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PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (PST) Details

PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (PST)

The STCW Personal Survival Techniques course (often referred to as Sea Survival training) covers all the essentials for dealing with a survival situation at sea. It is a core part of the STCW Basic Safety Training course and is one of the 2 modules that require STCW2010 Update training every 5 years.

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Description

Types of emergency situations such as collision, fire, sinking.
Types of life-saving appliances normally carried on ships.
Equipment in survival craft.
Location of personal life-saving appliances.
Principles concerning survival.

Practical instruction will include.

Donning a life jacket.
Donning and use an immersion suit.
Safely entering the water from a height.
Righting an inverted life raft while wearing a life jacket and immersion suit.
Swimming while wearing a life jacket.
Keeping afloat.
Boarding a life raft from ship and water while wearing a life jacket.
Taking initial actions on boarding a life raft to enhance chance of survival.
Streaming a drogue or sea anchor.
Operating location devices, including radio equipment.

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