This is a statutory, one-day course for those entering the Merchant Navy and fishing industries. The course follows a standard programme.

The course delivers a basic knowledge and practice of survival techniques and principles that can be applied to maximise the probability of survival following a marine casualty.

The course will address the following:

• Actions prior to abandonment of the vessel
• Basic principles of survival
• Types of survival equipment provided on board ships
• Training and drills
• Correct use of the lifejacket and entering the water from a height
• Launching of a liferaft. Righting of a capsized liferaft
• Wet and dry boarding of a liferaft. Bringing aboard an injured casualty
• Hypothermia & other medical factors
• Liferaft first aid
• Liferaft equipment
• Actions to aid location by rescuers

Training is delivered through a combination of theory and practical sessions. Delegates are continually assessed during the course.