The Merchant Shipping (Radio Installations) Regulations 1992

Regulations 34(3) and 42(4)

SCHEDULE 7 ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND TRAINING REQUIREMENTS FOR RADIOTELEPHONE OPERATORS AND RADIO OFFICERS

(a)

The provision of radio services in emergencies including—

(i)

abandon ship;

(ii)

fire aboard ship;

(iii)

partial or full breakdown of the radio station.

(b)

The operation of lifeboats, liferafts, buoyant apparatus and their equipment, with special reference to portable and fixed lifeboat radio apparatus and emergency position-indicating radio beacons.

(c)

Survival at sea.

(d)

First aid.

(e)

Fire prevention and fire-fighting with particular reference to the radio installation.

(df)

Preventive measures for the safety of ship and personnel in connection with hazards related to radio equipment including electrical, radiation, chemical and mechanical hazards.

(g)

The use of the Organisation’s Merchant Ship Search and Rescue Manual (MERSAR) published in January 1981 (including any document amending the Manual which is considered by the Secretary of State to be relevant from time to time and is specified in a Merchant Shipping Notice) with particular reference to radiocommunications.

(h)

Ship position-reporting systems and procedures.

(i)

The use of the International Code of Signals and the Standard Marine Navigational Vocabulary.

(j)

Radio medical systems and procedures.