MCA Personal Survival Techniques

MCA-approved, Full-time, School of Marine Operations

Course overview

The course provides essential basic knowledge & experience of personal survival techniques. The most immediate threat of abandoning ships is cold exposure. Precautions to protect against it, together with knowledge of survival equipment and its use.

Course entry qualifications

Any persons (other than passengers) intending to travel on sea going vessels must undertake this training. This includes merchant seamen, yachtmasters with a commercial endorsement, boatmasters grade 1 and concessionaires (including stewards, shop staff, hairdressers & entertainers)

Start date

Every Thursday

Duration

1 Day

Course content

Survival equipment and its uses.
Personal survival training
Life raft exercises

Additional notes

Mandatory Course for Seafarers

Contact

Lyndsey Rossborough / Dleep Fotedar. Tel: 0141 565 2711. Email: marine.short.courses@gcns.ac.uk

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