PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES 2026-03-16

PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (PST)

2025 Module Cost: $425
Honolulu, HI: $445.03
Everett, WA: $467.08- Enrollments after September 30, 2025
 
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.
 
San Diego sessions run from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. on Day 1 and 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Day 2
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. 
 
 
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.
  • Course
  • PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (PST)
  • Location
  • San Diego, CA
  • Start Date
  • March 16, 2026
  • End Date
  • March 17, 2026
  • Cost
  • $425.00
Courses Location Start Date End Date Cost
PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (PST) San Diego, CA March 16, 2026
 March 17, 2026 $425.00
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