S.I. No. 191/1984 - Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Proficiency in Survival Craft) Regulations, 1984.

1. Don a life-jacket correctly.

2. Interpret the markings on survival craft with respect to the number of persons they are permitted to carry.

3. Make the correct commands required for launching and boarding the survival craft, cleaning the ship and handling and disembarking from the survival craft.

4. Prepare and launch survival craft safely into water and clear the ship's side quickly.

5. Deal with injured persons both during and after abandonment.

6. Row and steer, erect a mast, set the sails, manage a boat under sail and steer a boat by compass.

7. Use signalling equipment, including pyrotechnics.

8. Use portable radio equipment for survival craft.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 19th day of July, 1984.

JAMES MITCHELL,

Minister for Communications.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations give effect in part to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, and prescribe requirements for the issue of certificates of proficiency in survival craft.

The Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Certification of Able Seamen) Regulations, 1973 (

S.I. No. 91 of 1973

), and the Merchant Shipping (Life Saving Appliances) Rules, 1983 (

S.I. No. 302 of 1983

) to make the certificate of proficiency in survival craft an alternative to the lifeboatman's certificate issued under the latter Rules.

Certain more detailed requirements are specified in Marine Notice No. 19 of 1984 which may be amended or replaced from time to time. Marine Notices can be obtained from the Department of Communications, Marine Division I, Apollo House, Tara Street, Dublin 2.

9. Action to be taken after leaving the ship.

10. Handling survival craft in rough weather.

11. Use of painter, sea anchor and all other equipment.

12. Apportionment of food and water in survival craft.

13. Methods of helicopter rescue.

14. Use of first aid kit and resuscitation techniques.

15. Radio devices carried in survival craft, including emergency position indicating radio beacons.

16. Effects of hypothermia and its prevention; use of protective covers and protective garments.

17. Methods of starting and operating a survival craft engine and its accessories together with the use of the fire extinguishers provided.

18. Use of emergency boats and motor lifeboats for marshalling liferafts and rescue of survivors and persons in the sea.

19. Beaching a survival craft.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Regulation 3 (d)

The ability to

S.I. No. 191 of 1984.

MERCHANT SHIPPING (CERTIFICATES OF PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT) REGULATIONS, 1984.

I, JAMES MITCHELL, Minister for Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 427 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (as amended by

section 11

of the

Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) Act, 1952

(No. 29 of 1952), and

section 10

of the

Merchant Shipping Act, 1966

(No. 20 of 1966)),

section 12

of the

Merchant Shipping Act, 1947

(No. 46 of 1947),

section 8

of the

Merchant Shipping (Certification of Seamen) Act, 1979

(No. 37 of 1979), and the

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1983

(No. 40 of 1983), hereby make the following Regulations:—