This course is a pre-requisite for entry to the Merchant Navy and conforms to the Merchant Navy Training Board (MNTB) standard. The course also forms part of the 5 day STCW95 Combined course. Considerable emphasis is places on practical elements and all students are required to engage in all the structural activities to qualify for a certificate.

Prerequisite training
None.

Course content
Delegates successfully completing the course will have gained knowledge of:

• Types of emergency which may occur at sea
• Actions to be taken when called to survival craft stations, emergency and pre-abandonment preparation
• Lifeboats
• Marine Evacuation Systems
• Operations of location devices including the operation of distress rockets and flares
• Actions in the event of man-overboard
• Life-raft structure, launching methods, operation, contents and care of the vessel
• Boarding the life-raft and righting in the event of a capsize
• Use of life jackets, including method of correct water entry from a height
• Individual and group survival techniques in the water, hypothermia and frostbite

Recommended refresher training
Holder should undertake Further Training in line with the Oil & Gas UK Guidelines.

Course fees include

• MCA certification
• Course certification in Log Book

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