SUR501 PISC refresher (STCW) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boat

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Course code

SUR501
Locations and dates

Nelson:

24 September 2024

5 November 2024

26 November 2024
Length

Over 2 days. Starts at 12.30pm (until 5pm) on the first day then 8.30am (until 12noon) the following day.
Fees

Tuition: 718.00

Student levy: 1.00
Credits

1

We offer a suite of refresher courses for holders of STCW Certificates of Competency and/or STCW Certificates of Proficiency.

Whether you are a Master, Mate, Deck Officer, Marine Engineer Officer or Able Seafarer, we can provide refresher training to meet your needs.

This course is designed for students who have already completed the full STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (other than Fast Rescue Boats) course.

You will learn to be competent in the following lifesaving activities:

Don and use an immersion suit
Safely jump from a height into the water
Right an inverted life-raft while wearing a lifejacket
Swim while wearing a lifejacket
Keep afloat without a lifejacket
In addition, students will be able to manage and direct other persons on board a vessel to perform the lifesaving activities above safely.

Upon completion of this course, you will receive the following certificates.

Personal Survival Techniques Refresher
Proficiency in Survival Craft Refresher

Under the provisions of Section A-VI/2-1 and Section A-VI/1-1 of the International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) 1978, as amended.

Require additional STCW refresher courses?

We have designed the timetable for all STCW refresher courses to run concurrently, so you can book each course during the time period when you will be in Nelson to complete them.

Numbers are restricted. Book now to avoid disappointment.

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Entry requirements

Have a current medical examination certificate issued by an approved General Practitioner such as Seafarers Medical or equivalent
Provide evidence of an STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (other than Fast Rescue Boats) Certificate
A record of on-board training, drills and experience, or a company letter, or equivalent documentation demonstrating that the standard of competence required by the STCW code Section A-VI/2-1 and Section A-VI/1-1 has been maintained in the preceding five years.

Structure & timetable

Our STCW refresher courses are bundled together for your convenience. So if you need STCW PISC and STCW Advanced Fire refreshers, you will find that they are conveniently timetabled one after the other.

If you also need a STCW Fast Rescue Boat refresher, we offer a limited number of these, which are also timetabled together with the STCW PISC/Fire refresher dates.

Upon completion of our Advanced refresher courses, you will receive the following certificates: