RULE 109. The duties of the First Aid Attendant in connection with safety are:

(a) Know and understand the appropriate First Aid Regulations. Certificates of competency shall be produced to the despatcher when requested.

(b) Keep First Aid kit in possession at all times while employed as First Aid Attendant and replenish its supplies as usage may require, obtaining such supplies from the central depot of the B.C. Maritime Employers Association.

(c) Know the location of: Dock First Aid Room, splint box, basket type stretcher, working telephone, life saving apparatus (i.e. life buoys or rings with life line attached), and ladders at various docks.

(d) Know all ambulance telephone numbers.

(e) Post directional signs showing the location of the First Aid Room.

(f) Keep a record of the circumstances respecting an accident as described by the injured person, the time of its occurrence, the names of the witnesses, the nature and the exact location of the injuries on the body, and the time and nature of each First Aid treatment given, and shall carry out all duties according to the Regulations. All records are to be maintained on the form provided by the BCMEA, a copy of which is to be given to the employer's representative at the earliest opportunity but not later than the completion of each shift as well as a copy to the local Union office.

(g) The First Aid Attendant shall notify the Foreman immediately, unless the nature of the injury precludes such report, when in receipt of a report from an employee or rendering treatment to an injured person.

(h) The First Aid Attendant shall be in complete charge of all First Aid treatment required and no one shall interfere during the performance of First Aid duties.

(i) Where it is necessary for the injured person to leave the work site to see a physician, the First Aid Attendant shall notify the Foreman and a Union representative immediately.

(j) To be informed of all hazardous cargo of which the employer is aware in the workplace.

(k) Ship First Aid Attendants shall have access to an effective communication device.