1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its ninety-third
session (14 to 23 May 2014), approved the Guidelines for validating
the construction of a completed adult lifejacket reference test device
(RTD), set out in the annex, following the recommendations
made by the Sub-Committee on Ship Design and Equipment, at its fifty-seventh
session.
2 Proper construction and continued consistency
with the design documentation of the lifejacket RTD should be validated
using these Guidelines after initial construction and following periodic
buoyancy calibration.
3 Member Governments are urged to use the annexed
Guidelines when constructing and calibrating the buoyancy of lifejacket
RTDs, and to bring them to the attention of all parties concerned.