Instruction manual

PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT AND RESCUE BOATS OTHER THAN FAST
RESCUE BOATS
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1. Introduction and safety
1.1 Introduction
The course aims are to provide the training for candidates to launch and take
charge of a survival craft or rescue boat in emergency situations, in accordance with
Section A-VI/2 of the STCW Code.
This course is both practical and theoretical, after the theoretical lessons conducted
by following the practical applications of craft and their accessories. Instructors will
provide the necessary theoretical and practical applications to perform and will
oversee the entire progress of the exercise.
At the end of the course, students will gain extra experience in terms of
proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats and will be
better-integrated teamwork intervention in case of emergency.
The syllabus covers the requirements of the 1995 STCW Convention Chapter VI,
Section VI/2, Table A-VI/2-1.
Students will gain knowledge on:
- Preparation and launching of survival craft
- Use of equipment
- Operation rescue boat engine
- Crew management and craft after abandoning ship
- Use of signaling equipment and GMDSS equipment
- First aid medical survivors
- Actions taken for survival in rescue boat
1.2 Safety guidance
During the training time, the trainees must follow the safety rules teach by
instructors or experts, mostly during practical period when the saving equipment are
used.
The orders “STILL” and “CARRY ON” must be strictly respected during all
period of training with the watercrafts from training base.
2. General
2.1 Emergency situation
2.1.1 Types of emergency
Without to limit of these, the most common of emergency situation are:
- Fire (Accommodation fire, Galley fire, Engine room fire, Cargo
hold fire, Cargo fire on deck, Pump room fire, Emergency generating room fire).
- Abandon ship.