(a) The servicing manual must provide instructions on performing the following tasks:
- (1) Removing the inflatable liferaft from the container for testing without damaging the liferaft or its contents.
- (2) Examining the liferaft and its container for damage and wear including deteriorated structural joints and seams.
- (3) Determining the need for repairs.
- (4) Performing each repair which can be made by a servicing facility.
- (5) Identifying repairs that the manufacturer must perform.
- (6) Determining when liferaft equipment must be replaced.
- (7) Conducting tests required by § 160.151-57.
- (8) Repacking the liferaft.
- (9) Changing the maximum height of stowage of the liferaft by changing the length of the painter.
- (10) Special equipment limitations or packing instructions, if any, necessary to qualify the liferaft for a particular height of stowage.
- (11) Changing the service of the liferaft by changing the contents of the equipment pack.
- (12) Proper marking of the liferaft container, including approval number, persons' capacity, maximum height of stowage, service (equipment pack), and expiration date of servicing.
(13) A list of parts for—
- (i) Survival equipment;
- (ii) Compressed-gas cylinders;
- (iii) Inflation valves;
- (iv) Relief valves; and
- (v) Repair equipment.
- (14) The necessary pressures for each size of approved liferaft for conducting the “Necessary Additional Pressure” test required by § 160.151-57(k).