This is a mandatory entry level safety qualification for anyone who wishes to work as a professional seafarer internationally. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) lays down these Standards for the Training and Certification of Watch keepers known as STCW95.
6 days
No experience necessary
Content:
The course is intended for those mariners who wish to work on all classes of vessels internationally including those who have RYA Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Yachtmaster, deckhands, stewards, galley staff, engineering officers, marine maintenance personnel and any crew wishing to work internationally..
On successful course completion participants will be issued with an internationally recognised, globally transportable, IMO accredited, STCW95 compliant certification specifically targeted at, but not limited to the international white boat industry both sail and power.
Training will be conducted over six days in either Brisbane or Sydney resulting in the participant receiving four IMO compliant certificates:
Personal Survival Techniques (PST)
Sometimes described as “Sea Survival”
Training in life rafts
Survival suits
Hypothermia
Action in the event of an Emergency
Distress communications
Practical use of flares
White boat (Super Yacht) specific training
Elementary First Aid for Seafarers (MFA)
Basic emergency response to the most common marine medical emergencies
Learn to suture wounds and give injections
Not your ‘normal’ first Aid Course
Fire Fighting and Fire Prevention
Types and classes of fires,
Hazard awareness, and
Methods of fire extinguishment,
Structure of incident
Response team participation
Appropriate personal equipment,
Personal safety,
Team support and live exercises
Personal Safety and Social Responsibility (PSSR)
Types of shipboard emergencies,
alarms and signals,
Initial actions
Personal safety equipment,
Pollution prevention and management
Safe working practices,
Enclosed spaces,
Accident prevention,
Individual rights,
Sexual harassment,
Drug and alcohol awareness and
Prevention of abuse.
On successful completion of these four modules participants will receive the IMO compliant Course of Safety Training Certificate.
ADDITIONALLY:
This course structure is unique in that over the six day period participants will be also trained to standards resulting in the issue of the following additional qualifications:
- RYA/ISAF Personal Survival Training Course for offshore yachtsmen - Meeting ISAF Special regulations and mandatory for offshore race categories Zero, One and Two globally, such as the Fastnet race, Trans Pacific and Trans Atlantic.
- RYA/MCA Basic Sea Survival Course mandatory for MCA commercially endorsed Yachtmasters (STCW95 < 200GRT).
- Marine First Aid Certification which is Australian Work Cover accredited and RYA/YA compliant. It also meets training requirements for Australian Master 5 and MCA STCW95 Endorsement.
- Yachting Australia’s Sea Survival Certificate mandatory for YA category one and two yacht races in Australia, such as the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
All training is delivered by experienced accredited International Yachtmaster Instructors.
TRAINING STRUCTURED TO COVER ALL OF YOUR CAREER SEA SAFETY NEEDS AND CERTIFICATION.
Day 1 and Day 2: Personal Survival Techniques (PST)
Day 3: Marine First Aid (MFA)
Day 4: Personal Safety and Social Responsibility (PSSR)
Day 5 and Day 6: Fire Training.
All modules must be undertaken (over six days) to receive STCW95 Basic Safety Certification comprising the four elements laid down by the International Maritime Organization.
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