STCW Personal Survival Techniques

Course

In Southampton

£ 175 VAT inc.

Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    Southampton

  • Class hours

    8h

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Start date

    07/03/2026
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STCW Personal Survival Techniques (PST) is one of the five basic safety courses required by all professional seafarers working on vessels over 200 tonnes and can be booked as a stand alone day or part of the STCW Basic Safety Week. It is a sea survival course that covers abandonment and survival principles and is required by the STCW 1995 Code of practice and STCW 2010 amendments. From August 2021 this course is available at our Woolston, Southampton Centre.

Facilities

Location

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Southampton (Hampshire)
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Chieftain Training, 26 Compass House, Ensign Way, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4RA, SO31 4RA

Start date

On request
Southampton (Hampshire)
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Chieftain Training, 26 Compass House, Ensign Way, Hamble-le-Rice, Southampton SO31 4RA, SO31 4RA

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About this course

The Personal Survival Techniques (PST) course is suitable for all levels of experience, however the following apply;

Minimum age 16 (14-15 year olds with good health and fitness can contact us for permission to join this course)
Water confident (i.e. a non swimmer can join us if he/she is confident in a swimming pool)
Reasonable physical health and fitness. You will be expected to climb into a liferaft from the pool. If in any doubt consult your GP.

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Subjects

  • PST
  • STCW
  • Personal Survival
  • Chieftain
  • Lifeboat

Teachers and trainers (1)

Doug Innes

Doug Innes

Principal

Doug has been instating marine safety courses for three decades. He has worked at sea all of that time as a yacht skipper, race skipper, workboat Master and powerboat driver. He trains Instructors for the RYA and offers consultancy to new training providers

Course programme

STCW Personal Survival Techniques (PST) is one of the five basic safety courses required by all professional seafarers working on vessels over 200 tonnes and can be booked as a stand alone day or part of the STCW Basic Safety Week. It is a sea survival course that covers abandonment and survival principles and is required by the STCW 1995 Code of practice and STCW 2010 amendments. From August 2021 this course is available at our Woolston, Southampton Centre.

STCW Personal Survival Techniques

£ 175 VAT inc.