Personal Survival Techniques (PST)
Price (exc. VAT):
195 (exc. VAT)
Course Duration:
1 day
Course Dates
15/06/2023
09:00 to 17:00
30/08/2023
09:00 to 17:00
26/10/2023
09:00 to 17:00
12/12/2023
09:00 to 17:00
Prerequisites
Seafarers with six months or more sea service prior to August 1998 and were exempt from basic safety courses.
Due to the physically demanding nature of the course, candidates must be physically fit.
Candidate must be aged 16 years or over.
Course Content
MCA approved Personal Survival Techniques training 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.
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