Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats, Other Than Fast Rescue Boats STCW A-VI/2-1

The STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats is meant for people who work on a ship and are a crewmember of the rescue boat. What you will learn during this course is how to deal with emergency situations and how to take charge and responsibility when the rescue boats need to be deployed or launched. Furthermore the following content will be covered during this course: Controlling the boat Taking command on board of a rescue boat whilst deploying and after deployment operate the engine of a rescue boat The launching of rafts via davit and deploying a 'throw overboard life raft' Dealing with the communication, location beacon and emergency distress signals Surviving at sea Rescue near-drowning people Managing survivors and the rescue boat after a ship has been abandoned Providing first aid to survivors