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All rights reserved. ABS Plaza  \n1701 City Plaza Drive  \nSpring, TX 77389 USA  \nForeword  \nSafety and environmental concerns demand an investment in time and energy to develop and implement accurate, effective instructional materials. Consistency is the key to efficiency, quality control, and safe operations. This consistency can come from the use of well-written administrative, regulatory, operating, emergency, maintenance, and routine duty procedures and technical manuals.  \nWith requests from industry, and research done through the ABS Mariner Personnel Safety (MPS) project, ABS recognizes the need within the maritime industry (including ships and offshore installations) for guidance in developing procedures and technical manuals. The purpose of these Guidance Notes is to aid in aligning instructional material to safety and environmental considerations; revising existing documents for conformance to current practices, policies, and regulatory requirements; and implementing the new and/or updated documents into a safety program to enhance productivity and reduce accidents.  \nThe guidance presented is recommendatory. Although ABS encourages owners, operators, and manufacturers to adopt these principles wherever feasible and applicable, compliance is not required. The intent is for technical documentation writers to tailor the information presented in these Guidance Notes to the needs and preferences of their particular organization.  \nThese Guidance Notes become effective on the first day of the month of publication.  \nUsers are advised to check periodically [on the ABS website www.eagle.org](on the ABS website www.eagle.org) to verify that this version of these Guidance Notes is the most current.  \nWe welcome your feedback. Comments or suggestions can be sent electronically by email to[rsd@eagle.org](rsd@eagle.org).  \nTerms of Use  \nThe information presented herein is intended solely to assist the reader in the methodologies and/or techniques discussed. These Guidance Notes do not and cannot replace the analysis and/or advice of a qualified professional. It is the responsibility of the reader to perform their own assessment and obtain professional advice. Information contained herein is considered to be pertinent at the time of publication, but may be invalidated as a result of subsequent legislations, regulations, standards, methods, and/or more updated information and the reader assumes full responsibility for compliance. 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