4 On-board training and instructions
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4 On-board training and instructions

  4.1 On-board training in the use of the ship's life-saving appliances, including survival craft equipment, and in the use of the ship's fire-extinguishing appliances shall be given as soon as possible but not later than two weeks after a crew member joins the ship. However, if the crew member is on a regularly scheduled rotating assignment to the ship, such training shall be given not later than two weeks after the time of first joining the ship. Instructions in the use of the ship's fire-extinguishing appliances, life-saving appliances, and in survival at sea shall be given at the same interval as the drills. Individual instruction may cover different parts of the ship's life-saving and fire-extinguishing appliances, but all the ship's life-saving and fire-extinguishing appliances shall be covered within any period of two months.

  4.2 Every crew member shall be given instructions which shall include but not necessarily be limited to:

  • .1 operation and use of the ship's inflatable liferafts;

  • .2 problems of hypothermia, first-aid treatment for hypothermia and other appropriate first-aid procedures;

  • .3 special instructions necessary for use of the ship's life-saving appliances in severe weather and severe sea conditions;

  • .4 operation and use of fire-extinguishing appliances; and

  • .5 risks associated with enclosed spaces and onboard procedures for safe entry into such spaces which should take into account, as appropriate, the guidance provided in recommendations developed by the Organizationfootnote.

  4.3 On-board training in the use of davit-launched liferafts shall take place at intervals of not more than four months on every ship fitted with such appliances. Whenever practicable this shall include the inflation and lowering of a liferaft. This liferaft may be a special liferaft intended for training purposes only, which is not part of the ship's life-saving equipment; such a special liferaft shall be conspicuously marked.

Parent topic: Regulation 19 - Emergency training and drills
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