Personal Survival Techniques (PST) - Refresher - East Coast College

Price (exc. VAT):


140 (exc. VAT)


Course Duration:


1 day


Prerequisites

Seafarers with six months or more sea service prior to August 1998 and were exempt from basic safety courses.
Seafarers must have a PST certificate and who have maintained the required standard of competence by onboard training and experience for all competences listed in the self-declaration form.
Submission of the signed self-declaration form prior to courses commencement.

Course Content

This is a Refresher course for the MCA approved Personal Survival Techniques training; that provides knowledge and practice of survival techniques and principles that can be applied to maximise the probability of survival following a marine accident.
Course content covered:
– Actions prior to abandonment of the vessel
– Basic principles of survival
– Types of survival equipment provided on board ship
– Training and drills
– Correct use of the lifejacket and entering the water from a height
– Launching of a liferaft
– Righting of a capsized liferaft
– Wet and dry boarding of a liferaft
– Bringing aboard an injured casualty
– Hypothermia and other medical factors
– Liferaft first aid
– Liferaft equipment
– Actions to aid location by rescuers
Training is delivered through a combination of theory and practical sessions.
To either book or enquire about this course then please click the ‘enquire now’ button above, to access our contact form and secure your place.

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