Ancillary Courses

Ancillary Courses

Course Name
: PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES (PST)
Course Duration
: 15 Hours (3 Days)
IMO Model Course
: 1.19
 
COURSE AIM / OBJECTIVE:
  • The purpose of this course is to provide the essential knowledge and experience of personal survival principles to maximize the chances of survival in the event of an emergency. Students learn about different types of emergencies at sea, principles of survival, life-saving appliances etc.
  • Seafarers who hold an existing Personal Survival Techniques (PST) certificate are required to complete this updating training course to maintain proficiency under the STCW code, as amended (STCW Section A-VI/1 and table A-VI/1-1).
 
COVERAGE / PROGRAM FOCUS:
  • Introduction
  • Lifeboats, Life rafts
  • Safety and Survival
  • Personal Life Saving Appliances
  • Safety guidance
  • Lifebuoys, Life jackets
  • Principles of survival at sea
  • Inflatable life jackets
  • Definitions, survival craft and appliances
  • Immersion suits/anti-exposure suit (AES)
  • SOLAS training manual
  • Thermal protective aids
  • Safety symbols
  • Personal Life Saving Appliances (Demonstrations)
  • Emergency Situations
  • Lifebuoys, Lifejackets, Inflatable lifejackets
  • Types of emergencies, Precautions,
  • Immersion suits
  • Fire prevention, Foundering
  • Thermal protective aids
  • Crew expertise, Muster list and emergency signals
  • Personal survival without lifejacket
  • Extra equipment and survival
  • Boarding survival craft
  • Abandoning ship complications
  • Survival at sea, Dangers to survivors
  • Evacuation
  • Best use of survival craft facilities
  • Abandoning ship-last resort
  • Emergency Radio Equipment
  • Personal preparation for abandoning ship
  • Portable radio apparatus for survival craft
  • Need to prevent panic
  • Emergency position-indicating radio beacons
  • Crew duties to passengers
  • Search and rescue transponders
  • Crew duties-launching survival craft
  • Helicopter assistance
  • Master's orders to abandon ship
  • Communicating with the helicopter
  • Means of survival
  • Evacuation from ship and survival craft
  • Survival craft and Rescue Boats
  • Helicopter pick-up, Correct use of helicopter harness
 
TEACHING METHOD:
  • Instructions will be undertaken through a series of lectures, tutorials and practical session. Practical sessions will be carried out physically at the live station.
 
ENTRY REQUIREMENT / TARGET GROUP: COURSE CERTIFICATE:
  • The course is mandatory for all to join ship.
 
TARGET GROUP: COURSE CERTIFICATE:
  • A certificate of course completion shall be issued to those who shall satisfactorily fulfill the course requirements.
  • Certificate of Proficiency is issued by the Department of Shipping, Dhaka, Bangladesh.