Sea survival training in the Caribbean: Take a Personal Survival Techniques (PST) course in Antigua
This is a one day course and gives you the introduction of what to do should you ever need to abandon ship and take to the liferaft. The course covers basic survival afloat, what to take with you and how to best survive whilst awaiting rescue. The practical part of the course, takes part in the sea where you will don on a lifejacket and practice your skills in and out of the liferaft.
It is one of the modules of the MCA Basic Safety Training and relevant for both professional and leisure vessel users
You will be required to wear your swim suit, shorts a, whilst completing the pool session. Please also bring a towel.
The aim of the sea survival module is to provide seafarers with the essential education and training in personal survival techniques to maximise the chances of survival in the event of an emergency or abandonment
Overview
This Personal Survival Techniques (PST) Course provides essential education and sea survival training in Antigua, the Caribbean
Course Content
Sea Survival Training in the Caribbean: PST Course in Antigua
Subjects covered in this module include:
Emergency situations such as collision, fire and flooding.
Different types of life-saving appliances carried on ships
Equipment in survival craft
Location of personal life-saving appliances
Principles concerning survival at sea.
Donning (putting on) a life jacket
Immersion suits
Safely jumping from a height into the water
Righting an upturned life raft while wearing a life jacket
Swimming while wearing a life jacket and keeping afloat
Boarding a life raft from a ship or the water while wearing a life jacket
Taking initial actions on boarding a survival craft to enhance chance of survival
Streaming a sea anchor
Recovering an injured person to a survival craft
On completion of this course the student will receive an MCA approved STCW certificate in Personal Survival Techniques (STCW Regulation A-VI/1-1)
Provider Information
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What's Included
- Tuition, loan of course material
What's Not Included
- Flights
- Transport
- All provisions
