Department of Safety & Survival

The Safety and Survival Department conducts 15 short courses and are divided into 3 categories.

 

Category 1 – Basic Safety Training and Safety Familiarization

The above training consists of 4 units:

• Personal Survival Technique
• Personal Safety and Social Responsibility
• Elementary First Aid
• Basic Fire Fighting

 

Before joining a ship and being assigned to any shipboard duties, every seafarer employed on a ship must receive approved basic sea safety training as set out in STCW Regulation A-VI/1 and table A-VI/1-1, A-VI/1-2, A/1-3, and A-VI/1-4 of the STCW Code.

 

Category 2 – Supplementary Courses

The above courses consist of 5 units.

All seafarers applying for a certificate of competency, in the Deck or Engine department must successfully completed the following short-courses before the Administration issue the certificate of competency.

• Proficiency in Survival Craft (Officers only)
• Proficiency in Medical First Aid (Officers only)
• Advanced Fire Fighting (Officers only)
• Security Awareness (Those who are not performing part of Security duties)
• Seafarers with Designated Security Duties (All Officers and ratings)
• Ship Security Officer (Master and Ships Designated Security Officer)
• Global Maritime Distress Safety System (Deck Officers only)

 

Category 3 – Specialized Courses

The following specialized courses are compulsory for seafarers serving on Oil, Gas, Chemical Tankers and passenger vessels.

• Oil and Chemical Tanker Familiarization
• Crowd Control (Passenger vessels)