Personal Survival Techniques

Course Summary:

This two day course is an essential pre-requisite for anyone seeking employment in the maritime industry. Successful completion of this course along with Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (Basic Fire), Elementary First Aid and Personal Safety and Social Responsibility can lead to the issue of AMSA’s Certificate of Safety Training.

This course is for seafarers who intend to work as a general purpose hand on any sea going vessel. It is designed to give you the basic skills and knowledge required to survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment.

What the course covers:

Duties of any crew member in relation to surviving at sea in the case of vessel abandonment.
Types of life jackets
Immersion suits
Thermal protection suits
Lifeboats
Raft and lifeboat launching systems
Flares
Emergency procedures
Participate in abandon vessel drills
Operate lifesaving and survival equipment
Practise survival techniques

Where:

The course is conducted on site at Australasian Maritime Institute, Henderson and consists of both theory and practical components. It is conducted in accordance with the requirements of STCW regulation VI/1 Code Section A-VI/1 Table A-VI/1-1 of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watch Keeping for Seafarers 1978, as amended. There are written, oral and practical assessments held throughout the course.

Please Note:

This course is run through the Australasian Maritime Institute.
The Australasian Maritime Institute is an AMSA approved provider for the Certificate of Safety Training Courses.

(STCW Regulation VI/1 Code Section A-VI/1 Table A-VI/1-1)
TDMMF1107B Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment