16.3 Personnel training
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16.3 Personnel training

  16.3.1 All personnel shall be adequately trained in the use of protective equipment and have basic training in the procedures appropriate to their duties necessary under emergency conditions.

  16.3.2 Personnel involved in cargo operations shall be adequately trained in handling procedures.

  16.3.3 Officers shall be trained in emergency procedures to deal with conditions of leakage, spillage or fire involving the cargo and a sufficient number of them shall be instructed and trained in essential first aid for cargoes carried, based on the guidelines developed by the Organizationfootnote.


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