PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES

AIM

This model course aims to meet the mandatory requirements for seafarers for familiarization, basic safety training and instruction in accordance with Section A-VI/1 of STCW Code.

OBJECTIVES

This syllabus covers the requirements of the 1995 STCW Convention and Code Chapter VI, Section A-VI/1 on meeting the minimum standards of competence in personal survival at sea in the event of the ship abandonment.

The trainee will be able to:

Don a lifejacket
Don and use immersion suit
Safely jump from a height into the water
Right an inverted life raft while wearing a lifejacket
Swim while wearing a lifejacket
Keep afloat without a lifejacket
Board a survival craft from ship and water while wearing a lifejacket
Take initial action on boarding survival craft to enhance chance of survival
Stream a drogue or sea anchor
Operate survival craft equipment
Operate location devices, including radio equipment

ENTRY STANDARDS

This course is principally intended as basic training for seafarers employed or engaged in any capacity on board ship as part of the ship’s complement with designated safety duties in operation of the ship. There are no particular educational requirements. All trainees must be certified by a doctor to be in good health.

SCHEDULE

Code	No. of Days	Room	Starting Day
PST	2		Thursday