Description
Duration: 3 days
Outline
The individuals attending the course will range from new/inexperienced workers to experienced workers from the Maritime and Oil and Gas industries. This training provides the skills and knowledge required by seafarers to prevent and respond to fires onboard a vessel. This applies to seafarers working in the maritime industry requiring a certificate of training.
Who should attend
Required for new entrants, seafarers and ships personnel re-validating certificates when joining their ships.
What you will learn
The learning outcomes include the ability to:
- Minimize the risk of fire and maintain a state of readiness to respond to emergency situations involving fire.
- Fight and extinguish fires.
- Prevent and fight fires on board a vessel are:
- Actively prevent fire
- Prepare a response to fire
- Combat fire
- Complete post-fire activities
Outline
Day 1 Theory Session
- Fire theory
- Fire prevention
- Equipment available onboard vessels
- Shipboard fire-fighting, drills and procedures
Day 2 and 3 Practical
- Extinguishers
- Breathing apparatus competency
- Actions within a smoke and heat environment
- Search and Rescue techniques
- Extinguish small and extensive fires using various mediums
