The objective of the training in Personal Survival Techniques is to enable the participant with the standard required as per Section A VI/ 1-1 of the Code STCW 1978 as amended. At the end of the course, the participant should be able to demonstrate the ability to:
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- Don a lifejacket
- Don and use an immersion suit
- Safely jump from a height into the water
- Right an inverted liferaft while wearing a lifejacket
- Swim while wearing a lifejacket
- Keep afloat without a lifejacket
- Board a survival craft from ship and water while wearing a lifejacket
- Take initial actions on boarding survival craft to enhance chance of survival
- Stream a drogue or sea-anchor
- Operate survival craft equipment
- Operate location devices, including radio equipment
Entry standards to Personal Survival Techniques training
The course is open to all seafarers who are to serve on board seagoing merchant ships. There are no particular educational requirements.
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Duration
142 hours.
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