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Working on or near Water
Key Points

  • Locations may include swimming pools, open water, rivers, harbours, ports, docks, lakes, canals, quays etc
  • Ensure that the skipper is competent and the vessel is suitable and equipped for the proposed voyage
  • Scheduled services or vessels operated by the emergency services or forces are likely to be under competent crew
  • Make sure someone on land knows of your intentions, where you are going, in what craft and when you expect to return
  • Ask the question, who can swim?
  • Recording equipment must be suitable for the wet environment.
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