Mariners who shall function as fire leader on vessels.
Prerequisites
ยง 3. For participation in courses and refresher courses in fire management on ships, the student must be in possession of:
a valid health certificate for seafarers and fishermen and
a maritime certificate as a ship's officer, navigator, ship's engineer, or chief engineer.
Subsection 2. Seafarers who are in training to become a ship's officer, navigator, ship's engineer, or chief engineer can be admitted to the course.
Objective
To give the participants the sufficient skills and knowledge to provide on-site management in connection with fire fighting onboard vessels.
At the end of the course the participant shall be able to use the principles for on-site management of available resources of personnel and material and shall be able to plan and exercise fire drills onboard a vessel.
After completion of the course, the delegate must meet the qualification requirements in accordance with the STCW Code Table A-VI/3
Course content
- Special conditions in connection with fire onboard vessels
- On-site management functions
- On-site management principles
- Extinguishing tactics and technique
- Communication
- Planning of exercises
- Practical on-site management
