Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques STCW A-VI/1-1

Course Title: Personal Survival Techniques Course Code: 508 This course provides seafarers with the essential education and training in personal survival techniques meeting the requirements set out in STCW Code Table A-VI/1-1. The student will have a good understanding of how to survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment. Assesment Students are continuously assessed during the course in the pool. They must demonstrate the following: Donning of an emersion suit and life jacket. Stepping into the water. Swimming whilst wearing a life jacket. Enter a life raft and subsequent immediate and secondary actions whilst in the life raft. Righting an upside down life raft. Simulated winching from a life raft. There is also a multi choice written exam. This course is a requirement for all person proceeding to sea in the merchant navy. Entry Requirements The learner must be at least 16 years of age to be issued with a Certificate of Proficiency. In exceptional circumstances where a learner is physically able and fit they may be able to complete the training course prior to her/his 16th birthday.