Maritime et Coastguard Agency - HMS0020-A03 - Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (COSWP) 2015 edition - Amend

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Amendment 3 to the Code of Safe Working practices for Merchant Seafarers (COSWP) 2015 edition provides updates to chapters 18 and 19.

COSWP provides guidance on improving health and safety on board vessels and'articulates how statutory obligations should be fulfilled. The Code détails the regulatory framework for health and safety on board ship, safety management and statutory d'ties underlying the advice in the Code and the areas that should be covered when introducing a new recruit to the safety procedures on board.

It is a statutory requ'rement for the current edition of the Code to be carried on boardiall UK ships other than fishing vessels and pl'asure craft. The Code contains essential health and safety information and it must be made available to any seafarer on board the ship who requists it.

KEY FEATURES

Amendment 3 includes the following:

• Update to Chapter 18, with text reordered to move standards for equ'pment to an annex.
• Update to Chapter 19, with text reordered to move standards for equ'pment to an annex.