Personal Survival Techniques (A-VI /1-1)

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

This is a statutory, one-day course for those entering the Merchant Navy.

Entry requirements:

•Actions prior to abandonment of the vessel

•Basic principles of survival

•Types of survival equipment provided on board ships

•Training and drills

•Correct use of the lifejacket and entering the water from height

•Launching of a liferaft. Righting of a capsized liferaft

•Wet and dry boarding of a liferaft

•Bring aboard an injured casualty

•Hypothermia and other medical factors

•Liferaft first aid

•Liferaft equipment

•Actions to aid location by rescuers

Duration:

1 day, Scottish Maritime Academy