Singapore legislation
Regulation 23
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:
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) —
must consist of an oral briefing provided by a flight crew member or by audio or audiovisual means; and
must include the following information (as applicable to the aircraft, aircraft configuration, equipment and operation):
before boarding, the procedures for embarking and disembarking when engines or rotors, or both, are running;
when and how carry‑on baggage and cargo are to be loaded, secured and unloaded;
the fastening, unfastening and use of safety belts and safety harnesses, including when such belts and harnesses must be fastened;
the proper positioning of seats for take‑off and landing;
the location of normal and emergency exits, the markings for such exits and the operation of such exits;
the requirement to comply with instructions from the flight crew;
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;
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 —
every person on board the aircraft has been briefed for a previous operation on that day; and
a crew member has verified that —
all carry‑on baggage and cargo are properly stowed;
all safety belts and harnesses are properly fastened; and
all seats are properly positioned.