S.L. 234.34 Art. 17noise level at the size Preliminary The features of the existing 1. 1.1. The equipped 1.2. Where board and must 1.3. All service for precautionary Instructions 2. 2.1. any danger and 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.2. An vessels, the room and in of the main of: 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 If the electrical connecte

Noise All appropriate technical measures must be taken to reduce the workplaces and in the living quarters as far as possible, taking into account of the vessel. SECOND SCHEDULE

(Regulations 6 and 8) MINIMUM SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS FOR EXISTING FISHING VESSELS note obligations laid down in this Schedule apply, in so far as the structural characteristics of the existing fishing vessel permit, whenever required by the workplace, the activity, the circumstances or a risk on board an fishing vessel. Seaworthiness and stability vessel must be maintained in a seaworthy condition and be properly appropriate to its purpose and use. it exists, information on the vessel’s stability must be available on be accessible to the men on watch. vessels must be sufficiently stable when intact in the conditions of which they are intended. The skipper must take the necessary measures in order to maintain adequate stability of the vessel. supplied concerning the vessel’s stability must be strictly observed.

Mechanical and electrical installations Electrical installations must be designed and constructed so as not to present so as to ensure: protection for the crew and vessel from electrical risks, the proper functioning of all equipment necessary to maintain the vessel in normal operational and living conditions without recourse to an emergency power supply, the operation of electrical equipment essential for safety in all emergencies. emergency electrical power source must be provided. Except in open emergency electrical power source must be located outside the engine all cases be so arranged as to ensure, in the event of fire or other failure electrical installation, simultaneous functioning for at least three hours the internal communication system, fire detectors and emergency signals, the navigation lights and emergency lighting, the radio installation, the emergency electrical fire pump where present. emergency electrical power source is an accumulator battery and the main power source fails, the accumulator battery must be automatically the emergency electrical switchboard and supply power for an period of three hours to the systems referred to in items 2.2.1, 2.2.2 main electrical switchboard and the emergency switchboard must, to possible, be installed in such a way that they cannot be exposed to water or fire.

Switchboards should be clearly marked; fuse boxes and fuse holders should be checked at regular intervals to ensure that the correct rating of fuse 2.4. Compartments housing electrical storage batteries must ventilated. 2.5. Electronic aids to navigation should be tested frequently maintained. 2.6. All equipment used in hoisting should be tested and examined intervals. 2.7. All parts of hauling gear, hoisting gear and related equipment maintained in good repair and working order. 2.8. Where refrigeration plants and compressed air systems are should be well maintained and examined at regular intervals. 2.9. Cooking and domestic appliances using heavy gases should be well ventilated spaces and care should be taken to avoid any dangerous of gas. Cylinders containing flammable and other dangerous gases should marked as to their contents and stowed on open decks. All valves, regulators and pipes leading from the cylinders should be protected against