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H

elico

p

ter O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

10

1

.

P

ur

p

ose

T

he

purpose

of

th

i

s

procedure

i

s

to

ensure

the

safe

and

effect

i

ve

he

li

copter

operat

i

ons onboard

B

ourbon

Vesse

l

s

e

q

u

i

pped w

i

th

he

li

dec

k

s

.

2

. Sco

p

e

T

h

i

s

document

covers

a

ll

He

li

copter

operat

i

ons

onboard

B

ourbon

vesse

l

s

and

app

li

es

to

a

ll

personne

l

hav

i

ng

respons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

re

l

ated

to he

li

copter

operat

i

ons

.

W

henever

vesse

l l

ocat

i

on

changes

from

one

N

at

i

ona

l

Author

i

ty

to

another

,

the Vesse

l

Master w

ill

ensure

that

a

ll

re

l

evant

l

oca

l

av

i

at

i

on

l

aws

and

regu

l

at

i

ons

are adhered

.

3

.

R

es

p

onsibilit

y,

aut

h

orit

y

and accountabilit

y

Managing Director

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

)

Ensur

i

ng

the

re

q

u

i

rements

of

th

i

s

procedure are

i

mp

l

emented

,

app

li

ed

and

fo

ll

owed

.

Vessel Master

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and

accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

)

Manag

i

ng

he

li

copter

operat

i

ons

i

n

fu

ll

comp

li

ance w

i

th

the

re

q

u

i

rements

of

th

i

s

procedure

;

b

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

th

i

s

procedure

i

s

i

mp

l

emented

,

app

li

ed

and

fo

ll

owed

;

c

) O

bserv

i

ng a

ll l

eg

i

s

l

at

i

on

app

li

cab

l

e

to

the

safe operat

i

on of

he

li

copters on

the

vesse

l;

d

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

the

appo

i

nted

H

LO

i

s

competent and

carr

i

es

out

h

i

s

dut

i

es

as

descr

i

bed

by

the

S

afety

Management

S

ystem w

i

th

i

n

the

H

LO

reference

terms and

j

ob

descr

i

pt

i

on

;

e

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

a

ll

persons

engaged

i

n

any he

li

copter

operat

i

on

or

near

any he

li

copter

l

and

i

ng area

are

under

the

i

mmed

i

ate and effect

i

ve

contro

l

of

the

H

LO

;

f

)

Ensur

i

ng

comp

li

ance w

i

th weather

li

m

i

tat

i

ons

for

operat

i

ona

l

act

i

v

i

t

i

es

, i

nc

l

ud

i

ng

those

re

l

at

i

ng

to

S

tandby Vesse

l

operat

i

ons

,

spec

i

f

i

ed

i

n

the

“Adverse

W

eather

S

tandard

”;

g

)

Endors

i

ng

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

's

dec

i

s

i

on

to

f

l

y

i

n

case of abnorma

l

cond

i

t

i

ons

;

h

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

a

va

li

d

“CAP

4

3

7

aud

i

t

cert

i

f

i

cate

” i

s ma

i

nta

i

ned

by a

Quali

f

ied Auditor

at

l

east

every

2

years

;

i) K

eep

i

ng

sat

i

sfactory

records

of

a

ll

surveys

, i

nspect

i

ons

and

crew

tra

i

n

i

ng

re

l

ated

to the

read

i

ness

and

ava

il

ab

ili

ty of

the He

li

dec

k.

O

p

erations Manager

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and

accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

the

re

q

u

i

rements

and e

x

pectat

i

ons

for

he

li

copter operat

i

ons

are

commun

i

cated and

i

mp

l

emented onboard

a

ll

vesse

l

s

under

h

i

s/her

j

ur

i

sd

i

ct

i

on

.

C

ontracts Manager

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

)

Mon

i

tor

i

ng

comp

li

ance w

i

th

th

i

s

procedure

and

li

a

i

s

i

ng w

i

th

the

Vessel Master

to

best ensure that

he/she

has a

ll

resources

necessary

to

fu

l

f

ill

h

i

s/her

dut

i

es

i

n

respect

of

th

i

s

procedure

.

H

elico

p

ter Landing O

ff

icer

(H

LO

)

h

as

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and

accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

) T

a

ki

ng overa

ll

respons

i

b

ili

ty

for the

he

li

dec

k l

and

i

ng

fac

ili

t

i

es

;

b

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

he

li

dec

k l

and

i

ng

fac

ili

t

i

es

are

ready upon

recept

i

on of

rad

i

o message announc

i

ng

an

i

ncom

i

ng he

li

copter

;

c

)

Ensur

i

ng access

to

the He

li

dec

k i

s

restr

i

cted 3

0

m

i

nutes

before and

1

5 m

i

nutes

after

l

and

i

ng

or

ta

k

e

off

of

a he

li

copter

;

d

)

Mon

i

tor

i

ng

a

i

r

band

fre

q

uency

to

i

ssue

l

and

i

ng

c

l

earance

,

when appropr

i

ate

,

and warn

H

elico

p

ter

Master

of

any hazard

;

e

)

Ensur

i

ng proper

passenger movement

,

baggage

superv

i

s

i

on and

fre

i

ght

hand

li

ng and the

safe

l

oad

i

ng of

the

a

i

rcraft

;

f

)

Ensur

i

ng app

li

cat

i

on of re

li

ab

l

e man

i

fest procedures

;

g

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

he

li

copter

crew

i

s

adv

i

sed of

any dangerous

substances

that m

i

ght

be

l

oaded on

the

he

li

copter

;

Vers

i

on

S

F

(

BOS-

P

RD-07.900

6

10-

ver

.01). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

8/8/

2014.

Vers

i

on date: 3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

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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