STCW Personal Survival Techniques/Refresher
The one day Survival course can be used for candidates requiring STCW refresher training or for anyone needing to complete a Survival course to work on a vessel or as part of the commercial endorsement requirement.
Description
The one day Survival course can be used for candidates requiring STCW refresher training or for anyone needing to complete a Survival course to work on a vessel or as part of the commercial endorsement requirement.
This training is intended to meet the requirements set out in Table A-VI/1-1 of the STCW Code and unit A11 of the marine national occupational standards. The greatest and most immediate threat to life in the event of abandoning ship is cold exposure. Precautions to protect against it, together with knowledge of survival equipment and its use, is the main message of this training. Other problems that a survivor will encounter are covered so as to ensure the highest possible chances of survival.
The objective of the training is to give all persons intending to go to sea the essential basic knowledge and experience of personal survival principles and techniques that can be applied to maximise their chances.
The aim is to give an understanding of how to use the safety equipment carried onboard. This course covers preparation for survival, lifejackets, search & rescue and a practical session with a life raft in a local pool.
Course Content:
- Preparation for Sea Survival: emergency situations, training drills & their importance, survival requirements, abandoning vessel & muster points, primary & secondary actions onboard liferaft
- Equipment: equipment available, aids to locations, survival suits & TPA, lifejackets, entering water from height, safety harnesses, donning procedures, life rafts, stowage & containment, helping injured persons
- Practical Wet Drill: Liferaft launching, boarding dry & wet, jumping from poolside or board, increasing survival in water, capsize drill, abandonment
Courses are non-residential, so if accommodation is required in one of the many hotels or guest houses near the Centre, we can provide a list of recommendations.
Certification
Achievement of the desired standard of competence will be attested to by a certificate issued by the centre. The Certificate will state that the candidate has; completed a programme of training by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency as meeting the requirements laid down in; 2.1.1 of Section VI/1 of the STCW Code.
Costs Include:
- Lunch & Refreshments
- Course Notes Book
- Use of survival equipment
- YOU MUST BRING YOUR OWN SWIMWEAR
Teaching Ratio: 16:1 and 8:1 during practical sessions
Assumed Knowledge: None
Duration: 1 Day
STCW Personal Survival Techniques is one of the 4 courses included in STCW Basic Training, the other courses are STCW Elementary First Aid, STCW Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities, STCW Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting. The unofficial 5th course often included in Basic Training is the STCW Proficiency in Security Awareness
Who needs STCW Basic Training?
Anyone working on a commercial vessel over 24m, including cruise ships, ferries, tankers and superyachts needs to complete all 4 courses of STCW Basic Training. It doesn’t matter if you’re working as part of the hospitality team, engineers or deck department these essential safety courses are required.
Other vessel operators may also require seafarers to complete all courses of STCW Basic Training or some of them as part of their manning requirements.