PROFICIENCY IN SURVIVAL CRAFT & RESCUE BOAT (PSCRB)

Introduction
Safety Guidance

1.GENERAL
   o Emergency situation
   o Training, Drill & Operational Readiness
   o Action to be taken when called to Survival Craft Station

2.ABANDON SHIP = 96
   o Action to be taken when required to Abandon Ship
   o Action to be taken when in the water

3.SURVIVAL CRAFT & RESCUE BOATS
   o Life Boats
   o Life Rafts
   o Rescue Boats

4.LAUNCHING ARRANGEMENTS
   o Boats Davits
   o Life Raft Davits
   o Rescue Boat Davits
   o Free fall arrangements
   o Float Free Arrangements
   o Marine Evacuation Systems

5.EVACUATION & RECOVERY OF SURVIVAL CRAFT & RESCUE BOATS
   o Lunching Arrangements
   o Clearing the Ship Side
   o Marshalling Life rafts & Rescuing Survivors from Sea
   o Launching Survival Craft & Rescue Boat in rough Weather
   o Recovery of Survival Craft & Rescue Boat in Rough Sea

6.ACTIONS TO TAKE WHEN CLEAR OF SHIP
   o Actions
   o Control & Command on Survivors

7.LIFEBOAT ENGINE & ACCESSORIES
   o Starting the Engine
   o Cooling System
   o Battery Charging
   o Fire Extinguisher
   o Water Spray System
   o Self Contained air Support System

8.RESCUE BOAT
  o Out board Engine
  o Operation

9. HANDLING SURVIVAL CRAFT IN ROUGH WEATHER
   o Boats
   o Life Rafts
   o Beaching

10.ACTION WHEN ONBOARD A SURVIVAL CRAFT
   o Initial Actions
   o Routines for Survival
   o Use of Equipment
   o Management of Food & Water
   o Action to be taken to Maximize Detectability & Location

11.METHODS OF HELICOPTER RESCUE
   o Communication
   o Evacuation from ship & Survival Craft
   o Helicopter Pickup

12.ACTION IN COLD WEATHER
   o Hypothermia
   o Frostbite
   o Treatments

13.PRACTICAL DRILLS AT CTG. MARINE ACADEMY
   o Precautions
   o Launching Life rafts
   o Boarding Life raft from water
   o Righting an Inverted Life raft
   o Rowing a Boat
   o Rescue Operation

14.RADIO EQUIPMENTS
   o 2 Way Radio VHF
   o EPIRB
   o SART
   o Distress Signals Signaling, Equipment & Pyrotechnics

15. FIRST AID
    o Resuscitation techniques
    o Use of First Aid Kit
    o Knowledge, Understanding & Proficiency
    o Time
    o Hours
    o Lecturer

16.EVALUATION
    o Course Summery