Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain

This course is designed to meet the highest industry standards in training personnel to take charge as Coxswain of a Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft (TEMPSC) in the abandonment of a vessel or installation.

A BOSIET/TBOSIET or FOET/TFOET Certificate

• Delegates to fully understand the roles and responsibilities of the Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain (Twin Fall) • Delegates to understand the working mechanisms of the TEMPSC, and how to safely launch and manoeuvre the TEMPSC to a safe area. • Delegates to ensure that the safety of the passengers is maintained throughout

Delegates who successfully complete the course will have acquired the knowledge and skills to: • Take charge of an assigned TEMPSC. • Launch and recover twin fall TEMPSCs and move off to a safe area (using realistic platform abandonment exercises at sea). • Establish and maintain communications with installations and support vessels. • Maintain safety of personnel and TEMPSC, including man overboard. • Disembarking and transferring of personnel. • Practice good seamanship. VHF Radio Training • General Radio Knowledge • Practical Use of A VHF Radio / Simulator • Voice Procedure and Radio Discipline • Distress, Urgency & Safety Communications • D.S.C. & G.M.D.S.S. Systems and Their Use Practical: Practical exercises and assessment encompasses these topics via practical driving and navigation assessment in the open sea. Three (3) days Theory and initial Practical at the RelyOn Nutec facilities at Centre of Excellence followed by One (1) day practical driving and navigation assessment at Chaguaramas.