ISAF Offshore Safety Syllabus

Day 1 – Classroom syllabus

  • Care and maintenance of safety equipment.  (Practical)
  • Rigging Storm sails.  (Practical)
  • VHF DSC mayday procedures.
  • Damage control and repair.
  • Dealing with medical emergencies onboard.
  • Crew routines, boat handling.
  • Use of drogues.
  • Man overboard prevention and recovery.   ( Practical)
  • Giving assistance to other craft.
  • SAR organisation and methods.
  • Weather forecasting and heavy weather techniques.
  • Fire precautions and use of fire extinguishers.

Day 2 – Sea survival course

  • Liferafts and lifejackets.
  • The equipment on your liferaft.
  • Pyrotechnics and EPIRBs.
  • Use of survival suits and protective clothing.
  • Survival techniques.
  • Launching and boarding the life raft.
  • Righting a liferaft.
  • Group exercises.

A 2 hour pool session makes up part of the sea survival course
 

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