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STCW-95
BASIC SAFETY TRAINING
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About the STCW
Course:
The
STCW ’95 Basic Safety Training Course, which
is instructed in compliance with STCW ’95 Code A – VI/1-2,
provides
CC/OP trainees with instruction in personal survival, fire prevention,
first aid & CPR, personal safety and social responsibilities.
Course
Description:
STCW is a five day course, as outlined
below.
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A
one day Personal Survival course module which
is instructed in compliance with STCW ’95 Code A - VI/1-2
and consists of a half day in a classroom covering subjects
such as emergency situations, evacuation, survival craft and
rescue boats, personal lifesaving appliances, survival at sea,
emergency radio equipment and helicopter assistance. The remainder
of the module is spent in a swimming pool performing a life
raft inflation and inversion and the simulation of other abandon
ship procedures. Both the theory and practical are followed
by an exam.
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- A
two day Fire Prevention module which
is instructed in compliance with STCW ’95 Code A - VI/1-2
including shipboard fire fighting organization, the elements
of fire and explosion, types of ignition, fire and smoke detection,
breathing apparatus use and automatic alarm system familiarization.
CC/OP trainees will fight and extinguish actual fires using
personal equipment, appliances methods and various agents. The
module includes seminar and practical instruction taught by
licensed and certified fire fighting professionals. It takes
two days to complete and is followed by a written exam.
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A
one day First Aid and CPR course
which is instructed in compliance with STCW ‘95
Code A - VI/1-2 and consists of approximately seven hours of
theory and practical covering basic First Aid
and CPR in marine situations. Through classroom lecture and
use of an anatomical mannequin suitable for performing cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR), the student will demonstrate:
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Basic
life support (CPR) for an adult victim
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Initial
treatment for severe bleeding
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Initial
treatment for severe burns
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Basic
patient transport
This
course is followed by a written exam.
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- A
one day Personal Safety and Social Responsibility course,
which is
instructed according to STCW
Code A – VI/1 – 2.
The student who successfully completes this course will understand
the use of survival craft and equipment normally carried aboard
commercial vessels, and will know how to react properly during
maritime emergency situations and take appropriate measures
to enhance his/her own survival and that of shipmates. The course
includes training in Types of Shipboard Emergencies, Principles
of Survival At Sea, Survival Craft and Equipment, Abandoning
Ship, Means of Survival, and Increasing the Chance of Survival.
This course is followed by a written exam.
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Certificates
received at the end of the entire course: Candidates
who successfully complete the CC/OP STCW course will receive the
following:
(1)
Basic
Sea
Survival Certificate (S.T.C.W. 95)
(2)
Fire
Fighting Certificate (S.T.C.W. 95)
(3)
First
Aid Certificate (S.T.C.W. 95)
(4)
Personal
Safety and Social Responsibility (S.T.C.W. 95)
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Partners
in Seamanship 
