Singapore legislation

Regulation 23

of Air Navigation (137 — Aerial Work) Regulations 2018

Regulation 23

Briefings of persons other than flight crew members

Subregulation 1

For every flight of a relevant aircraft, the AWC holder must ensure that a safety briefing is conducted for the following persons carried on board:

(a)

any person assigned duty as a task specialist; (b)any other person who is essential to the aerial work operation and who is not a flight crew member.

Subregulation 2

A safety briefing provided in accordance with paragraph (1) —

(a)

must consist of an oral briefing provided by a flight crew member or by audio or audiovisual means; and

(b)

must include the following information (as applicable to the aircraft, aircraft configuration, equipment and operation):

(i)

before boarding, the procedures for embarking and disembarking when engines or rotors, or both, are running;

(ii)

when and how carry‑on baggage and cargo are to be loaded, secured and unloaded;

(iii)

the fastening, unfastening and use of safety belts and safety harnesses, including when such belts and harnesses must be fastened;

(iv)

the proper positioning of seats for take‑off and landing;

(v)

the location of normal and emergency exits, the markings for such exits and the operation of such exits;

(vi)

the requirement to comply with instructions from the flight crew;

(vii)

the location, access to and use of emergency equipment, including the emergency locator transmitter, fire extinguisher, life preservers, life rafts, survival equipment and first‑aid kit;

(viii)

aircraft evacuation procedures and water ditching procedures.

Subregulation 3

Despite paragraph (1), the AWC holder may omit the safety briefing for the second or subsequent aerial work operation in a single day using the same aircraft if —

(a)

every person on board the aircraft has been briefed for a previous operation on that day; and

(b)

a crew member has verified that —

(i)

all carry‑on baggage and cargo are properly stowed;

(ii)

all safety belts and harnesses are properly fastened; and

(iii)

all seats are properly positioned.