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P

ersonnel Transfer O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

5

x

A

ll

e

q

u

i

pment must be ma

i

nta

i

ned

,

and where appropr

i

ate

, i

nspected

and

tested

i

n accordance w

i

th

current

standards/

l

eg

i

s

l

at

i

on

;

x

P

l

ac

i

ng

the

vesse

l i

n pos

i

t

i

on

to

best

prov

i

de a

stab

l

e

l

aunch

i

ng

p

l

atform

great

l

y

reduces

the

r

i

s

k

and

must a

l

ways

be

the

f

i

rst

cons

i

derat

i

on of

the

Offi

c

er of the Wat

c

h

. I

n a

ll

cases

,

the

l

ee

-

s

i

de

i

s

the

s

i

de

to

l

aunch

and

recover

a

R

escue

C

raft/

FR

C

,

g

i

v

i

ng

she

l

ter

to

the

crew

i

n

a

ca

l

m

area a

l

ongs

i

de

.

4

.

8

.1

L

a

u

n

c

hin

g

an

d

re

c

o

v

er

y

of F

RC

G

reat

care

shall

a

l

ways

be

e

x

erc

i

sed when

l

aunch

i

ng

and

recover

i

ng

.

F

u

ll

pre

-j

ob

p

l

ann

i

ng

re

q

u

i

rements

and

comp

l

et

i

on

of

the

FR

C

Pre

-L

aunch

C

hec

k Li

st

shall

be conf

i

rmed

pr

i

or

to

any

l

aunch

.

T

he

l

aunch

i

ng/recovery

team

shall

i

nc

l

ude

one

person

to

operate

the dav

i

t

and

at

l

east

one

crewmember

to

re

l

ease

the

rescue

boat

(

on

l

aunch

i

ng

) i

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

suff

i

c

i

ent

persons

to

hand

l

e

pa

i

nters

and

for

any

other

app

li

cab

l

e

l

aunch/recovery dut

i

es

.

T

he

rescue

boat

crew

shall

i

nc

l

ude

an

e

x

per

i

enced

Helmsman

and

at

l

east

one

other

e

x

per

i

enced

C

re

w

mem

b

er

.

C

re

w

shall

wear

approved

f

l

otat

i

on

dev

i

ces

,

safety

footwear

and

safety

he

l

mets

i

n

add

i

t

i

on

to

covera

ll

s

and

any other PPE

as

deemed necessary

for

the

part

i

cu

l

ar

s

i

tuat

i

on

.

T

he

FR

C

boat

shall

be

i

nspected

before

l

aunch

i

ng

, i

nc

l

ud

i

ng:

acce

l

erator

l

evers

,

radar

ref

l

ector

(

when

f

i

tted

)

i

n

the

up

pos

i

t

i

on

,

eng

i

ne

cond

i

t

i

on

,

o

il

and

other

f

l

u

i

d

l

eve

l

s

,

battery

cond

i

t

i

on

,

and

su

i

tab

ili

ty

of

e

q

u

i

pment

for m

i

ss

i

on

(

e

.

g

.

the number

of

li

fe

j

ac

k

ets

etc

).

T

he

Helmsman

shall

ensure

that

the

VH

F

/

U

H

F

rad

i

o

i

s

i

n

wor

ki

ng

cond

i

t

i

on

(

battery

status

,

pre

-

se

l

ected

operat

i

ng

channe

l)

and

that

commun

i

cat

i

on

i

s

conf

i

rmed accord

i

ng

l

y

.

T

he

FR

C

boat

shall

never

be

re

l

eased

from

the dav

i

t

unt

il i

t

i

s

i

n

fu

ll

contact w

i

th

the water

.

B

efore

departure

,

the

Helmsman

shall

warm

the

eng

i

ne

up

for

the

re

q

u

i

red

t

i

me

,

chec

k

that

temperature

read

i

ngs

r

i

se

gradua

ll

y

,

and

test

the

steer

i

ng

system

.

B

efore underta

ki

ng

rescue

operat

i

ons

,

the

Helmsman

should

test

the

steer

i

ng un

i

t

and

reverse

gear

.

W

hen

approach

i

ng

the

mother

vesse

l,

the

Helmsman

shall

ensure

that

a

ll

persons

on

board

are

ready

before br

i

ng

i

ng

the

rescue

boat

a

l

ongs

i

de

to

the

recovery pos

i

t

i

on

.

T

he

Offi

c

er of the Wat

c

h

(

OOW

)

shall

pos

i

t

i

on

the

vesse

l

so

that

i

t

offers

a

l

ee

-

s

i

de

for

the

rescue

boat

and

protects

i

t

from wave and

swe

ll

mot

i

on

.

I

f

the

Helmsman

has

any

doubt

as

to

the

safety

of

recover

i

ng

the

FR

C

,

he

should

t

i

e

up

pr

i

or

to

connect

i

ng

the dav

i

t

hoo

k

to

the

li

ft

i

ng

arrangement

.

Permanent VH

F

/

U

H

F

rad

i

o

contact

shall

be

regu

l

ar

l

y

chec

k

ed and ma

i

nta

i

ned w

i

th

the mother

vesse

l.

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

.

U

ncontro

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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