With reference to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen and maintenance of lifting equipment: (a) state the interval between testing and who should carry out the testing;(2) (b) state the name of the document where details of the vessel’s lifting gear is kept;(1) (c) state the meaning of SWL;(1) (d) state the possible reasons for needing to take a piece of lifting equipment out of service, explaining the measures to be taken before it can be returned to service.(6)
With reference to the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seamen and maintenance of lifting equipment: (a) outline FIVE maintenance procedures to be carried out on lifting equipment;(5) (b) state who should carry out the examination of the lifting equipment, the interval between examinations and the defects that may be found.(5)