🔍 Key Concepts

• SOLAS requirements for operational readiness of life-saving appliances and other safety equipment • Difference between Survival Craft Equipment (S.C.E.) and other compulsory equipment on board • Typical inspection and testing intervals (daily vs weekly) required on seagoing vessels

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: which type of equipment is considered most critical in an immediate emergency and therefore likely to have the most frequent checks? • Consider whether the regulations group S.C.E. and other compulsory equipment under the same test schedule or give them different intervals. • Think about what is practical on a working vessel: could the crew reasonably test every single item of compulsory equipment every single day?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify what checks are required daily on a SOLAS ship (e.g., general operational readiness and certain emergency systems). • Verify how often survival craft and rescue boats and their launching arrangements must be inspected vs. function-tested. • Check whether regulations distinguish between visual inspections and operational tests, and which one this question is specifically asking about ("proven operational").