MARI 0249 - STCW Basic Safety (Partially Online)
Course Description
This blended online theory with on-site practical course meets the requirements of the Standards of Training, Certification of Watchkeepers (STCW) Convention Regulation VI/1 and STCW Code Tables A-VI/1-1 (personal survival techniques), A-VI/1-2 (fire prevention and firefighting) and A-VI/1-4 (personal safety and social responsibilities). Participants acquire knowledge, understanding and proficiency in shipboard emergency procedures and response, lifesaving appliances, rescue and survival, lifeboats and life rafts, shipboard firefighting, firefighting equipment, pollution prevention and effective shipboard communication.
*Please note: If you are required to complete both the Basic Safety and Proficiency in Survival Craft training courses, you may enroll in the simultaneous sections held within the same month. The session dates do not overlap and allow you to complete both courses together.
Prerequisites
Valid marine medical certificate or Georgian College Medical Fitness Report
Minimum 16 years of age.
Participants taking this course must be clean shaven.
Participants may be asked to participate in a fit test.
Valid Government Issued Photo ID (i.e. Driver’s License, Passport or Citizenship Card)
*Please Note: If you are applying for a Certificate of Proficiency with Transport Canada, you will be required to provide a valid Marine Basic First Aid.