What must be completed and reviewed before a height work permit is prepared, to ensure the permit's precautions are properly grounded?

Q: Who typically has overall accountability for ensuring a vessel's permit-to-work system functions correctly, even where authority to issue specific permits is delegated to other officers?

The Master The Master retains overall accountability for the permit-to-work system, even when day-to-day authority to issue certain permits (e.g. Chief Officer for deck work) is delegated.

A. Only the vessel's general safety policy, with no task-specific assessment

B. Only a verbal agreement between the worker and supervisor

C. Nothing - the permit form itself is sufficient on its own

D. A specific risk assessment (or an existing one reviewed and adapted for the task) covering the hazards involved

Who typically has overall accountability for ensuring a vessel's permit-to-work system functions correctly, even where authority to issue specific permits is delegated to other officers?

A. The Master

B. Whichever crew member raised the original request

C. The shore-based office, with no shipboard accountability

D. The most junior officer on watch at the time

If work near the ship's whistle or radar scanner requires isolation as part of a height work permit, what must happen once the work is finished?

A. Isolation removal is automatic once the permit's validity period expires

B. The responsible person should inform the appropriate person that the precautions are no longer required, so isolations and warning notices can be removed

C. Only the next watch officer needs to know, with no formal notification process

D. The isolation can remain in place indefinitely as a precaution

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