Personal Survival Techniques (Basic Sea Survival)

£210 GBP (incl. VAT)

Course Type:

Personal Survival Techniques

Training School:

East Coast College, Lowestoft

Location:

Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom

Duration:

1 day

Language:

English

The course delivers a basic knowledge and practice of survival techniques and principles that can be applied to maximise the probability of survival following a marine casualty.

The course is physically demanding. Candidates must be physically fit and meet the standard entry requirements for entry into the Merchant Navy.

The course will address the following:

• Actions prior to abandonment of the vessel
• Basic principles of survival
• Types of survival equipment provided on board ship
• Training and drills
• Correct use of the lifejacket and entering the water from a height
• Launching of a liferaft
• Righting of a capsized liferaft
• Wet and dry boarding of a liferaft
• Bringing aboard an injured casualty
• Hypothermia and other medical factors
• Liferaft first aid
• Liferaft equipment
• Actions to aid location by rescuers

Training is delivered through a combination of theory and practical sessions.

Entry Requirements

Delegates must physically fit to participate in this course

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