OnBoard Basic Safety Training Program: Personal Survival

Even the best ships can capsize or sink with terrifying speed, and personal survival equipment is only as good as the men and women who operate it.  This program, based on requirements in Table VI of the STCW Code, offers training, testing, and assessment features that facilitate compliance with the International Safety Management (ISM) and STCW codes and includes a workbook.

• Improve your crew's safety
• Promote compliance with ISM and STCW
• Enhance your crew's drill and training experience

Topics

• The Seven Steps, GMDSS, EPIRBs, and SARTs
• Action in the water
• Immersion suits
• Deciding to abandon ship
• Lifeboats and inflatable liferafts
• Signaling devices