STCW Personal Survival Techniques
Course
In Southampton
Description
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Type
Course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
Southampton
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Class hours
8h
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Duration
1 Day
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Start date
11/05/2024
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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.
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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.
Reviews
Subjects
- PST
- STCW
- Personal Survival
- Chieftain
- Lifeboat
Teachers and trainers (1)
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