Personal survival techniques are the techniques that have been designed and that are mandatory for seafarers under SCTW code. STWC personal survival techniques are the basic essential knowledge that a seafarer should have to protect and maintain himself/herself. The course has been designed in accordance with the international regulations so that seafarers can save themselves in any condition.
The course objective
The course objective includes the basic training of the seafarer that has been split into the two parts theory as well as practical. This personal survival techniques training includes the launching of a life raft, the actions which you should take in an emergency and the survival at sea in the emergencies.
A full description of the personal survival techniques!!!
Personal survival techniques course has been split into both the theoretical and practical sessions. It includes all the actions that had to be taken by the person in case of the emergency at the sea. The course will make you learn survival in the development of the safety equipment.
Contents of the personal survival techniques STCW training course!!!
- It includes maritime emergencies.
- You will learn about all the survival crafts and about all the equipment of the survival crafts.
- You will learn about the types of life-saving appliances.
- A seafarer will learn all the principals of the survival during the training.
In personal survival techniques course, a seafarer will learn all the principals of survival. This is what you will all learn theoretically in this course. Other than this, you will also learn the action that you have to take in a particular situation.
Practical things which you will learn:
- You will learn “how to jump safely from a height into the water?”
- You will also learn to don a lifejacket.
- You will learn the operation of the survival craft equipment.
- You will learn the techniques of swimming while wearing a lifejacket.
- Some initial actions that you have to take when boarding the survival crafts.
During this course, you will learn all the knowledge and the skills that will help you in surviving at the worst times. In this course, you will learn a lot of things both the practical as well as theoretical.