Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for aircraft ditching
- Nature and extent of aircraft situation is communicated and acknowledgment is confirmed
- Personal items within the cabin are secured prior to ditching
- Restraint devices and survival equipment are checked, fastened and secured prior to ditching
- Primary and secondary egress routes, exits and equipment are located
- Brace position is adopted
- Undertake evacuation from an aircraft
- Spatial orientation is conducted
- Egress points are located
- Exits are jettisoned and cleared
- Restraint devices are released
- Aircraft is egressed
- Surface is cleared
- Conduct rescue recovery process
- Safety equipment is deployed in accordance with workplace procedures
- Position indicating and signalling devices are deployed
- Rescue recovery techniques are applied
- Control survival hazards
- Potential hazards are identified and controlled
- Swimming techniques with a life jacket are applied
- Hypothermia management techniques are employed
- Raft boarding and righting techniques are employed
- Emergency supplies and equipment are managed