Specifications

SMALL VESSEL COMPLIANCE PROGRAM (SVCP) TP 15111E
Detailed Compliance Report and Guidelines Page 6 of 20
QUESTION 18
Three factors determine the minimum crew required for ordinary operating conditions: vessel size, number of passengers and area of
operation. As well, every vessel must have a sufficient crew respond to foreseeable emergency situations.
The crew should be able to respond to the following emergencies on board: fire, man overboard, engine failure, flooding, passenger
control, distress calls and launching life rafts. Many of these tasks are required to be done simultaneously, for example: maintaining
order and calm among the passengers, sending out distress messages if required, and launching the life raft (if applicable).
QUESTION 19
Before being assigned any duty on board, each member of the crew shall be provided with written instructions that describe the
procedures to be followed in order to ensure their competency with:
The shipboard equipment specific to the vessel;
The operational instructions specific to the vessel;
Their assigned regular and emergency duties; and
The effective performance of assigned duties vital to safety or to the prevention or mitigation of pollution.
SECTION 5: NOTICES
QUESTION 20
Appropriate danger, warning, or caution labels (reference American Boat and Yacht Council ABYC T5 for label layout) written in
English and French, should be considered if all of the following four conditions exist:
The hazard is associated with the use of the product
The hazard is not obvious or readily discoverable by the user
The manufacturer knows of the hazard
The hazard will exist during normal use or foreseeable misuse
When used, the pictorial signs should normally have a black picture on a white background.
QUESTION 21
From April 29, 2011, a compliance notice must be attached to all new small commercial vessels. The builder, manufacturer, rebuilder
or importer of the vessel must also prepare a Declaration of Conformity and give a copy of this declaration to the first owner of the
vessel.
Compliance notices are a statement by the builder or importer declaring that the vessel met the construction requirements as they read
on the date of construction, manufacture, rebuilding or importation of the vessel.
Check that the Compliance Notice has wording (in English and French) stating that the manufacturer declares that your vessel
complied with the non-pleasure craft construction requirements (if the vessel is more than 6 metres), as they read on the day that the
construction of the vessel was started or on the day on which it the vessel was imported. If the vessel is not more than 6 metres long,
the construction requirements are the same for both pleasure craft and non-pleasure vessels.
The compliance notice will indicate the vessel model, the builder or importer, the category of construction requirements and the
design limitations, such as the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) design category for stability (category A, B, C or
D).
The Compliance Notice should be fixed in a position where you and your crew can readily see it. It also would be very useful to bring
the information contained in the Compliance Notice to the attention of your passengers when conducting your safety briefing.
SECTION 6: STABILITY, SAFETY AND FIREFIGHTING EQUIPMENT
QUESTION 22
Stability is the characteristic of a vessel that helps it stay upright. The Small Vessel Regulations require the owner and operator of a
commercial vessel to ensure that the vessel has adequate stability to safety carry out its intended operations.
Vessels 6 metres and under: Acceptable and suitable standards for demonstrating stability evaluation are contained within TP 1332,
chapter 4 (available at http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/marinesafety/tp-menu-515.htm ) and may be detailed in the conformity Label/Notice
(example shown below).