First a caveat; it would appear that different jurisdictions have different rules regarding who can service and how often inflatable PFDs should be serviced, further different manufacture make different recommendations for servicing. I’m not sure where I found these Inflatable PFD Self Service Instructions however the text and graphics keep popping in a number of locations, I guess that they have now popped up on this site.

You can read these PFD Self Service instructions below (the last page of which is an inspection certificate) or it can be downloaded here (pdf file).

Portable Document Format vs Personal Flotation Device – a bit confusing but that’s a whole different story for another time and place.