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P

ersonnel Transfer O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

5

D

oors

are

to

rema

i

n

c

l

osed

at

a

ll

t

i

mes wh

il

e

on

passage

and wh

il

e

underway un

l

ess

personne

l

transfers

are

be

i

ng

conducted or

access

i

s

re

q

u

i

red

.

T

he

Su

rfer De

c

khan

d

i

s

respons

i

b

l

e

for

safe

l

y open

i

ng and

c

l

os

i

ng

doors when

necessary

.

A

Su

rfer De

c

khan

d

shall

be

stat

i

oned

bes

i

de

the

handra

il

dur

i

ng

a

ll

personne

l

transfer

operat

i

ons

. T

he

S

urfer

D

ec

k

hand p

l

ays

an

essent

i

a

l

ro

l

e

i

n

ensur

i

ng

safety

.

T

wo

C

re

w

mem

b

ers

shall

a

l

ways

be

ass

i

gned

to

the

dec

k

of

any

other

vesse

l

dur

i

ng

any

personne

l

transfer

between

vesse

l

s

to ass

i

st

transferr

i

ng personne

l.

T

he

Su

rfer De

c

khan

d

s

dut

i

es

are

def

i

ned

i

n deta

il i

n

the

Surfer Manual

. T

hey

i

nc

l

ude:

x

Ti

m

i

ng each

transfer

to

co

i

nc

i

de w

i

th

the

r

i

se

and

fa

ll

mot

i

on of

the

S

urfer

;

x

L

end

i

ng a

hand

to

a

ll

board

i

ng

and

d

i

sembar

ki

ng passengers

;

x

Hand

li

ng persona

l l

uggage

,

bags

and

other

e

q

u

i

pment

.

4.

8 U

se of

R

es

cu

e

C

raft

/

Fast

R

es

cu

e

C

raft

T

o ma

i

nta

i

n

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

ava

il

ab

ili

ty

,

the

Master

/

Offshore

I

nstallation Manager

shall

ensure

that

su

i

tab

l

e

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

operat

i

on p

l

ann

i

ng has

been

conducted

and necessary perm

i

ss

i

ons

have been

granted

.

T

he use of

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

for

non

-

rescue

operat

i

ons

i

s

perm

i

ss

i

b

l

e when

the

vesse

l i

s

at anchor

or

i

n

port moor

i

ng areas

.

As w

i

th

other means

of

personne

l

transfer

operat

i

ons

,

a

fu

ll

pre

-

tas

k

p

l

ann

i

ng

shall

be

carr

i

ed out before

the

operat

i

on us

i

ng

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

.

However

,

vesse

l-

to

-

vesse

l

transfer

us

i

ng

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

should

on

l

y be underta

k

en

i

f

i

t

i

s

cons

i

dered as

be

i

ng a

safer mean

than other

a

l

ternat

i

ves

or when

other

a

l

ternat

i

ves

are

i

mpract

i

ca

l.

F

o

ll

ow

i

ng

safe pract

i

ces

are adhered

to

i

n

each operat

i

on:

x

Adherence

to

the

capac

i

ty of

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

;

x

T

ra

i

n

i

ng

and

tas

k

fam

ili

ar

i

zat

i

on

re

q

u

i

rements

on

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

l

aunch

i

ng

,

recovery and

operat

i

on

for

off

i

cers

and

crew members

;

x

L

aunch

and

recovery procedures

of

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

;

x

Li

st of PPE

to be worn by personne

l i

nvo

l

ved

i

n

such

transfer

;

x

Embar

k

at

i

on and

d

i

sembar

k

at

i

on of

personne

l;

x

Ensure

that

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

i

s

e

q

u

i

pped as

per

“

Li

fe

S

av

i

ng App

li

ances

C

ode

”

re

q

u

i

rements

x

C

rews

are not

to

be

l

owered or

heaved

up w

i

th

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

.

C

rew

should

board

and

d

i

sembar

k

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

by P

il

ot

L

adder

r

i

gged accord

i

ng

l

y

for

the

purpose

;

x

A proper

and effect

i

ve

r

i

gg

i

ng

system

i

s

i

n

p

l

ace

to

contro

l

the

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

when

i

t

i

s

be

i

ng

l

aunched

and

recovered

. T

he

r

i

gg

i

ng

system must be

centered

on

the

prevent

i

on

of

l

atera

l

movement

– i.

e

. i

t must be

capab

l

e of

a

ll

ow

i

ng

the

crew

to prevent

the

FR

C

sw

i

ng

i

ng about

;

x

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

s

are

not

to be

l

aunched wh

il

e

the

vesse

l i

s ma

ki

ng way

;

x

L

aunch

i

ng areas

(

often mar

k

ed as

“

R

escue

Z

ones

”)

should

be

c

l

ear

of

fenders

and other

obstruct

i

ons

that may

i

mpede

the

safe and

smooth

l

aunch and

recovery

;

x

T

he area around

the

crane

and

the

l

aunch and

recovery

s

i

te

should

a

l

ways

be

c

l

ean and

free of

s

li

p

hazards

.

Any

tr

i

p

hazards

and a

ll ‘

p

i

nch

po

i

nts

’

need

to

be

c

l

ear

l

y mar

k

ed and

e

x

p

l

a

i

ned dur

i

ng

fam

ili

ar

i

zat

i

on

tra

i

n

i

ng

;

x

Proper PPE must a

l

ways

be worn

by a

ll

crew engaged

i

n

l

aunch

,

recovery or

crew

i

ng

of

an

FR

C

.

Approved

f

l

otat

i

on a

i

ds must be worn

by

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

crew

;

Vers

i

on

SF (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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