7.19 Training Manual and On-board Training Aids:

(1) A training manual complying with the requirements contained in subsections (2) to (4) shall be provided in each crew mess room and recreation room or in each crew cabin.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the training manual, which may comprise several volumes, shall contain instructions and information, in easily understood terms, illustrated wherever possible, on the life-saving appliances provided in the ship and on the best methods of survival.

(3) Any part of such information as is contained in the manual may be provided in the form of audio-visual aids in lieu of the manual.

(4) The following shall be explained in detail in the manual or through the audio-visual aids, as the case may be-

• (a) donning of lifejackets, immersion suits and anti-exposure suits, as appropriate;

• (b) muster at the assigned stations;

• (c) boarding, launching, and clearing the survival craft and rescue boats, including, where applicable, use of marine evacuation systems;

• (d) method of launching from within the survival craft;

• (e) release from launching appliances;

• (f) methods and use of devices for protection in launching areas, where appropriate;

• (g) illumination in launching areas;

• (h) use of all survival equipment;

• (i) use of all detection equipment;

• (j) with the assistance of illustrations, the use of radio lifesaving appliances;

• (k) use of drogues;

• (l) use of engine and accessories;

• (m) recovery of survival craft and rescue boats including stowage and securing;

• (n) hazards of exposure and the need for warm clothing;

• (o) best use of the survival craft facilities in order to survive;

• (p) methods of retrieval, including the use of helicopter rescue gear (slings, baskets, stretchers), breeches-buoy and shore life-saving apparatus and ship’s line-throwing apparatus;

• (q) all other functions contained in the muster list and emergency instructions; and

• (r) instructions for emergency repair of the life-saving appliances.

(5) Every ship fitted with a marine evacuation system shall be provided with on-board training aids in the use of the system.

(6) The training manual shall be written in English and, where the working language of the crew is not English, in such working language as appropriate.