Course Overview
This refresher training course is designed to comply with the regulations and requirements as per TP 4957 (12/2014), and to refresh the seafarers’ skills in basic emergency duties through demonstrations and practical drills and exercises. This training will allow seafarers to renew both MED training (MED STCW BS and MED PSC) for a period not exceeding five years. Course hours: 21 hours at BMC and 13 hours at JIBC totalling 34 hours.
Prerequisite(s)
- A valid Seafarers Medical or completed Medical Clearance form. 16 years of age or older. A person must hold a training certificate in MED with respect to STCW Basic Safety and MED with respect to Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than Fast Rescue Boats (or equivalent). https://www.bcit.ca/files/transportation/pdf/marine/form_medical_clearance.pdf
Credits
3.0
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe types of potential hazards and emergencies associated on board a vessel.
- Describe the different types of lifeboats, life rafts, and associated equipment including davits.
- Describe the use and care of MES (Marine Evacuation System).
- List the requirements for different types of lifesaving equipment on board a vessel.
- State factors relating to survival, and actions to be taken for survival and rescue.
- Demonstrate proper boatmanship and raftmanship (lifeboats, rescue boats, inflatable life rafts, and rigid hull life raft).
- Recognize and explain operation of signalling devices and pyrotechnics.
- Describe the use of radio communications equipment.
- State types of rescue including helicopter rescue.
- Describe use of rescue equipment, and demonstrate use of rescue boats.
- Know and be able to demonstrate the use of CPR, mouth-to-mouth/nose respiration, resuscitation kit, and AEDs.
- Know the symptoms of cardiac arrest, and how to treat various burns.
- Know and explain the concept of fire theories, and describe the various types of fire-fighting appliances and equipment (Done at JIBC).
- Explain the organization of emergency parties for shipboard fire fighting (Done at JIBC).
Effective as of Winter 2016
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