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H

elico

p

ter

W

inc

h

in

g

/H

oistin

g

O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

11

4.1.1.3 Helicopter hoisting team

T

he he

li

copter

ho

i

st

i

ng

team

should

be

composed as

fo

ll

ows:

-

Master

-

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer

i

n

charge

of

the

operat

i

on on

the Ho

i

st

Z

one

.

-

Bos

u

n

and

AB

s

i

n

charge

to

ass

i

st

the

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer.

a.

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer

T

he

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer

should

wear

a ref

l

ect

i

ng

j

ac

k

et

(

c

l

ear

l

y

i

dent

i

f

i

ab

l

e

by

the

p

il

ot

)

a

l

ong

w

i

th

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng

PPE:

g

l

oves

,

safety g

l

asses

,

and

rad

i

o

-

e

q

u

i

pped

hear

i

ng

protect

i

on

(

or

a

l

ternat

i

ve

l

y

hear

i

ng

protect

i

on

and

a

rad

i

o

e

q

u

i

pped w

i

th a m

i

crophone

).

T

he

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer’s

dut

i

es

are

to:

-

d

i

rect

the act

i

v

i

t

i

es

of the

Bos

u

n

and

AB

s

.

-

g

i

ve

regu

l

atory a

i

rcraft hand

s

i

gna

l

s

(

U

KOO

A

).

T

he

C

h

ie

f

O

ff

icer

must

be

ab

l

e

to

rece

i

ve

and

prov

i

de

i

nformat

i

on

to

the

W

atc

h

O

ff

icer

e

i

ther

d

i

rect

l

y

or

v

i

a

a s

i

gna

ll

er

.

b

.

Bos

u

n an

d

ABs

T

he

Bos

u

n

and

ABs

w

ill

tend

to

hoo

ki

ng and unhoo

ki

ng

the

stretcher

or other

l

oads

.

Bos

u

n

and

ABs

should

wear

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng e

q

u

i

pment:

-

covera

ll

s

;

-

hard hat w

i

th

ch

i

n

strap

;

-

safety g

l

asses

;

-

g

l

oves

;

-

safety shoes

.

T

hey

should

a

l

so

be e

q

u

i

pped w

i

th

a

stat

i

c

d

i

scharge

rod

.

4

.1.

2

V

essel

p

re

p

aration

b

e

f

ore arri

v

al o

f

t

h

e

h

elico

p

ter

4.1.2.1 Hoist zone

R

egard

l

ess

of

the chosen

l

ocat

i

on

,

the

ho

i

st

i

ng

zone must

be

c

l

ear

.

Any

antennas

that

cou

l

d

snag

the

ho

i

st

cab

l

e

should

be

l

owered

and

any

l

oose mater

i

a

l

that m

i

ght

be

b

l

own

about

by

the

rotor

downwash

should

be

removed

.

T

he

Vesse

l

Master

can

overr

i

de

th

i

s

re

q

u

i

rement

i

f

he/she deems that

ra

ili

ngs

and

safety

nets

must

be

ma

i

nta

i

ned

i

n

a

ra

i

sed

pos

i

t

i

on

to

ensure

the

safety

of

operat

i

ona

l

personne

l (

e

.

g

. i

n

case

of

s

i

gn

i

f

i

cant

vesse

l

movement

,

s

li

ppery dec

k,

or w

i

ndy

cond

i

t

i

ons

).

T

he

he

li

copter

p

il

ot

i

s

respons

i

b

l

e

for the

safety of

h

i

s/her

a

i

rcraft

.

He/she must

be

i

nformed

of

any

potent

i

a

l

hazards

i

n

the

ho

i

st

i

ng

zone and

reta

i

ns

the

r

i

ght

to ma

k

e

the

f

i

na

l

dec

i

s

i

on

on whether

or

not

to carry out

the

ho

i

st

i

ng

operat

i

on

.

4.1.2.2 Fire-fighting team

A

f

i

re

-

f

i

ght

i

ng

team must

stand

by

i

n

a

safe

l

ocat

i

on

near

the

ho

i

st

i

ng

zone

. T

hey

should

be

e

q

u

i

pped w

i

th

two

f

i

re

-

hoses

(

or mob

il

e

foam

e

x

t

i

ngu

i

shers

)

for

s

i

mu

l

taneous

use on

the

starboard and ports

i

de

.

4.1.2.3 Rescue boat crew

T

he

rescue boat

(

wor

k

boat or

FR

C

)

must be

ready for

i

mmed

i

ate

l

aunch

i

ng

.

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

11-

ver

.01). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

0

8/

0

8/

201

4

.

Vers

i

on date:

3

1

/

12

/

201

5

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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