Objective:

After completion of this course, a trainee will be competent to operate life-saving appliances and take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat during or after launch, according to the requirements specified in table A-VI/2-1 of the STCW 2010 convention. A trainee will also be able to operate a survival craft engine and manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship. Trainees will know the correct use of all locating devices, including communication and signaling apparatus and pyrotechnics, how to apply first aid to survivors and the actions to take to preserve the lives of those in their charge.

Contents:

• Introduction and safety
• General
• Abandon ship
• Survival craft and rescue boats
• Launching arrangements
• Evacuation and recovery of survival craft and rescue boats
• Actions to take when clear of the ship
• Lifeboat engine and accessories
• Rescue boat outboard engine
• Handling survival craft and rescue boats in rough weather
• Actions to take when aboard a survival craft
• Methods of helicopter rescue
• Hypothermia
• Radio equipment
• First aid
• Drills in launching and recovering boats
• Drills in launching liferafts
• Drills in launching and recovering rescue boats
• Practical exercises and evaluation