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Personal Survival Techniques (BST-PST)
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Course Description
This course is designed to provide mariners with basic maritime personal survival techniques. The attendee, who successfully completes this course will understand the use of survival craft, will know how to react properly during maritime emergencies, and will know what measures to take to enhance his/her personal survival and that of his/her shipmates. This course is also part of the Basic Safety Training course. This module is one of the four elements ( first aid and CPR, fire-fighting, personal survival, personal and social responsibility) necessary for STCW95 Basic Safety Training (BST). BST is required for all mariners with safety or emergency duties sailing on vessels 200 GRT tons or greater on near coastal or ocean voyages. Please refer to STCW95 BST.
This course satisfies the following STCW95 and CFR training requirements
- STCW 95 Section A-VI/1, Table A-VI/1-1
- 46 CFR 11.202 (b) (1).
Pre-requisites- There are no entry requirements other than general good health, however all students must be in good physical condition and capable of moderate swimming exertion.
What You Will Learn
The student who successfully completes this course will understand the use of survival craft and equipment normally carried aboard U.S. commercial vessels.
- to react properly during maritime emergency situations
- appropriate measures to enhance his/her own survival and that of shipmates.
What You Should Bring
- Attendees will need a swimsuit
- Comfortable clothing
Students who successfully completed the course of instruction provided by the Maritime Advancement, Training, Education, and Safety Program through the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies, and have demonstrated the knowledge and competencies necessary to satisfy the Personal Survival Techniques training requirements of Section A-VI/1, Table A-VI/1-1of the STCW Code, “Specification of Minimum Standards of Competence in Personal Survival Techniques”, and 46 CFR 11.202 (b) (1).
