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FISHERIES TRAINING CENTRE

PERSONAL SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES COURSE OUTLINE

REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI

P.O Box 295 Bikenibeu, Tarawa. Republic of Kiribati. Central Pacific. Phone (686) 28300. Facsimile (686) 28506, website www.ftc.info.ki

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Personal Survival Techniques Principal RN

TMO-5 edition 1-2012 TT Date 10/08/2012

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Contents

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3

Part A: Course Framework …………………………………………………………………………. 4

Part B: Course Outline and Timetable ……………………………………………………….. 8

Part C: Detailed Teaching Syllabus …………………………………………………………….. 10

Part D: Instructor Manual …………………………………………………………………………… 14

Part E: Evaluation ………………………………………………………………………………………. 16



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Introduction

This Course is designed to reflect the IMO developed model Course which was

found very effective in meeting the requirements of the Convention and

implementing the associated Conference and IMO Assembly resolutions.

Preferences were made by FTC Academic Board members with regards to

whether to implement the IMO Model Courses as set forth or adopt the New Set

of Courses. The Academic Board agrees that the IMO Model Courses were well

arranged and very effective in assisting teaching staff in organizing, introducing

and presenting their materials and in enhancing, updating or supplementing

existing training material where the quality and effectiveness of the training

courses may thereby be improved. The Outline of this Course emulate the IMO

Model Course, but with some modifications to adjust with facilities and resources

available and national policies.

Instructors are expected to follow this guide bearing in mind that their

knowledge, skills and dedications are the key components in the transfer of

knowledge and skills to those being trained.

For reference, the IMO Model Course is kept in hand available for instructors for

further guidance.

Tentau Teikake Deputy Principal

Fisheries Training Centre



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Part A

Course Framework

Scope

This course covers the standard of training specified in the STCW-F 95. Incorporated in this

course is the Regulation III/I, Regulation VI/I and Resolutions 4, 5, & 9 of the STCW-F’95 code.

Objective

A trainee successfully completing this course will be able to react in a correct manner during

emergency situations, take measures appropriate to his own survival and others and able to

operate survival equipment efficiently. He will also acquire knowledge which in some instances

will enable him to identify and correct defects and thus safe life.

Entry standards

This course is open to I-Kiribati citizens in the age range of eighteen to thirty years of age. Class

Nine or Form Three Junior Secondary level is the minimum requirements and all candidates

must be certified by a doctor to be in a good health and mentally fit. Elements of entry

standard are detailed in the Intake Policy.

Course certificate

Provided that the course has been approved by the Administration, a trainee who successfully

completes it may be issued with a certificate attesting that he has completed a course based on

Regulation III/I, Regulation VI/I and Resolutions 4, 5, & 9 of the STCW-F’95 code, Proficiency in

Survival craft and rescue boats. This certificate must be signed by the Principal and the Director

of Marine Division.



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Course intake limitations

The number of trainee is demand driven depending on employer’s demands. Trainees are to be

sorted in classes with not more than twenty five trainees in a class. Practical trainings especially

drills should involve all members of the class. The class may also be split into groups of not

more than five trainees for group search, studies and projects.

Staff

The Survival Department is headed by the Marine Officer holding a minimum of Diploma in

Nautical Science (Second Mate Foreign Going ticket) with sufficient sea service experience as

stated in the Organization Structure and Staff Personal Details (3.1 Organization Structure QM

Part A). Assistant Deck Instructor with practical knowledge of Survival At Sea assists the Marine

Officer.

Teaching facilities and equipment

Classroom facilities and an overhead projector are available for the theoretical part of the

course. Video room is available at all times for audiovisual materials.

For the practical part of the course, survival craft equipments are available for classroom

demonstrations and the institute relies mainly on the co-sharing arrangement of the Kiribati

Marine Training Centre Survival Facilities and equipments as listed below:

Free-fall Lifeboat and davit;

Life craft stowed in position ready for immediate used;

Open lifeboat stowed on gravity davit ready for used;

EPIRB;

An enclose lifeboat stowed on gravity davit ready for immediate use,

SART;

Rescue boat in stowage position close-by it davit for launching;



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Survival suit;

Complete of life craft equipment

Complete set of lifeboat and rescue boat equipment

Portable radio or VHF

Life jacket, Survival suit ready for used

Smoke float, parachute rocket, hand flare for visual demonstration;

first aid kit

Teaching aids (A)

Instructor’s Manual (Part D of the course) and Trainees Text Books are available. IMO

publications and again the co sharing arrangement of the use of MTC equipment made

available of the following:

Open lifeboat for practical used;

Free-fall lifeboat for practical used;

Enclose lifeboat for practical used;

Rescue boat for practical used.

Audiovisual aids

The following are available:

Emergency response;

IMO references

The following IMO publications are made available for references to instructors and to enhance

their knowledge:

- STCW-F 95 Convention



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- Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels Consolidated

Edition, 1995

- Code of Safety for Fishermen & Fishing Vessels 2005 Part A

- Code of Safety for Fishermen & Fishing Vessels 2005 Part B

- Voluntary Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Equipment of Small Fishing

Vessels 2005

- STCW 95

- SOLAS Consolidated Edition 2009

- The theory and practice of seamanship

- The efficient deck hand

- Survival at sea

- Seamanship techniques; Shipboard and marine operations

Additionally the SPC Pacific Island Qualified Fishing Deckhand Manuals are kept available.



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Part B

Course Outline

Subject Area Periods

Lecture Demonstrations

5.1 Module Introduction 1

5.2 Emergency Situations 3 3

.1 Types of Emergencies

.2 Precautions

.3 Duties of crew members in an emergency

.4 Muster List, Muster Station, Types of Alarm

5.3 Life-saving Appliances 6 12

.1 Survival crafts

.2 Survival suit and Thermal Protective aids

.3 Life jackets

.4 Lifebuoy or life ring and Man-overboard units

.5 Man overboard procedure

5.4 Life raft 7 7

.1 Descriptions and Equipments of a life raft

.2 Rigid life raft

.3 Inflatable life raft

.4 Launching of inflatable life raft

.5 Righting of the life raft

.6 Boarding of life raft

5.5 Lifeboat and Rescue boat 3

.1 Descriptions and Equipments of a lifeboat

.2 Stowage, Launching and Boarding of a lifeboat

.3 Rescue boat



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5.6 Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) and Distress Signals

.1 Main components of GMDSS

.2 GMDSS sea area

.3 Searches and Rescue Transponder (SART)

.4 Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio 6 6

Beacon (EPIRB)

.5 Distress Signals

5.7 Survival at sea 7

.1 Conduct during an emergency

.2 Conducts during Abandoning Ship

.3 Ways of how to board life craft dry

.4 Actions in the water and how to board a

life raft from the water

.5 Use of Survival craft facilities

.6 Principal for Survival

5.8 Helicopter Assistance 3

.1 Communications with Helicopter

.2 Evacuations from the ship,

survival craft and open sea

5.9 Life-saving Appliances (Demonstration) 15

.1 Launching and securing of a gravity davit

.2 Launching and securing of a free-fall davit

.3 Launching of a throw-overboard life raft

.4 Boarding of a life raft dry and from the water

.5 Righting life raft

.6 Lifebuoy

.7 recovering of man-board

.8 Rigid Lifejacket

.9 Working vest

.10 Survival suit

.11 Thermal protective aids

.12 Personal Survivals without a lifejacket

Review and Final Assessment

SUB TOTAL 51 28

TOTAL 79 periods



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Personal Survival Techniques

Course Timetable

Duration of the Course is Twelve Months of which 22 weeks covers the Junior Stage and 27

weeks for Senior Stage. Time Tables covering all aspect of FTC modules, including practical

onboard trainings, are incorporated in the Time Table (programmed) to cover all sections of

different modules throughout the thirty nine weeks of the Course.

Part C

Detailed Teaching Syllabus

The detailed teaching syllabus has been written in learning objective format in which the

objective describes what the trainee must do to demonstrate that knowledge has been

transferred. Instructors are encouraged to fully understand the full text of the 1993

Torremolinos International Convention for the SAFETY OF FISHING VESSELS Consolidated

edition, 1995 Regulations in Chapter VI and Section A-VI/2.

The Table provides IMO references and Text Books for Instructors to easily relate what is being

taught and to expand their knowledge, especially when preparing their lesson plan.

The following abbreviations are used in the table:

- Ch is the IMO or Text Book Chapter

- Ch followed by the number, if provided is the chapter number (Roman Numbers are

used in some references).

- par. Stands for paragraph

- p. followed by the number or numbers specifically shows the page number or numbers

- app. Followed by number shows an Appendix number

- SFV stands for the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol and Torremolinos International

Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels consolidated edition, 1995

- CSFFV stands for Code of Safety for Fishermen and Fishing Vessels, 2005

- Reg. stand for Regulation

- Sec. stands for Section

- Res. stands for Resolution

- SS stands for Survival at Sea and ED stands for Efficient Deck Hand, by CHWright

- ST stands for Seamanship Techniques by DJHouse



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Learning Objectives IMO

Reference Textbooks

Bibliography Teaching

Aid

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5

Module Introduction Emergency Procedures: Trainees to understand

- Types of emergencies - Precautions - Duties of crew members during an

emergency - Muster list, Muster station and types of

alarm Life saving appliances Trainees are expected to:

- Differentiate, launch and identify the types of survival crafts

- Be able to wear and acknowledge the use of survival suit and thermal protective suit

- Know the use and able to identify the different types of life jacket

- Acknowledge, differentiate and main use of the lifebuoy/life ring

Life raft Trainees should be able to:

- acknowledge the markings on the container of the life raft, ability to tell the equipment content and identify and us

- tell the different between Rigid life raft and inflatable life raft

- launch the 3 inflatable life raft - righting a capsize life raft - to board a life raft dry and from the

water Lifeboat and rescue boat

SFV’93, Ch VIII, Reg. 1-4 SFV’93, Ch VII, Part A, Reg. 1-4, Part B, Reg. 5-16; SFV’93, Ch VII, Part C, Reg.20-22

DJHouse; ST; Ch.14; p.445-483 CHWright ; SS; p.21-25 SS;Part 2; p.129-131 p.15 CHWright; ED; p.132-143; Ch.7,p.98 SS; Part 2; Ch.1-5 SS;Part 2;p.124-129 CHWright; ED, p.132-143; SS,Part 1, p.48-61 Part 2, p.88-92. DJHouse,ST; Ch.8,p.225-255



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2.6 2.7

Trainees are expected to:

- know the markings on the life boat and the equipment content and basic usage

- acknowledge, differentiate types of lifeboat and stowage positions, launching and proper and safe boarding of the lifeboat

- acknowledge use of rescue boat, launching and proper and safe boarding and stowage

Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) and Distress Signals Trainees expected to be able to:

- acknowledge, basic operation and differentiate the components of GMDSS

- Basic knowledge of GMDSS sea area and GMDSS equipment to use

- Basic knowledge, proper and safe handling of the SART

- Basic knowledge, proper and safe handling of the EPIRB

- Identify, acknowledge, operational and safe handling of Distress signals

Survival at sea Trainees must be able to acknowledge

- Conduct during an emergency - Conduct during abandoning ship - Ways of how to board a survival craft dry - Usage of the survival craft equipment - Principal for survival

SFV’93, Ch VII, Part A, Reg. 1-7; Part C, Reg. 17-19 SFV’93, Ch IX, p.342-359

DJHouse,ST; Ch.7,p.181-221. CHWright; SS, Part 1, Ch.2, p.42-47; Part 2, Ch.1 p.124, Ch.2, 3. DJHouse, ST Ch.9, p.275-281. Ch.13,p.423, R.36; p.432, Annex IV. Ch.7, p.221. Ch.8, p.230-233. Ch.16 CHWright, SS; Part 1 p.39, 62. Part 2, p.313-326. ED, Ch.7, p.135-136 DJHouse; ST, Ch.14, p.451-456; Ch.16, p.519-544. CHWright, SS,Part 1, Ch.1,p.30-



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2.8 2.9

Helicopter Assistance Trainees will understand

- The basic communication system either verbally or signaling

- Able to handle, assist the helicopter crew during the evacuation procedure either from the ship, survival craft or from the open sea

Demonstration In practical session the Trainees must have a basic understanding of how to launch, operate, safe handling and use of:

- Lifeboat stow in a gravity davit - Lifeboat stow in a free-fall davit - A throw-overboard life raft - Boarding of a life raft dry and from the

water - Righting a life raft - recovering of man-overboard - Lifebuoy/ring - Rigid lifejacket - Working life vest - Survival suit - Thermal protective aids - Swimming without a lifejacket

REVIEW AND FINAL ASSESSMENT

App.19, p.236-245

40; Ch.5, p.306-309; Ch.6 p.313-327. ED, Ch.7, p.135-136. CHWright; SS, Ch.7, p.335-346, DJHouse; Ch.14, p.475-482



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Part D

Instructor Manual

Introduction

The instructor manual provides guidance on the material that is to be presented during the

course. The course material reflects the requirements for the training of ratings before

engaged on sea board services, particularly on fishing vessels.

The material has been arranged under ten main headings:

1) Module Introduction

2) Emergency Procedure

3) Life Saving Appliances

4) Life raft

5) Lifeboat and Rescue boat

6) Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS)

7) Survival at Sea

8) Helicopter Assistance

9) Demonstration

10) REVIEW AND FINAL ASSESSMENT

The course outline and timetable provide guidance on the time allocation for the course

material, but the instructor is free to make adjustments as necessary. The detailed teaching

syllabus must be studied carefully and lesson plans or lecture notes compiled where

appropriate.

It will be necessary to prepare material for use with overhead projectors or for distribution to

trainees as handouts. Preparation is essential if the course is to be effective and successful.

Evaluation covers practical exercises and theoretical knowledge. Guidance on evaluation of the

theoretical part of the course is given in Part E of the course.

Throughout the course it is important to stress that rules and regulations must be strictly

observed and all precautions taken to maximize safety with minimum effect on the

environment. Where appropriate, trainees should be given advice on the avoidance of

accidents.



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Safety routines

Safety precautions during demonstrations are a major component in the organization of this

course. Trainees must be protected from danger at all times when practical demonstration is in

progress.

Drills and Practical Demonstrations scenarios should be submitted to the Principal before the

exercise is carried out for approval.

Instructors and their assistants must supervise strictly and act as safety guards. When

necessary, the staff should wear appropriate safety outfit so that they can assist trainees when

required especially during the swimming lesson. Other safety precautions include, rescue boat,

lifeboat, first aid equipment and an oxygen unit and resuscitation kit.



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Part E

Evaluation

Introduction

The effectiveness of any evaluation depends upon the accuracy of the description of what is to

be measured.

The learning objectives used in the detailed syllabus will provide a sound base for the

construction of suitable tests for evaluating trainee progress.

Method of evaluation

Having a defined objective as detailed in Learning Objectives the following Evaluation methods

are to be conducted:

Unit Tests &

End of Stage Exam

Course End Result

Unit Tests

At the end of every topic, trainees are to be given a written and/or practical test to ascertain

how much the trainees had absorbed. Trainees failing the unit test are to be given extra study

hours under close guidance of the topic instructor in accordance with FTC Rules for trainees and

the Quality Management System. Re-testing of these trainees will be conducted after a

considerable time of extra study hours given and the instructors satisfies that they are ready. A

test at the end of the topic is also a self evaluation process of instructors.

End of Stage Exam

Before the end of each stage, Junior & Senior Stage, trainees are to be given three weeks

revision (1 week for the Junior stage and 2 weeks for the Senior stage) in preparation before

the Final Exams in accordance to the Quality Management System.



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Junior Stage Exam covers all the topics taught from the beginning to the end of the Junior

Stage. Exams are in the form of Written and Practical Demonstrations or a combination of

both.

Senior Stage Exam comprises with Written, Practical and Orals. Trainees could be

assessed/evaluated in a group for practical exams.

Scoring

Scoring of written Papers are by marks awarded for each question while practical exams are

awarded with either a straight Pass or FAIL.

Written Papers comprises with a combination of:

- Short Answers

- Long Answers

- True or False &

- Multiple Choice questions.

Questions, particularly long answer questions are to be weighed to reflect the relative

importance of questions or of sections of an evaluation.

The table below represents a guideline to the scoring of any assessment in all modules.

%* meaning mark result

95 to 100 Excellent 1 pass

80 to 94 Very Good 2 pass

65 to 79 Good 3 pass

50 to 64 Satisfactory 4 pass

less than 50 poor 5 fail

* Percentage of the maximum possible result

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