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MSA
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Develop an industry training standard that would enable automotive electricians to learn the basic safety requirements and peculiarities of marine electrical installations.
Reply Text
The Maritime Safety Authority does not support this recommendation for similar reasons to recommendation 075/00.
[The MSA response for 075/00 included: "We would note that the appropriate point for compliance checking of electrical system installation is during construction, or when a vessel is inspected for inclusion in a Safe Ship Management System. Considering the small number of incidents resulting from poor electrical installation that have occurred on vessels whilst in service in relation to the total number of vessels operating, we do not support the proposal for random auditing nor believe that the costs involved in conducting this audit would be justified.
We do, however, intend to advise operators of these incidents and the need for routine inspections to ensure that the installation is compliant and maintained to the electrical standard applicable at the time of construction or when the vessel is entered into a Safe Ship Management System."]
Further, the Maritime Rule 40 series which details the Design, Construction and Equipment of non-SOLAS ships has detailed electrical standards which will apply during the construction of any new vessel, or acceptance of a vessel into Safe Ship Management after 1 February 2001.
All contractors and surveying bodies involved in the installation or inspection of electrical systems on board vessels will need to comply and work to these standards from that date.
[The MSA response for 075/00 included: "We would note that the appropriate point for compliance checking of electrical system installation is during construction, or when a vessel is inspected for inclusion in a Safe Ship Management System. Considering the small number of incidents resulting from poor electrical installation that have occurred on vessels whilst in service in relation to the total number of vessels operating, we do not support the proposal for random auditing nor believe that the costs involved in conducting this audit would be justified.
We do, however, intend to advise operators of these incidents and the need for routine inspections to ensure that the installation is compliant and maintained to the electrical standard applicable at the time of construction or when the vessel is entered into a Safe Ship Management System."]
Further, the Maritime Rule 40 series which details the Design, Construction and Equipment of non-SOLAS ships has detailed electrical standards which will apply during the construction of any new vessel, or acceptance of a vessel into Safe Ship Management after 1 February 2001.
All contractors and surveying bodies involved in the installation or inspection of electrical systems on board vessels will need to comply and work to these standards from that date.
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