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P

ersonnel Transfer O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

5

x

Sli

p

,

tr

i

p

and

fa

ll

hazards

;

x

S

tat

i

on

-k

eep

i

ng

ab

ili

ty of

the

vesse

l

s

,

crew boats

or

sma

ll

boats

i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

the operat

i

on

or

i

n

c

l

ose

pro

xi

m

i

ty

;

x

C

ond

i

t

i

on

of

a

ll

e

q

u

i

pment

used

i

n

the personne

l

transfer

, i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

cert

i

f

i

cat

i

on where appropr

i

ate

;

x

O

perab

ili

ty and

constra

i

nts

of

li

ft

i

ng

e

q

u

i

pment

;

x

Ti

da

l

cond

i

t

i

ons

;

x

C

ond

i

t

i

on

and

ava

il

ab

ili

ty of

li

fe

-

sav

i

ng

e

q

u

i

pment

;

x

C

ommun

i

cat

i

ons

;

x

Any

Si

mu

l

taneous

O

perat

i

ons

(SI

M

O

P

S)

or

other

re

l

evant act

i

v

i

t

i

es

i

n

the area

;

x

T

ra

i

n

i

ng

,

e

x

per

i

ence

and

competence of

a

ll

personne

l i

nvo

l

ved

i

n ass

i

st

i

ng w

i

th and

conduct

i

ng

the

transfer

;

x

D

ur

i

ng personne

l

transfer

,

the potent

i

a

l

for man overboard

i

s

a

l

ways

present

.

C

ons

i

derat

i

on

shall

be

g

i

ven

to

the

recovery of

personne

l (i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

unconsc

i

ous

or

i

n

j

ured

)

from

the water

.

Pr

i

or

to

any

personne

l

transfer

operat

i

on

,

the

PIC

of

the

operat

i

on

shall

carry

out

a

fu

ll

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

to

def

i

ne

the

d

i

fferent

steps

of

the

personne

l

transfer

operat

i

on

and

the assoc

i

ated

r

i

s

k

s

.

D

ur

i

ng

th

i

s

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

,

the

PIC

shall

ensure

that

personne

l

to

be

transferred

wear

appropr

i

ate

Persona

l

Protect

i

ve E

q

u

i

pment

(

PPE

).

R

egard

l

ess

of

the

cond

i

t

i

ons

and

the

Job Safety Analysis

(

J

S

A

),

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

,

Tool Box Talk

(TBT)

and

L

ast M

i

nute

Ri

s

k

Assessment

(L

M

R

A

)

conducted

,

the

personne

l

to

be

transferred

get

the

r

i

ght

to

refuse

the

transfer

i

f

he/she does

not

fee

l

comfortab

l

e

.

4.

2 S

afe a

cc

ess

W

here necessary

,

a

non

-

s

li

p

coat

i

ng

shall

be app

li

ed on

stee

l

dec

k

s

or

other

a

l

ternat

i

ve

arrangements made

.

I

n add

i

t

i

on

,

access

or

egress

routes

to

or

from

the

transfer

area

shall

be

ade

q

uate

l

y

ill

um

i

nated

.

D

ur

i

ng

any

personne

l

transfer

operat

i

ons

,

for

safety

and

secur

i

ty

reasons

,

personne

l

engaged

i

n

transfer

operat

i

ons

shall

be accompan

i

ed by one

crew between

the

safe

stand

i

ng

-

by area

and

the

transfer

area

.

4.

3 C

o

mmu

ni

c

ation

Pr

i

or

to any personne

l

transfer

operat

i

on

,

the

PIC

shall

def

i

ne and estab

li

sh

the

commun

i

cat

i

on method and

rad

i

o

fre

q

uency

to

be used

between

a

ll

part

i

es

i

nvo

l

ved

. T

h

i

s

shall

be

recorded w

i

th

i

n

the

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

support

.

T

he

PIC

shall

a

l

so

def

i

ne

the

bac

k-

up

rad

i

o

commun

i

cat

i

on

system

that

shall

be

ava

il

ab

l

e

and

ready

. S

uch

bac

k-

up e

q

u

i

pment

shall

be

tested

dur

i

ng

the

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

process

.

R

ad

i

o

commun

i

cat

i

ons

shall

be used

as

the

pr

i

nc

i

pa

l

means

of

commun

i

cat

i

on

dur

i

ng

li

ft

i

ng

and

ho

i

st

i

ng

operat

i

ons

. S

tandard

hand

s

i

gna

l

s

should

be

used

i

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

the

rad

i

o

e

q

u

i

pment

,

where

necessary

.

Hand

s

i

gna

l

s

shall

on

l

y be

used by one

competent

person at

a

t

i

me

so as

not

to

be

conf

li

ct

i

ng

.

Master

shall

ensure

that

standard

hand

s

i

gna

l

s

,

as

def

i

ned

i

n

the

l

ast

va

li

d

ed

i

t

i

on

of

the

“

O

perat

i

on

and

Ma

i

ntenance

of

O

ffshore

C

ranes

”

of

the Amer

i

can Petro

l

eum

I

nst

i

tute

,

are

k

nown

.

T

he

PIC

shall

carry

out

an

i

nduct

i

on

i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

standard

hand

s

i

gna

l

s

w

i

th

ded

i

cated

personne

l

to

ensure

good

pract

i

ces

are ma

i

nta

i

ned

.

Vers

i

on

S

F

(BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

0

5

-

ver

.0

4

). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

: 22

/

0

6/

20

1

2.

Vers

i

on

date

:

3

1/1

2

/

20

15

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

: BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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