PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES
STCW95 - Personal Survival Training
Personal Survival Training (PST) - A-VI/1-1 states, Survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment.’ To achieve this you must understand and have proficiency in:
The types of emergency situations, which may occur, such as collision, fire or foundering.
The equipment in survival craft
The Location of personal life-saving appliances
The principles concerning survival, including:
The Value of training drills
Personal protective clothing and equipment
The need to be ready for any emergency
The actions to be taken when called to survival craft stations / areas
The actions to be taken when required to abandon ship
The actions to be taken when in the water
The actions to be taken aboard a survival craft
The main dangers to survivor
To achieve these objectives the candidate must be proficient in the following:
Don (put on) a lifejacket
Don and use and immersion (sea survival) suit
Safely jump from a height into the water
Right an inverted liferaft whilst wearing a lifejacket
Swim whilst wearing a lifejacket
Knowledge of how to keep afloat without a lifejacket
Board a survival craft from the ship and water while wearing a lifejacket
Take initial actions on boarding survival craft to enhance the chance of survival
Stream a drogue / sea anchor
Operate survival craft equipment
Operate location devices, including radio equipment
Please note; we do not use nice warm swimming pools for this training, as it is a complete waste of time and false! Everyone needs to know what it’s like and what to do in the real environment. The equipment we use is designed for this purpose so it makes sense to use it in a real situation, remember if it does happen it’s better to be prepared!
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