If hot work (e.g. welding a bracket) needs to be carried out while a person is also positioned at height nearby, what combined precaution is required beyond a standard working aloft permit?

A. Hot work and height work can never be combined under any circumstances

B. A separate hot work permit, including a dedicated fire watch, fire extinguishing equipment on hand, and assessment of falling hot material/sparks onto personnel or combustibles below

C. No additional precaution — the working aloft permit already covers hot work implicitly

D. Only a verbal warning to nearby crew, with no written permit

A. Yes, but only if the Master personally watches from the bridge wing

B. No — lone height work should not be authorised regardless of experience or task duration; the Master should direct that the task wait for an observer to be available or be carried out by an alternative method

C. Yes, provided the AB carries a personal locator beacon

D. Yes, given the AB's experience and the short duration of the task

A. Wait for the battery to be replaced before taking any action, with the worker remaining in position

B. Continue observing visually and assume everything is fine since the worker hasn't signalled distress

C. Shout instructions down to the worker and consider that sufficient going forward

D. Treat the loss of communication as a trigger to pause the task and recover the worker, since the absence of an agreed backup method means there is no reliable way to receive an instruction or distress call