PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT (NON-USCG)

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT (NON-USCG)

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT (NON-USCG)

Competence

Take charge of a survival craft or rescue boat during and after launch

Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Construction and outfit of survival craft and rescue boats and individual items of their equipment
Particular characteristics and facilities of survival craft and rescue boats
Various types of device used for launching survival craft and rescue boats
Methods of launching survival craft into a rough sea
Methods of recovering survival craft
Action to be taken after leaving the ship
Methods of launching and recovering rescue boats in a rough sea
Dangers associated with use of on-load release devices
Knowledge of maintenance procedures
Competence

Operate a survival craft engine
Knowledge, understanding and proficiency:

Methods of starting and operating a survival craft engine and its accessories together with the use of the fire extinguisher provided
Competence

Manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship
Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency:

Handling survival craft in rough weather
Use of painter, sea-anchor and all other equipment
Apportionment of food and water in survival craft
Action taken to maximize detectability and location of survival craft
Method of helicopter rescue
Effects of hypothermia and its prevention; use of protective covers and garments, including immersion suits and thermal protective aids
Use of rescue boats and motor lifeboats for marshalling life rafts and rescue of survivors and persons in the sea
Beaching survival craft
Competence

Use locating devices, including communication and signaling apparatus and pyrotechnics
Knowledge, understanding, and proficiency

Radio life-saving appliances carried in survival craft, including satellite EPIRBs and SARTs
Pyrotechnic distress signals

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Recommended Study Material: American Merchant Seaman’s Manual; 7th Edition William B. Hayler, Editor in Chief John M. Keever, Associate Editor 2003. 672 pp. Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers P.O. Box 456 Centreville MD 21617 410-758-1075 800-638-7641 The Cornell Manual for Lifeboatmen, Able Seamen, and Qualified Members of Engine Department, 2nd Edition John M. Keever, based on the earlier edition by William B. Hayler, John M. Keever, and Paul M. Seiler 2004. 184 pp.Paper. ISBN 0-87033-559-6. Cornell Maritime Press/Tidewater Publishers P.O. Box 456 Centreville MD 21617 410-758-1075 800-638-7641

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