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H

elico

p

ter O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

10

h

) I

n

i

t

i

at

i

ng

f

i

ref

i

ght

i

ng and

rescue procedures

on

the

he

li

dec

k, i

f

necessary

,

and

ensur

i

ng

that

members

of

the He

li

dec

k

Crew

carry out

the

i

r

dut

i

es

as

descr

i

bed

i

n

the

Safety Management

System

w

i

th

i

n

the

i

r

j

ob

competency and

descr

i

pt

i

on

;

i) Li

a

i

s

i

ng

, i

f

necessary

,

w

i

th

Vessel

E

mergency Res

p

onse Team

and

Master

to

ensure

that bac

k

up

f

i

ref

i

ght

i

ng and

rescue

procedures

are

ava

il

ab

l

e

to

ass

i

st after

the

i

n

i

t

i

a

l

stage of

an emergency

. T

h

i

s

w

ill

be act

i

vated

by

sound

i

ng

the Vesse

l G

enera

l

A

l

arm

;

j)

Ensur

i

ng

f

i

ref

i

ght

i

ng and

rescue e

q

u

i

pment

i

s

serv

i

ceab

l

e

and

report

i

ng

any defects

or

def

i

c

i

enc

i

es

;

k)

Ensur

i

ng

that

helideck pre-arrival checklist

i

s

comp

l

eted and br

i

ef

i

ng

dec

k

crew about number

of

arr

i

v

i

ng

or depart

i

ng passengers as we

ll

as

about

l

uggage

,

cargo and

any spec

i

a

l

re

q

u

i

rements

;

l)

Ensur

i

ng

that

on

-

board personne

l

are du

l

y

i

nformed of a

i

rcraft operat

i

ons and

that

cranes and

that

any

sens

i

t

i

ve e

q

u

i

pment

, i

n

part

i

cu

l

ar

cranes

, i

s

stopped dur

i

ng a

i

rcraft operat

i

ons

;

m

)

Carry

i

ng out dr

ill

s

for

H

LO

and

H

DA trainees

i

n accordance w

i

th

B

ourbon

O

ffshore

strategy

for

tra

i

n

i

ng

and deve

l

opment

;

n

)

Ensur

i

ng that

an ade

q

uate

supp

l

y of

spares

i

s ma

i

nta

i

ned

on

-

board so

that a

ll

safety and

regu

l

atory

e

q

u

i

pment

are

k

ept at

100%

ava

il

ab

ili

ty

(

stoc

k l

eve

l

may be

ad

j

usted accord

i

ng

to actua

l

rep

l

acement

re

q

u

i

rements

determ

i

ned over

t

i

me

);

o

)

Adv

i

s

i

ng

H

elico

p

ter Master

on

f

i

rst

rad

i

o

contact

of

any re

l

evant

system

fa

il

ures

not prev

i

ous

l

y

noted

i

n

the

“weather

report

”

sent pr

i

or

to

f

li

ght

departure

. R

e

l

evant

fa

il

ures

i

nc

l

ude but

are not

li

m

i

ted

to

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng: VH

F

commun

i

cat

i

on

,

water

pump

,

mot

i

on mon

i

tor

, NDB, li

ght

i

ng

,

and

any

other

notab

l

e

cond

i

t

i

ons

.

p

) K

eep

i

ng a record of

a

ll

unsafe

cond

i

t

i

ons and

outstand

i

ng

defects

and

carry

i

ng out any

re

q

u

i

red

fo

ll

ow

-

up act

i

ons

. T

h

i

s record

shall

be part

of

the wee

kl

y

report

to

the Vesse

l

Maste

r

and

handover

documents

to

re

li

ef

H

LO

’

s

;

q)

Meet

i

ng w

i

th

the Vesse

l

Master

,

regu

l

ar

l

y

i.

e once a wee

k ,

to d

i

scuss

and rev

i

ew

any necessary

act

i

ons

or

observat

i

ons

regard

i

ng

the He

li

dec

k

and

i

ts

e

q

u

i

pment

.

Meet

i

ng deta

il

s

shall

be

recorded

by

the

H

LO

and

i

nc

l

uded

i

n

the Handover

of

R

espons

i

b

ili

t

i

es

,

when the

H

LO

changes over

.

H

eli

d

eck Atten

d

ants

(H

DA

)

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and

accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

)

Ass

i

st

i

ng

the

H

LO

i

n operat

i

on

of

the he

li

dec

k;

b

) Di

rect

i

ng passengers

to and

from

the a

i

rcraft

;

c

) L

oad

i

ng and un

l

oad

i

ng

fre

i

ght and

l

uggage

from

the a

i

rcraft

.

d

) O

perat

i

ng

f

i

re

-

f

i

ght

i

ng

and

rescue e

q

u

i

pment under

the

d

i

rect

i

on

of

the

H

LO

;

e

)

Ass

i

st

i

ng

the

H

LO

i

n

chec

ki

ng

f

i

re

-

f

i

ght

i

ng

and

rescue

e

q

u

i

pment

.

H

elico

p

ter Master

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and

accountab

ili

ty

for:

Ensur

i

ng

f

li

ght

safety

i

nc

l

ud

i

ng ma

i

nta

i

n

i

ng

rad

i

o

contact w

i

th

the

H

LO

and

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

before and

dur

i

ng

l

and

i

ng and

ta

k

e

-

off

,

and wh

il

e

the

he

li

copter

i

s

stat

i

onary on

the Vesse

l.

H

eli-A

d

min

C

lerk i

f

a

pp

lica

b

le

has

the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and accountab

ili

ty

for:

a

)

Prepar

i

ng

the

f

li

ght

Passenger and Freight Manifest

. T

he He

li-

Adm

i

n C

l

er

k

should

prov

i

de

a

ll

off

go

i

ng passengers w

i

th

a pre

-

f

li

ght

safety br

i

ef

i

ng and

to

s

i

gn

the

br

i

ef

i

ng

chec

kli

st

. T

he He

li-

Adm

i

n

C

l

er

k

may be

the Vesse

l

Med

i

c

or

some other

des

i

gnated person

;

b

)

Ensur

i

ng

that

a

ll l

uggage

and

fre

i

ght

are accurate

l

y we

i

ghed

, l

abe

ll

ed

,

and

noted

on

the man

i

fest

.

After man

i

fest

i

ng

,

bags

should

carry a

tamper

-

ev

i

dent

tag and passengers

should

be to

l

d

to

stow

the

i

r

bags

i

n

the

l

oc

k

ab

l

e

storage

area be

l

ow

the He

li

dec

k.

L

u

ggage an

d

f

reight that have not

b

een

w

eighe

d

an

d

la

b

elle

d

shall

not

b

e loa

d

e

d

into the helico

p

ter

.

Ra

d

io O

p

erator

(

RO

)

/

H

LO / DPO

have the

respons

i

b

ili

ty

,

author

i

ty and accountab

ili

ty

for:

Prepar

i

ng weather

reports

to be

transferred to

the

re

l

evant bod

i

es

.

Adv

i

s

i

ng

the Vesse

l

Master

of

preva

ili

ng weather

cond

i

t

i

ons

i

n a t

i

me

l

y manner so

that

a f

l

y/no

-

f

l

y dec

i

s

i

on

can be

ta

k

en

;

Adv

i

s

i

ng

H

elico

p

ter Master

of

current weather

cond

i

t

i

ons

at

l

east

1

hour

1

5 m

i

nutes

before

the

schedu

l

ed

departure

t

i

me of

any

f

li

ght

;

Contact

i

ng

Masters

of

the

stand

-

by

vesse

l

and

any other vesse

l

s

i

n

the

v

i

c

i

n

i

ty

to

i

nform

them

of

i

ncom

i

ng

/

outgo

i

ng

f

li

ghts and

re

q

uest c

l

ose

stand

-

by

so as

to conf

i

rm ava

il

ab

ili

ty of

rescue

and

recovery

i

f

needed

dur

i

ng

schedu

l

ed he

li

copter

operat

i

ons

.

Ma

i

nta

i

n

i

ng

rad

i

o

contact w

i

th

the

H

elico

p

ter Master

and

the

H

LO

dur

i

ng he

li

copter

operat

i

ons

.

Ma

i

nta

i

n

i

ng

rad

i

o

contact

(

VH

F 1

6

)

w

i

th

the other Vesse

l(

s

)

dur

i

ng

i

nf

i

e

l

d

shutt

li

ng operat

i

ons

.

R

ecord

i

ng

the

10-

m

i

nute he

li

copter

pos

i

t

i

on

reports

,

and

i

n

i

t

i

at

i

ng emergency procedures

after

any

report

fa

il

ure

i

n

accordance w

i

th

the

Emergency Procedures Manual

.

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

10-

ver

.01). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

8/8/

201

4

.

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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