Basic Training Revalidation

Prerequisites:

Students entering this course should have at least 1 year sea time in the last 5 years and possess a valid MMC. Students are expected to be able to read, speak and communicate effectively in English. Also, students are required to be in a physical condition to participate in all strenuous activities associated with the assessments.

Course Details:

Any student successfully completing this 8-hour course has demonstrated proficiency in the Basic Training Revalidation standards set forth in the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping Code, Section A-VI, 46 CFR 11.302(d) and 46 CFR 12.602(d) provided that they have at least 1 year of sea service in the last 5 years.

Students will be required to successfully complete the following assessments:

Principles concerning survival:

• Don a lifejacket within 1 minute; then enter water and swim at least 20 feet.
• Don an immersion suit within 2 minutes.
• Jump into the water while wearing an immersion suit, one hand covering mouth and nose; other hand across chest; and legs straight and tight together or ankles crossed.
• Wearing a lifejacket or immersion suit the candidate rights an inverted inflatable life raft rated for 6 persons or more.
• Keep afloat without a lifejacket for at least 1 minute.

Fight and Extinguish Fires:

• The candidate correctly demonstrates firefighting procedures for one or more small fire(s) by doing all of the following:

• • Selecting proper class fire extinguisher;
  • Employing safe tactics (standing up-wind), and making effective application of agent (for example, aimed at base of flames; and
  • For foam, building up blanket) to fully extinguish the fire before the agent is exhausted.
• The candidate demonstrates the proper donning of a self-contained breathing apparatus using one of the following methods:

• • Off the wall;
  • Partner assist (must demonstrate both roles: assisting and being assisted);
  • Coat swing; or,
  • Over the head.
• The candidate must achieve a proper fit of the unit with no loose or incorrect strap connections, and perform a user seal check.
• The candidate must achieve a proper fit of the unit with no loose or incorrect strap connections, and perform a user seal check. The candidate demonstrates proper use of the breathing apparatus under normal and emergency conditions. The candidate correctly demonstrates all of the following:

• • Normal breathing;
  • Changing the bottle; and
  • Emergency breathing.
• The candidate correctly demonstrates all of the following hose team leader procedures for extinguishing an extensive fire:

• • Selecting proper nozzle settings and advancing the hose line;
  • Employing safe tactics (crouching low and approaching from upwind or with a clear exit path);
  • Making effective application of water streams (using accepted motion(s) of nozzle); and
  • Extinguishing the fire.
• The candidate correctly demonstrates procedures for affecting a rescue by doing all of the following:
  • Conducting a search that is thorough and has a pattern; and
  • Locating and removing an adult-sized rescue mannequin.