PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (NON-USCG)

PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (NON-USCG)

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  • Format 12 Hours

Course Description

A trainee successfully completing this course will be able to react in a correct manner during emergency situations, take measures appropriate to his/her own survival and to the survival of others, and use survival equipment correctly. He/she will also acquire knowledge which in some instances will enable him/her to identify and correct defects and thereby prevent emergencies; Proper donning of a Coast Guard approved life jacket and immersion suit; Properly jumping into the water from a height while wearing a Coast Guard approved life jacket; Properly jumping into the water from a height while wearing a Coast Guard approved immersion suit; Swimming while wearing a Coast Guard approved life jacket and righting an inverted Coast Guard approved life raft; Keeping afloat in water without the aid of a life jacket or an immersion suit; and jumping into the life raft from a height while wearing a Personal Floatation Device (PFD) and boarding a life raft without assistance

Class Requirements

NOTE: Swimming is a prerequisite for this class. Appropriate swim wear (i.e. shorts with liner- no basketball shorts) (one piece bathing suit for women) Towel (not provided by MAMA)

Available Dates

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