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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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East Coast College, Lowestoft

St Peters Street
Lowestoft
Suffolk
NR32 2NB
United Kingdom

Tel: (+44) 01502525025
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