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OHS Incident Reports | Australian Seafarers Survey | Offshore Support Vessel Code
Safe Loading and Unloading of Bulk Carriers | Ship-Helicopter Transfers
The Australian Offshore Support Vessel Code of Safe Working Practice (OSV Code)
The Australian Offshore Support Vessel Code of Safe Working Practice (the OSV Code) is issued to provide guidance to operators, managers / superintendents of offshore installations, masters and owners of offshore support vessels, so as to avoid or reduce to a minimum the hazards which affect offshore vessels in their daily interface with both offshore and onshore installations.
The version of the OSV Code published on this website is the definitive
version. All amendments to the Code are made to this version and are indicated
by a notation in the Title and Copyright. Full document is available here. [
PDF: 1.3Mb]
- Table of Contents [
PDF: 157Kb]
- Title & Copyright [
PDF: 81KB]
- Foreword [
PDF: 5KB]
- Acknowledgements and Introduction
[
PDF: 6KB]
- Interpretation [
PDF: 5KB]
- Objectives [
PDF: 58KB]
- Communications between charterers and vessel
owners/masters [
PDF: 83KB]
- Management plans [
PDF: 89KB]
- Application [
PDF: 63KB]
- Compliance with statutory provisions [
PDF: 101KB]
- Role of responsible authority [
PDF: 71KB]
- Responsibilities [
PDF: 62KB]
- Fatigue and rest [
PDF: 63KB]
- Equipment (amended December 2002) [
PDF: 199KB]
- Operations [
PDF: 228KB]
- Stand-by vessels [
PDF: 92KB]
- Asbestos [
PDF: 56KB]
- Dangerous machinery and apparatus [
PDF: 70KB]
- Noise [
PDF: 61KB]
- Hazardous and restricted areas [
PDF: 71KB]
- Training [
PDF: 62KB]
- Permit to work system [
PDF: 85KB]
- Transfer of personnel [
PDF: 76KB]
Note: see also Ship-Helicopter Transfers Australian Code of Safe Practice [
PDF: 125KB] - Safety of the environment [
PDF: 74KB]
- Objectives [
- Appendix A: Checklist for support vessel/installation
operations [
PDF: 77KB]
- Appendix B: Bulk transfer procedures [
PDF: 97KB]
- Appendix C: Work permit guidelines [
PDF: 88KB]
- Appendix D: Transfer of personnel by basket
[
PDF: 104KB]
- Appendix E: Applicable regulations/instruments/codes
(amended December 2002) [
PDF: 108KB]
- Appendix F: Glossary [
PDF: 64KB]
- Appendix G: References [
PDF: 72KB]