New crew members/personnel on a temporary visit meet in the Master’s office/Chief Officer’s office/bridge
The person responsible for the safety tour of the ship introduces him/herself and welcomes the new person on board.  He/she explains the company’s safety philosophy and emergency preparedness plan precisely.
Provide information on the Vessel’s rescue equipment, including
Lifeboats
Life rafts
Life buoys
Life vests
Survival suits
Provide information [...]

Having established the fix frequency I is good practice to ensure that fixes are in fact made at that frequency, when the OOW thinks fit. The only exception to this will be if the OOW has other priorities to contend with for example during course alteration for traffic or approaching a critical wheel over [...]

Irrespective of the method of fixing to be used, it is necessary to establish the required frequency of the fixing. This is going to be depend on the circumstances prevailing, a ship close to danger will need to be fixed more frequently than one in the open sea. As a guideline it is suggested [...]

When buoys or other floating navmarks are being used as position fixing aids their own position must be first checked and confirmed that they are shown on the chart. In situation where buoys fixing is critical such positions can be predetermined at the planning stage by their range and bearings from a known fixed [...]

Similarly with radar targets a little time spent at the planning stage will soon determine which targets are to be looked for and used, a step to islet is going to be more reliable than a rock awash.
Highlights on a chart recons and other radar conspicuous object that will be used for position fixing. [...]