Description
Duration: 1 day
Outline
All seafarers assigned safety or pollution prevention duties. Participants attending this course will gain basic survival training. Specifically, what safety equipment you will find on a vessel under the safety of life at sea (SOLAS) regulations. Participants are expected to gain practical knowledge. As well as an understanding sea survival.
Who should attend
Seafarers, safety and security Awareness
What you will learn
During the course, you will gain you the knowledge that will help you to survive if the worst happens. The course is split into two parts. The theory part is in the morning. There is a wet drill in the afternoon so you can put into practice what you have been taught.
After attending this course you will not only have the minimum level of qualification to work at sea but you will also leave practical hands on experience in:
- How to don a lifejacket
- Safely jump from a height into water
- Right an inverted raft whilst wearing a lifejacket
- Swim whilst wearing a lifejacket
- Board a survival craft from the water whilst wearing a lifejacket
- Take initial actions on boarding survival craft
- Operate survival craft equipment
Outline
- Introduction safety and survival
- Emergency situations
- Survival craft and rescue boats
- Personal life-saving appliances
- Personal life-saving appliances (demonstrations)
- Survival at sea
- Emergency radio equipment (lecture and demonstrations)
- Helicopter assistance
