GWO Sea Survival Training

STCW Personal Survival Techniques (PST) Course Overview

The aims of this BST (Basic Safety Training) Sea Survival course are, by theoretical and practical training to give the participants the basic knowledge and skills to act safely and take the correct preventive actions in all aspects of offshore operations from shore to installation vessel or WTG (Wind Turbine Generator) and vice versa, both during normal operation and in an emergency in an offshore wind energy environment
This course provides both a practical and theoretical mixture of training with a short exam at the end.

Course Content:

- Main types of maritime emergencies

- Types of life-saving appliances

- Survival craft

- Equipment in survival craft

- Location of personal life-saving appliances

- Principles of survival during a maritime emergency

Here’s what the practical session covers:

- How to don a lifejacket

- How to safely jump from a height into water

- How to right an inverted raft whilst wearing a lifejacket

- How to swim whilst wearing a lifejacket

- How to board a survival craft from the water whilst wearing a lifejacket

- What initial actions you need to take when boarding survival craft

- How to operate survival craft equipment

NOTE – This PST training course is supervised by fully qualified instructors and is suitable for non-swimmers.

Entry Requirements for this Training:

Candidates must be fit and able to complete all aspects of training.

Certification

All successful delegates are issued with a GWO Approved Sea Survival certificate.