safely to the water.
* Marine evacuations system is an appliance for the rapid transfer of
persons from the embarkation deck of the ship to a floating survival craft.
* Rescue boat is a boat designed to rescue persons in distress and to
marshal survival craft.
* Survival craft is a craft capable of sustaining the lives of persons in
distress from the time of abandoning the ship.
* Thermal protective aid is a bag or suit made of waterproof material
with low thermal conductance.
2.3.2 Personal life-saving appliances
Chapter II (L.S.A.Code)
* Lifebuoys
- have an outer diameter of not more than 800 mm and an
inner diameter of not less than 400 mm;
- be capable of supporting not less than 14.5 kg of iron in fresh
water for a period of 24 h;
- have a mass of not less than 2.5 kg;
- not sustain burning or continue melting after being totally
enveloped in a fire for a period a 2 s;
- if it is intended to operate the quick-release arrangement provided
for the self-activated smoke signals and self-igniting lights, have a mass sufficient to
operate the quick-release arrangement;