PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES

PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES

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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 own survival and to the survival of others, and use survival equipment correctly. Trainee will also acquire knowledge which in some instances will enable trainee to identify and correct defects and thereby prevent emergencies; Proper donning of a United States Coast Guard (USCG)-approved lifejacket and immersion suit; Properly jumping into the water from a height while wearing a USCG-approved lifejacket; Properly jumping into the water from a height while wearing a USCG-approved immersion suit; Swimming while wearing a USCG-approved lifejacket and righting an inverted USCG-approved liferaft; Keeping afloat in water without the aid of a lifejacket 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, Bag for wet clothes, and change of clothes. 
 
 
 
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Training Certificate of Completion

Any applicant who has successfully completed your Personal Survival Techniques (MARINS-363) course will satisfy: The Personal Survival Techniques standards of competence required by 46 CFR 11.302(a)(1) and 12.602(a)(1); STCW Code Section A-VI/1 and Table A-VI/1-1, as amended 2010, meeting the National Assessment Guidelines from NVIC 08-14(Ch-1) Tasks 1.1.A, 1.2.A, 1.3.A, 1.3.B, 1.3.C, 1.4.A, 1.5.A, 1.6.A, 1.7.A, 1.8.A, 1.9.A, 1.10.A, 1.11.A, 1.12.A, 1.12.B, 1.13.A, 1.14.A, 1.14.B, 1.14.C, 1.14.D, 1.14.E, 1.14.F, 1.14.G, 1.14.H, 1.14.I, 1.14.J, 1.14.K, 1.14.L, 1.14.M, and 1.14.N. Applicants who have successfully completed your course need not present completed “Task Control Sheets” for these assessments in application for STCW certification.

Available Dates

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