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Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels

made under the

Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993, section 109

   1. Name of instrument

This instrument is the Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels.

2.      Commencement

This instrument commences on the 1 January 2019.

  3.      Code of Practice Approval

I approve the Seacare Authority Code of Practice 2018 - Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels under section 109 of the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993.

4.      Repeal of Approval

The Seacare Authority Code of Practice Approval 2017 (F2017L00326) made on 23 March 2017 is repealed.

CRAIG LAUNDY
Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation

22/8/18
Date

Seacare Authority

Code of Practice
for
Health and Safety in Shipboard Work, including Offshore Support Vessels

April 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword
Scope and application
How to use this Code of Practice
1. GEneral duties
1.1 Operators duties
1.2 Duties of the person in command (ship's master)
1.3 Seafarers duties
1.4 Other duty holders
1.5 Reporting incidents
1.6 Consultation and representation
2. RISK MANAGEMENT
2.1 Identifying the hazards
2.2 Assessing the risks
2.3 Controlling the risks
2.4 Maintaining and reviewing control measures
2.5 Developing a safety management system
3. THE GENERAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT
3.1 Housekeeping and hygiene
3.2 Air quality
3.3 Working on deck
3.4 Manual tasks
3.5 Noise
3.6 Smoking
3.7 Fatigue
3.8 Permit-to-work systems
3.9 Hazardous and Restricted Areas
3.10 Personal Protective Equipment
3.11 Signs, notices and colour codes
4. SHIPBOARD EMERGENCIES
4.1 Fire-fighting Equipment
4.2 Fire Drills and Training
4.3 Action in the event of fire
4.4 Abandon ship drills and training
4.5 Confined space entry and rescue drills
4.6 Man overboard drills and rescue at sea
4.7 Helicopter operations
4.8 Other drills
5. SAFE ACCESS TO SHIP
5.1 Accommodation ladders and gangways
5.2 Pilot transfer
5.3 Transport of persons by water
6. SAFE MOVEMENT ONBOARD THE SHIP
6.1 Passages and walkways
6.2 Watertight doors
6.3 Lighting
6.4 Protection around cargo hatches and other openings
6.5 Access to holds and other deck spaces
7. CONFINED SPACES
7.1 Safety management of confined spaces
7.2 Confined space entry permit
7.3 Preparing and securing the space for entry
7.4 Procedures and arrangements before entry
7.5 Testing the atmosphere of confined spaces
7.6 Additional requirements for entry into a confined space
7.7 Breathing apparatus and resuscitation equipment
7.8 Maintenance of equipment and training
8. TOOLs and other equipment
8.1 Portable electric, pneumatic and hydraulic tools
8.2 Workshop and bench machines
8.3 Abrasive wheels
8.4 Compressed gas cylinders
9. Welding, flame cutting and