# The Merchant Shipping (Certificates of Competency as A.B.) Regulations 1970, Paragraph 16


If no lifeboatman's certificate is held, a candidate will be required to satisfy the examiner that:—
(a) he understands the general principles of boat management and can carry out orders relating to lifeboat launching and operation and the handling of a boat under sail;
(b) he is familiar with a lifeboat and its equipment and the starting and running of the engines of a power boat;
(c) he is familiar with the various methods of launching liferafts, the precautions to be taken before and during launching, methods of boarding and survival procedure.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/294/schedule/1/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-certificates-of-competency-as-ab-regulations-1970/schedule-1/paragraph-16
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