This course is designed for seafarers employed or engaged in any capacity on board ship on the business of that ship as part ship’s complement, with designated safety or pollution-prevention duties in the operation of the ship shall, before being assigned to any shipboard duties:
a. Receive appropriate approved basic training or instruction in:
• personal survival techniques as set out in table A-VI/1-1
• Fire prevention and firefighting as set out in Table A-VI/1-2
• elementary first aid as set out in Table A-VI/1-3; and
• personal safety and social responsibilities as set out in Table A-VI /1-4
b. be required to provide evidence of having achieved the required standard of competence to undertake the tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of tables A-VI/1-1, A-VI/1-2, A-VI/1-3, and A-VI/1-4 through:
• demonstration of their competence and
• examination or continuous assessment as part of an approved training program
Our Personal Survival Techniques course is prepared according to the requirements included in the IMO model course 1.19 and includes certification and exam.
Aims & Objectives
- Provide the participant with the required training as per Section A-VI/1-1 of the Code STCW 95 as amended.
- The course follows the structure of IMO Model course 1.19.
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this course you will be able to:
- the types of urgent situation that can take place on board of a ship
- the types of life saving devices on a lifeboat and their use
- the survival boats and their use
- the location of the personal devices of rescue
- the principles related with survival at sea
- the importance of the formation exercises
Who should attend?
- Beginners to sea service
- Marine Technicians seeking Seaman’s book
- Seafarers requesting refresh of their Knowledge on Personal Survival Techniques
as required every 5 years by STCW and TMSA 3 for continuous evaluation of seafarer’s competence.
Prerequisite skills & knowledge:
- None but basic understanding of STCW is recommended
Relative conventions: STCW 95 Convention as amended
Available in-house/distant learning? Yes
Created by: LiberoAssurance Continuous Professional Development Training Centre Level 1, Accrdited by Univab
Basic Safety Training – Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques
Introduction, Safety & Survival
- Safety Guidance
- Principles of Survival at Sea
- Definitions, Survival craft and appliances
- Solas Training Manual
- Indicative contents
- Info/Plans Required & Benefits
- Safety Symbols
Emergency Situations
- Types of emergency situations that can happen on a ship
- Precautions to be taken at sea
- Capsizes
- Grounding
- Breakdown
- Other types of emergency to be taken into consideration
- Fire Provisions
- Sinking or Foundering
- Crew Expertise and the correct use of Live Saving Equipment
- Muster list and Emergency signals
- Importance of the Training and drills
- Crew and Emergency instructions
- Extra Equipment and survival that to be taken in case of emergency
- Abandoning Ship - Complications
Evacuation
- Abandonment of the Ship – Last resort
- Preparation for the abandonment
- Steps to the abandonment of the Ship – Need to prevent Panic
- Crew duties to Passenger
- Crew duties - Launching survival Craft
- Master’s orders to abandon Ship - Responsibility
- Means of Survival at sea
Survival Crafts and Rescue Boats
- Lifeboats
- Building material
- Types of lifeboats and Propulsions
- Main elements of Lifeboats
- Lifeboat Equipment
- Lifeboats Derricks
- Gravity Derrick
- Lifeboat Embarkation
- Step – Lifeboat lowering
- Difficulties
- Life Rafts
- Means of Launching
- Operation of Inflating
- Turning over
- Procedures
- Life raft embarkation
- Life raft Equipment
- Procedures for Rescue a crew member drifting
- Rescue boat
Personal Life-Saving Appliances
- Lifebuoys
- Life Jackets or Life Vest
- Purpose and use of the Life vest
- Jumping into the Water
- Immersion suits / Anti-exposure suits
- Thermal protective aids
- Lifeguard Signalling Equipment
- Type of Signals
- The mirror
- The self -ignition buoy
- Pyrotechnic Signals
- The hand flare
- The flare with parachute
- Other Signals
- Safety of the pyrotechnic signalling
Personal Life Saving Appliances – Demonstrations
- Lifebuoys
- Lifejackets
- Inflatable lifejackets
- Immersion suits
- Thermal protective aids
- Personal Survival without a lifejacket
- Adrift on a Disabled Boat
- Adrift in a Liferaft
- Adrift in the Water
- Calm Water Survival:
- Rough Water Survival:
- S.T.O.P
- Boarding survival craft
Personal Survival
- Dangers to survivors
- Best use of survival craft facilities
- Three factors to survive
- Hypothermia and cold at sea
- Metabolism at sea
- Drinking water at sea
- The food at sea
- Fishing
Emergency Radio Equipment
- Radio Equipment - General
- Restrictions
- Message to transmit
- Radio Beacons
- Recommendations on the use of radio Beacons
- Portable radio apparatus for survival craft
- Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs)
- Search and rescue transponders (SARTs)
Helicopter Assistance
- Communicating with the helicopter
- Evacuation from ship and survival craft
- Helicopter pick-up
- Correct use of helicopter harness
Exam & Certification
- Exam on Basic Safety Training – Personal Survival Techniques
- “Basic Safety Training – Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques” Certificate
Teaching Methods
- Detailed seminar book (available for download)
- No. of pages: 112
Resources
- Reading list & Resources: Available in the course
Study time allocation
(According to IMO Model Course 1.19 the time required is approx. 13.25 Hours/3 days)
- Trainer contact hours: Availability and competence of instructors upon request
- Enrollment duration: 90 days (from the date of purchase)
Credits
- CPD Points: 52
- ECTS/ECVET Points: 1.7
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Assessment methods
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Hours
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% contribution to final mark
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% Minimum passing grade
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Exam on Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques
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1
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100
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60
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Outcomes/Certificates
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Upon successful completion of the course assessment, participants will be issued with a ‘Certificate of Success’.
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