Personal Survival Techniques

Training Program covers the requirements of the STCW Convention.

Passing the Theoretical part of training program, trainee must:

• Be familiar in different emergency situations like: collision, grounding, fire and etc.;
• Be familiar in different life-saving;
• Be familiar in collective life-saving appliances and its location on board;
• Be familiar to person life-saving appliances;
• Be familiar in sea survival techniques;
• Be familiar in rescue operations with helicopter;
• Be familiar in different distress signals.

Passing the Practical part of training program, trainee must:

• Be able to do the life-jacket and immersion suit;
• Be able to safe jump from the high at least 4.5 m wearing life-jacket and immersion suit;
• Be able to done life-jacket or immersion suit and invert capsized life-raft;
• Be able to swim with a life-jacket or immersion suit;
• Be able to board the life raft after inverting to the right position;
• Be able to make first surviving action after boarding the life-saving appliance;
• Be able to use sea anchor;
• Be able to use emergency equipment
• Be able to use emergency radio equipment (EPIRB, SART), portable radio stations (VHF).

In order to enter into the presented training program, trainee must represent:

• Certificate of Competency, Education Certificate or Certificate of Proficiency;
• Seamen’s book or Civil passport or ID;
• Medical Certificate or medical certificate form 100(for coastal water area seafarers’).