Proficiency in Survival Craft
The purpose of this course is to train personnel in the proper actions involved in taking command of, launching, and handling of a survival craft during an emergency evacuation/abandonment.
Any applicant who has successfully completed the 32-hour Proficiency in Survival Craft course will satisfy:
- The Survival Craft training requirements of Section A-VI/2 and Table A-VI/2-1 of the STCW Code; AND the training requirements of 46 CFR 12.10-3 (a) (6) for any endorsements as Lifeboatman, provided that sea service requirements are also met
- The survival suit and survival craft training requirements of 46 CFR 10.470 for a license as Offshore Installation Manager, Barge Supervisor or Ballast Control Office
- If presented within one year of the completion of training, the written and practical examination requirements of 46 CFR 12.10-5 for a Lifeboatman endorsement (exam module 481xx) and the written Survival Craft@ examination requirements for service on vessels not equipped with lifeboats (exam module 441xx or 706xx).
Course Outline
- Drills and Crew Training
- Abandonment
- Survival
- Rescue
- Location Aids
- Helicopter Safety
- Performance drills with PFDs
- Performance drills with immersion suits
In-Water Survival Skills
- Helicopter underwater egress drills
- Lifeboat characteristics and equipment
- Lifeboat davits, winches and releasing mechanisms
- Task during abandonment
- Actions after abandonment
- Boat handling and seamanship
- Recovery of lifeboats
- Performance drills in launching, operating and recovery of lifeboats
- Rescue boat operations
- Rowing lifeboat commands and operations
- Performance drills in rowing operations
- First Aid
- Knowledge and Performance evaluations
Note: offered weekly Monday thru Thursday
4.0 CEUs