Course Content:
Introduction Safety & Survival
Safety Guidance
Principles of Survival at sea
Definitions, survival craft and appliances
SOLAS Training manual
Safety Symbols
Emergency situations
Types of emergencies
Precautions
Fire Provisions
Foundering
Crew expertise and initial familiarisation
Muster List and emergency signals
Crew and emergency instructions
Extra equipment and survival
Abandon ship – complications
Evacuation
Abandoning ship last resort
Personal preparation for abandoning ship
Need to prevent panic
Crew duties to passengers
Crew duties launching survival craft
Masters orders to abandon ship
Means of Survival
Survival Craft and Rescue boats
Lifeboats
Liferafts
Rescue boats
Personal Life-saving appliances
Lifebuoys
Lifejackets
Immersion suits/anti-exposure suit
Thermal Protective aids
Personal Life-saving appliances (Demonstrations)
Lifebuoys
Lifejackets
Inflatable lifejackets
Immersion suits or anti-exposure suit
Thermal protective aids
Personal survival without a lifejacket
Boarding survival craft
Survival at sea
Dangers to survivors
Best use of survival craft facilities
Emergency radio equipment (Lecture and Demonstrations)
Portable radio apparatus for survival craft
Emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRBs)
Search and Rescue transponders (SARTs)
Helecopter assistance
Communicating with the helicopter
Evacuation from ship and survival craft
Helicopter pick-up
Correct use of helicopter harness
