NavalSafety orientation for anyone new on board
Someone joins the commercial fishing vessel who has not had this month's instruction and has not taken part in the drills. Before the vessel may operate, you give them the safety orientation: you explain the posted emergency instructions, from the survival craft and the alarm signals to the man overboard procedure, and cover the drill contingencies. The master or person in charge must make sure it happens.
Free to startScenarios
- A new crewmember joins before a trip.
- Someone on board who has not received the instruction and has not taken part in the drills.
- An inspected vessel, where a crewmember joins with emergency duties on the muster list.
The steps
- Before the vessel operates, find everyone on board who has not received the instruction and has not taken part in the drills.
- Show them where the emergency instructions are posted or kept.
- Explain the survival craft embarkation stations and the survival craft each person is assigned to.
- Explain the fire and emergency signal and the abandon ship signal.
- Show where the immersion suits are, if the vessel has them, and the illustrated instructions for donning them.
- Explain the distress call procedure and the essential action each person takes in an emergency.
- Explain the procedures for rough weather, crossing hazardous bars, flooding and anchoring.
- Explain the man overboard procedure and the procedure for fighting a fire.
- Cover the evolutions of the monthly drill contingencies.
Safety rules that stop the station
- The vessel may not operate until everyone who has not had the instruction and the drills has received the safety orientation.
To pass
- Every new person given the orientation before the vessel operates, with the emergency instructions explained and the drill contingencies covered.
- Watching videos, even with a guided discussion, does not count as the safety orientation.
- On inspected vessels, every crewmember with emergency duties on the muster list knows them before the voyage begins.
- On inspected vessels, onboard training in the lifesaving and fire-extinguishing appliances is given as soon as possible and no later than 2 weeks after a crewmember joins; on a regular rotation, only within 2 weeks of first joining.
Official source
46 CFR Part 28: Requirements for Commercial Fishing Industry Vessels (28.265 Emergency instructions, 28.270 Instruction, drills, and safety orientation)
The eCFR publishes 46 CFR Part 28 free: the emergency instructions every commercial fishing vessel posts, its lifesaving equipment and the monthly drills.
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