After the initial input pages when the craft type is defined and the fitted systems identified from check boxes and drop-down lists, the User is ready to complete the sections related to Essential Safety Requirements.
Typically, each ESR is supported by a harmonised standard. The sections on ESRs, therefore, mainly take the form of a checklist based on the appropriate standards. The checklist is intelligent, however. Any answers that can be related to data already entered in the project file will be automatically entered into the checklist. Inapplicable clauses will either be marked as "not applicable" or completely removed from the checklist, as appropriate. This reduces the input required of the user to the absolute minimum.
ESR 2.3 Prevention of Man-Overboard & Recovery is shown as an example below. First the user must define the "working deck", before selecting the chosen option from the allowable table. Only permissible options are shown. (Option 3 is not shown in the table below but the reason for the exclusion is recorded).
Below this table only the sections of the standard applicable to the chosen option are revealed where the user should enter the specific data for the craft. An example is shown below.
Of course, the user may add photos, drawings, reports or any other supporting evidence to the bottom of the worksheet. If this is not enough, an entirely new worksheet can be added by the User.
Some standards, particularly structure and stability, require a great deal of calculation. This renders the checklist style as inappropriate. In these sections CE-Pro requests the input data required and then performs the necessary calculations. These are detailed on the following pages.
CE-Pro includes data related to all the applicable harmonised standards. If the user wishes to apply other standards for particular ESRs, they may do so by manually inserting new worksheets into the workbook. These pages will not interfere with the running of CE-Pro. On the contrary, they will also be included in the macros that, for example, apply the correct headers and footers and will automatically be included in the stability report if appropriate.
The only section that includes details on standards other than the harmonised standards is ESR 3.1 Structures. This is because the harmonised standard for structure (ISO12215) does not yet have all its sections completed. Some sections of well-known classification society rules have therefore been provided to calculate the scantlings of items such as rudder stocks and keel bolts. This is described in a later section.
The following pages detail the ESRs that are not suited to the typical intelligent-checklist approach as described on the previous page. The first of these is ESR 2.5, Owners' Manual.