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duties described in the muster list;
       checking that all passengers and seafarers are at muster stations and are suitably dressed to minimise cold shock if direct entry into the sea is necessary;
       checking that life-jackets are correctly donned;
       where possible, lowering of at least one lifeboat after any necessary preparation for launching;
       starting and operating the lifeboat engine;
       a mock search and rescue of passengers/seafarers trapped in their cabins;
       instruction in the use of radio life-saving appliances; and
       where fitted, operating of davits for launching life-rafts.
Emergency lighting for mustering and abandonment should be tested at each abandon ship drill.
If possible, abandon ship drills should be held when a life-raft is due to be sent for servicing. Invaluable experience can be obtained by actually inflating a life-raft in the water and practising life-raft boarding techniques.
Different lifeboats should, as far as practicable, be lowered and manoeuvred at successive drills. Lowering or hoisting a boat should only be done with minimum seafarers on board. Each lifeboat must be launched and manoeuvred in the water by its assigned operating seafarers at least once every 3 months during an abandon ship drill.[14]
During drills, lifebuoys and lines should be readily available at the point of embarkation.
While boats are in the water, seafarers should practise manoeuvring the craft by oar or under motorised power.
When turning out davits or bringing boats or rafts inboard under power, seafarers should always keep clear of any moving parts.
The crank handle of a lifeboat winch is designed not to rotate except for manual hoisting action. Nevertheless, such handles should be removed from the winch as soon as manual hoisting is stopped. If, however, for some reason the handle cannot be removed and there is a chance of the handle rotating under the action of gravity or electricity, seafarers should keep well away from the handle although it may seem stationary.
The engines on motor lifeboats should be started and run ahead and astern. All means of starting arrangement should be tested. If two sets of batteries are provided then the engine should be started with individual set of batteries one by one. Care should be taken to avoid overheating the engine and the propeller shaft's stern gland. All seafarers should be familiar with the engine starting procedure.
Air bottle pressures and water spray systems (where fitted) must be tested in accordance with manufacturer's instruction.
Before craft in gravity davits are recovered by power, the operation of the limit switches and similar devices should be checked.
Free fall lifeboats should be boarded in an orderly manner at all times. Seafarers should immediately secure themselves into the seat with the