What is ISO/PAS 23678‑4 about?
ISO/PAS 23678 series covers various requirements for service personnel for the maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul, and repair of lifeboats and rescue boats. ISO/PAS 23678‑4 is the fourth part of the series that establishes a uniform, safe and consistent approach to the in-field competence assessment of personnel for the maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul, and repair of lifeboats (including free-fall lifeboats) and rescue boats (including fast rescue boats), launching appliances and release gear.
ISO/PAS 23678‑4 specifies the Level 2 in-field initial and ongoing competence assessment for personnel certified by a manufacturer or an authorized service provider to carry out maintenance, thorough examination, operational testing, overhaul, and repair of lifeboats (including free-fall lifeboats) and rescue boats (including fast rescue boats), launching appliances and release gear.
Who is ISO/PAS 23678‑4 for?
ISO/PAS 23678‑4 on service personnel for lifeboats and rescue boats is applicable to:
- Training providers for service personnel for lifeboats and rescue boats
- Shipbuilding industry
- Quality engineer and Quality accessors
- Maritime regulatory organizations and authorities
Why should you use ISO/PAS 23678‑4?
Ensuring the safety of life-saving boats to prevent accidents and incidents from occurring, is very critical. It needs competent personnel employed by authorized service providers for lifesaving boats to remain fit for purpose, sustain crew confidence, and contribute to the prevention of incidents and accidents. ISO/PAS 23678-4 provides requirements of service personnel requirements to ensure the health and safety of people employed.
ISO/PAS 23678-4 also provides the necessary information for interested parties to grant authorization, effectively evaluate and audit training, supporting the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requirements.
ISO/PAS 23678-4 provides you with the guidelines which have been developed by identifying common design features in relation to survival craft, davits, winches, and release gear makes and types for which service is to be provided.
Following the guidelines in ISO/PAS 23678-4 assists you in developing training materials that give a standardized approach to training as well as a clear auditable trail for interested parties to issue approval in support of the IMO Requirements.
ISO/PAS 23678-4 assists you in the development of training documents, that would allow personnel certified by authorized service providers, to develop and maintain competencies identified by industry experts to a level that would allow them to work competently unsupervised on equipment.