Refresher and Updating for Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats Other than Fast Rescue Boats

This course covers the mandatory minimum requirements for the issue of a Certificate of Refresher and Updating for Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats other than fast rescue boats specified in Regulation VI/2 Para.1, Section A-VI/2, Para.5, Table A-VI/2-1 of the STCW 1978, as amended.
On successful completion of this course, the participants will acquire the necessary knowledge, understanding and proficiency to be able to carry out duties before, during and after abandoning the ship related to maintenance of Life Saving Appliances on board, taking charge of survival craft or rescue boat during and after launch, operating a survival craft and rescue boat engine, managing survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship, use locating devices, communication equipment and signalling apparatus including pyrotechnics, and giving First Aid to casualties.

Course Intake Limitations

Maximum 24 students per course.
Practical training will be carried out at the Ernst Peter Komrowski Survival Station in Kalutara.

Faculty

All training and instructions will be delivered by properly qualified lecturers who have the qualifications specified in MSN 25/2016 issued by the Director General of Merchant Shipping, Merchant Shipping Secretariat, Sri Lanka.