This manual describes procedures and guidelines for personnel working on helicopter decks (helideck crew) on petroleum installations on the Norwegian continental shelf. The document is now a part of Offshore Norge Guideline 074.
The manual is the document to which the helideck crew shall relate unless the situation requires an exemption for safety reasons.
The purpose of the manual is to describe the areas of responsibility on the helideck, requirements to the helideck crew and their equipment, and to determine how activities and tasks are managed and conducted so that operations on the helideck are executed in a safe and proper manner.
The manual is intended to contribute to the safe conduct of helicopter operations on the Norwegian shelf by ensuring uniform standards and behaviour.