RPSL inspection checklist India

Office and infrastructure

The office should look and function like a place where seafarer recruitment and placement work can actually be performed and documented.

• Commercial address evidence
• Workstations, interview space and record storage
• Visible company identity and basic infrastructure
• Communication facilities and document-control system

Compliance and records

Inspection checks the operating controls behind the application.

• Recruitment procedure
• No-fee recruitment undertaking
• Complaint and grievance register
• Seafarer data handling process
• Advert, interview and placement records
• Emergency, abandonment and repatriation process

Management preparation

Management should understand the file, proposed business model, vessel relationship, seafarer capacity and compliance obligations. A weak management briefing can make an otherwise complete file look unready.