Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN FAST
RESCUE BOATS
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2.2 Training, drills and operational readiness
2.2.1 On board training and instructions
Onboard training in the use of the vessel’s lifesaving appliances, including
survival craft equipment, should be given as soon as possible but not later than 2
weeks after a crew member joins the vessel. However, if the crew member is on a
regularly scheduled rotating assignment to the vessel, such training should be given
not later than 2 weeks after the time of first joining the vessel.
Instructions in the use of the vessel's lifesaving appliances and in survival at
sea should be given at the same intervals as the drills. Individual instruction may
cover different parts of the vessel's lifesaving system, but all the vessel's lifesaving
equipment and appliances should be covered within any period of 2 months.
Each member of the crew should be given instructions which should include but not
necessarily be limited to:
- operation and use of the vessel's inflatable life rafts, including
precautions concerning nailed shoes and other sharp objects;
- problems of hypothermia, first aid treatment for hypothermia and
other appropriate first aid procedures;
- special instructions necessary for use of the vessel's lifesaving
appliances in severe weather and severe sea conditions.
Onboard training in the use of davit launched life rafts should take place at
intervals of not more than 4 months on every vessel fitted with such appliances.
Whenever practicable this should include the inflation and lowering of a life raft.
This life raft may be a special life raft intended for training purposes only, which is
not part of the vessel's lifesaving equipment; such a special life raft should be
conspicuously marked.
Regulation 19 (1974, SOLAS Convention): Emergency training and drills
19.1 : This regulation applies to all ships.
19.2 : Familiarity with safety installations and practice musters
19.2.1 : Every crew member with assigned emergency duties shall be
familiar with these duties before the voyage begins.
19.2.2 : On a ship engaged on a voyage where passengers are
scheduled to be on board for more than 24 hours, musters of the passengers shall
take place within 24 hours after their embarkation. Passengers shall be instructed in
the use of the lifejackets and the action to take in an emergency.
19.3 : Drills
19.3.1 : Drills shall, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were
an actual emergency.
19.3.2 : Every crew member shall participate in at least one abandon
ship drill and one fire drill every month. The drills of the crew shall take place within
24 h of the ship leaving a port if more than 25 % of the crew have not participate in