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Class Schedule
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Course Description
MAR011 - Personal Survival Techniques (TXEESTI-363) - 12.00 Hours
Prerequisites
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This U.S. Coast Guard approved course is designed to provide personal survival training to seafarers.
It encompasses sea survival and self-rescue and is intended to teach students the proper actions and survival techniques to ensure safety in the event of an emergency evacuation/abandonment from a vessel. It utilizes both lectures and practical in-water exercises. Proper use, location and inspection of survival equipment is covered with applicable demonstrations.
Successful completion of this course will satisfy the requirements of 46 CFR 10.205(l)(1) and the requirements of Section A-VI/1 and Table A-VI/1-1 of the Seafarers' Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code. This course is one of the four components required for STCW Basic Safety Training.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be awarded 1.6 Continuing Education Units (CEU) certified through the International Association for Continuing Education & Training.
Topics
Topics covered in the course include:
- Emergency situations
- Life-saving appliances and equipment
- Survival craft equipment
- Value of training and drills
- Personal protective clothing and equipment
- Emergency readiness
- Survival craft stations
- Abandoning ship
- In-water actions
- Actions while aboard the survival craft
- Main dangers to survivors
Other Information
Class size: minimum 8 students
Participation in this class will require a signed Risk Release on the first day of class.