Assessor Resource
PUADEFSU011B
Survive at sea
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
The application of this unit in the workplace - the environments, complexities and situations involved - will be written during Phase II of the Review of the PUA00 Public Safety Training Package.
This text will be useful for the purposes of job descriptions, recruitment advice or job analysis; where possible, it will not be too job specific to allow other industries to import it into other Training Packages, where feasible.
This unit covers the competency required to survive at sea.
The context of this competency would typically be when a ship is sunk or an aircraft is downed over water.
This unit also includes immediate measures that would need to be taken upon exposure to the water including both surface and sub-surface swimming, treading water, rigging improvised and purpose flotation devices, and adopting heat-loss minimisation positions. It also covers the use of purpose survival craft and equipment including water procurement, food procurement and emergency signalling devices.
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