Trainee must be at least 16 years of age.
ITEMS REQUIRED FOR TRAINING:
- When checking in for training, please have your GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO ID with you (i.e.: Passport or Driver's License, etc.)
- Shorts, T-shirt, and Socks for pool exercises
- Towels, shower facilities on site
- Lock for locker
PLEASE NOTE: Certificates CANNOT be issued unless a valid government-issued ID has been presented on Day 1 of training for all ROC courses, including OPITO-approved training.
Course activities will involve various physical activities.
Objective
Personal Survival Techniques (PST) is designed to form part of the mandatory basic safety training for seafarers in accordance with section A-VI/1 of the STCW code. The aim of the course is to provide seafarers with the basic essential knowledge, understanding and proficiency to protect and maintain their own and others safety at sea in accordance with international regulations.
Upon successful completion of all training components, in accordance with the Training Standard, trainees will receive a Transport Canada Training Certificate.
Course content
To enable course participants to acquire knowledge, understanding, and proficiency in:
1) types of emergency situations that may occur, such as collision, fire foundering;
2) types of lifesaving appliances normally carried on various vessels;
3) equipment in survival craft;
4) location of personal lifesaving appliances;
5) principles concerning surviving, including:
a) value of training and drills,
b) personal protective clothing and equipment,
c) need to be ready for any emergency,
d) actions to take when called to survival craft stations,
e) actions to take when required to abandon ship,
f) actions to take when in the water.
The course requires a minimum of 15 hours of training, comprising 7.25 hours of lectures and 7.75 hours of practical exercises, which includes the written and practical evaluation.
This course, STCW Proficiency in Personal Survival Techniques, is Part 1 of the STCW BS and meets the requirements of the STCW Code as set out in Table A-VI/I-I, and sections 10.4 to 10.10 of the Transport Canada MED Standard TP 4957E.
