Survival At Sea - Maritime Experience Basics for Seafarers

Name: Survival At Sea - Maritime Experience Basics for Seafarers
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Personal Survival Techniques. Explains the survival measures and life saving appliances carried on ships for your safety

Created byEdirisinghe Seneviratne

Last updated 7/2023

English

What you'll learn

Learn how to survive in the event your vessel has to be abandoned due to an emergency situation onboard
Location of personal life saving appliances carried onboard, how to wear them, their use e.g. life jackets, life buoys, immersion suits and TPA
Types of emergencies onboard, preparation and readiness in the event you have to abandon ship
Proper use of radio life saving appliances, their use. Survival at sea and dangers to survivors and rescue

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 2h 18m total length

Safety guidance and Introduction to survival at sea19:31
Learn and have an idea what is "Safety" onboard a ship or in mariner's world.
Emergency Situations and Mustering12:15
Explore emergency types at sea, from collisions and stranding to cargo shifts and fires, and learn master lists, signals, and drills under SOLAS to prepare crew for life-saving responses.
Evacuation18:17
Master the evacuation process and abandon ship, including crew duties, personal protective equipment, lifeboat preparation, and radio life-saving appliances, while identifying dangers such as heat stroke, hypothermia, and dehydration.
Personal Life Saving Appliances13:18
Survival Craft and Rescue Boats24:29
Explains survival craft and rescue boats, detailing lifeboat types, life rafts, launch systems (davit and free fall), safety procedures, and solas requirements for crew capacity and equipment.
Ship Abandonment and Survival22:12
Learn ship abandonment procedures and survival techniques, including boarding lifeboats, wearing immersion suits, using sea anchors, and maintaining morale while signaling rescuers.
Emergency Radio Equipment18:10
Survivor's action when being rescued10:36
Assessment

Requirements

Freshers who plan to start a career at sea. Those who are interested to know about survival at sea.

Description

This course is designed to meet the mandatory minimum standards of competence for seafarers for safety familiarization, basic training and instruction in Personal Survival Techniques. The objective is to provide trainees with guidance and information to gain knowledge, Understanding and proficiency (KUP) required to achieve the objectives of the learning Outcomes to demonstrate their competence in personal survival techniques. Course is ideally suitable for anyone who wants to learn about survival at sea. Especially if you happen to sail onboard a ship for a career at sea, any school leaver who has interest to study about this subject. Those who follow this course successfully can gain the following knowledge. Course is designed in power point presentation with supporting videos and pictures of the survival equipment you may come across.

Introduction to Survival at sea
Emergency situations and mustering procedure
Abandon ship procedure adopted onboard ships
Personal Life saving appliances carried onboard, how to use them for survival
Types of life boats life rafts and rescue boats carried onboard, their launching and use for survival
Actions to take when necessary to abandon ship and procedure
Types of Radio life saving appliances carried onboard, use and operation in emergency
Survivor's action when rescued ( helicopter and vessel rescue)
Upon successful completion of the course an assessment is included for you to judge your standard.

Who this course is for:

Beginners who want to start a career at sea. Passengers who would like to embark on a cruise. Families who wish to go on boat trips. Personnel who work onboard fishing trawlers.
As a refresher course