Proficiency in Survival Craft (Limited)

Prerequisites:

None.

Course Details:

This course satisfies applicable requirements as listed:

• The training, practical demonstration, and written examination requirements of 46 CFR 12.409(b)(3) for endorsement as Lifeboatman-Limited; AND
• The Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other Than Fast Rescue Boats- Limited (PSC-Limited) training requirements of 11.309(a)(4)(v); 46 CFR 11.319(a)(4)(v), 11.321(a)(3)(iii), 11.329(a)(4)(iii), and 11.335(a)(3)(iii); AND
• The Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other Than Fast Rescue Boats- Limited (PSC-Limited) standards of competency required by 46 CFR 12.615; STCW Code Section A-VI/2 and Table A-VI/2-1, as amended 2010, meeting the National Assessment Guidelines from NVIC 04-14 (CH-1) Task: 1.1A, 1.2A, 1.3A, 1.3D, 1.4B, 1.4C, 1.5B,1.6A, 1.7A, 1.7B, 1.7C, 1.7D, 1.7E, 1.8A, 1.9A, 2.1B, 3.3A, 3.4A, 3.5A, 3.6A,3.7A, 3.8A, 4.1A, 4.1B, 4.2A.

The course covers the following topics:

• Principles of Survival at Sea
• The SOLAS Convention
• General Lifesaving
• Emergency Situations
• Vessel Evacuation and Abandon Ship Procedures
• Search and Rescue
• Lifesaving Rules and Regulations
• First Aid Review
• Inflatable Life Rafts
• Rescue Boats
• Practical Launching, Operation and Recovery of a SOLAS Rescue Boat

Examination:

There is one written examination consisting of 25 questions that requires a minimum score of 70% and a practical assessment on-board the SOLAS rescue boat that is a pass/fail assessment.