SC303

SC
303

Harmonization of Industrial Personnel Safety
Certificate with SOLAS Safety Certificates(July 2024)
The implementation of initial and maintenance surveys as required in SOLAS regulations
XV/3.2, XV/3.3 and XV/5.1 (resolution MSC.521(106)) and paragraph 3 of part I of the IP
Code (resolution MSC.527(106)) is to be interpreted as indicated in the following tables:

Note:

1. This Unified Interpretation is to be uniformly implemented by IACS Societies on or after 1 July 2025.

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Initial and maintenance surveys pertaining to SOLAS chapter XV and the IP Code
Table 1 SHIPS UNDER HARMONIZED SYSTEM OF SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION (HSSC) SCHEME
Initial survey for issuance of theType ofSurveys for the maintenance of the Industrial Surveys for renewal of the Industrial
Industrial
Personnel
Safetyship
Personnel Safety Certificate
Personnel Safety Certificate
Certificatea) Aligned with maintenance survey (annual orintermediate) related to the Cargo Ship Safety
Certificate. The Industrial Personnel Safety
Certificate shall be endorsed upon satisfactory
results of the maintenance survey related to theIP Code and Cargo Ship Safety; orCargoshipHighspeedcargocraftFirstSafety
Construction
intermediate survey or renewalb) Aligned with maintenance survey (annual orsurvey, as required by SOLAS
intermediate) related to the Cargo Ship Safety
regulation I/10, whichever occurs
Construction
Certificate.
TheIndustrial
first after 1 July 2024.
Personnel Safety Certificate shall be endorsed
upon satisfactory results of the maintenancesurvey (annual or intermediate) related to the IP
Code and Safety Construction, provided thatvalid Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate isheld by a ship.
The third periodical or first renewal
survey, as required by the 2000
HSC Code, paragraph 1.5,
whichever occurs first after 1 July2024.

Aligned with periodical survey related to theHigh-Speed Craft Safety Certificate. The
Industrial Personnel Safety Certificate shall beendorsed upon satisfactory results of theperiodical survey related to the IP Code andHigh-Speed Craft Safety.

Page 2 of 3a) Aligned with renewal survey related to theCargo Ship Safety Certificate. The IndustrialPersonnel Safety Certificate shall be issued
upon satisfactory results of the renewal
survey related to the IP Code and Cargo Ship
Safety; orb) Aligned with renewal Survey of Safety
Construction. The Industrial Personnel
Safety Certificate shall be issued uponsatisfactory results of the renewal survey
related to the IP Code and Safety
Construction, provided that valid Cargo Ship
Safety Equipment Certificate is held by aship.
Aligned with renewal survey related to theHigh-Speed Craft Safety Certificate. The
Industrial Personnel Safety Certificate shallbe issued upon satisfactory results of therenewal survey related to the IP Code andHigh-Speed Craft Safety.

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Table 2 SHIPS NOT UNDER THE HSSC SCHEME
Initial Survey for issuance of the Surveys for the maintenance of the Industrial Surveys for renewal of the Industrial
Type ofIndustrial
Personnel
Safety Personnel Safety Certificate
Personnel Safety Certificate
ship
Certificate

Cargoship

First Safety Construction renewal
survey as required by SOLAS
regulation I/10, which occurs after
1 July 2024 but, in any case, notlater than 30 September 2027.

Aligned with maintenance survey (annual orintermediate) related to the Cargo Ship Safety
Construction
Certificate.
TheIndustrial
Personnel Safety Certificate shall be endorsed
upon satisfactory results of maintenance survey(annual or intermediate) related to the IP Codeand Safety Construction, provided that valid
Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate is heldby a ship.

Aligned with renewal Survey of Safety
Construction. The Industrial Personnel
Safety Certificate shall be issued uponsatisfactory results of the renewal survey
related to the IP Code and Safety
Construction, provided that valid Cargo ShipSafety Equipment Certificate is held by aship.

Highspeedcargo
craft

The third periodical or first renewal
survey, as required by the 2000
HSC Code, paragraph 1.5,
whichever occurs first after 1 July2024.

Aligned with periodical survey related to theHigh-Speed Craft Safety Certificate. The
Industrial Personnel Safety Certificate shall beendorsed upon satisfactory results of theperiodical survey related to the IP Code andHigh-Speed Craft Safety.

Aligned with renewal survey related to theHigh-Speed Craft Safety Certificate. The
Industrial Personnel Safety Certificate shallbe issued upon satisfactory results of therenewal survey related to the IP Code andHigh-Speed Craft Safety.

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