Objective:

On completion of this course, a trainee will be competent to handle and take charge of a fast rescue boat during or after launch in adverse weather and sea conditions. They will also be able to operate a fast rescue boat engine.

Trainees will know the correct use of all locating devices, including communication and signaling equipment between the rescue boat and a helicopter and the ship; and how to carry out search patterns.

Contents:

• Introduction and safety
• Construction and Outfit of Fast Rescue Boats and Individual Items of their Equipment
• Particular Characteristics and Facilities of Fast Rescue Boats
• Navigational and Safety Equipment Available in a Fast Rescue Boat
• Safety Precautions during Launch and Recovery of a Fast Rescue Boat
• How to Handle a Fast Rescue Boat in Prevailing and Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions
• Procedures for Righting a Capsized Fast Rescue Boat
• Search Patterns and Environmental Factors affecting their Execution
• Assessment of the Readiness of Fast Rescue Boats and Related Equipment for Immediate Use
• Knowledge of the Maintenance, Emergency Repairs, Normal Inflation and Deflation of Buoyancy Compartments of Inflated Fast Rescue Boats
• Method of Starting and Operating a Fast Rescue Boat Engine and its Accessories