Required Skills

Collect manage and interpret information on use of lifesaving equipment and procedures to be followed when order to abandon vessel is given

Communicate effectively with other personnel and passengers during simulated and actual abandon vessel musters and emergencies

Determine type and extent of emergency and appropriate survival action to be taken

Don various lifejacket and other lifesaving apparel

Identify signs of hypothermia and provide appropriate treatment

Operate radio equipment

Plan timing and sequence of individual survival actions to be appropriate to prevailing circumstances and conditions of emergency and minimise potential dangers and threats to other survivors

Read and interpret instructions on emergency procedures safety management systems and plans and use of lifesaving and survival equipment

Recognise and interpret muster signals appropriately for indicated emergency

Swim in a lifejacket

Use handheld pyrotechnics

Required Knowledge

Action to be taken in an emergency situation

Appropriate survival techniques

Construction outfit and particular characteristics of various types of applicable survival equipment

Emergency muster and abandon vessel signals

Emergencies that may lead to vessel abandonment

Established safety practice and procedures

First aid techniques

Importance of being ready for any shipboard emergency including using lifesaving equipment

Initial actions for survival on vessel abandonment

Location of

lifesaving appliances on a vessel

survival equipment on vessel

Maintenance of lifesaving appliances

Maritime communication techniques

Personal protective equipment PPE

purpose

use

Procedures for correctly operating and using lifesaving appliances and PPE on board vessels and survival craft and specifically

donning a lifejacket and using a lifejacket light and whistle

using handheld pyrotechnics

Procedures for

abandoning vessel

emergency response on board vessels including abandoning vessel

Regulatory requirements and company procedures for musters and drills

Relevant manufacturer guidelines relating to operating and using survival equipment including instructions on equipment capability and limitations

Relevant maritime regulations related to required survival equipment on a vessel

Relevant work health and safety WHSoccupational health and safety OHS legislation and policies including SMS plans processes and techniques

Standard safety symbols

Steps to be taken after collision grounding or other marine casualty and resulting hull damage

Survival techniques with a swamped semi submerged tender or dingy

Survival at sea techniques

Symptoms of hypothermia its prevention and treatment and related use of protective covers and garments

Techniques for using survival equipment

Threats to survival after abandoning vessel and

appropriate strategies for countering these threats

how to minimise dangers

Use of distress signals and penalty for misuse

Value of training and emergency drills for enhancing chances of survival at sea

Ways of maximising detectability using pyrotechnic distress signals portable VHF radios satellite EPIRBs

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria the required skills and knowledge the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the Elements Performance Criteria Required Skills Required Knowledge and include

donning a lifejacket in water

ensuring behaviour reflects statutory requirements pertaining to lifesaving appliances

locating survivors in simulated darkness

swimming in a lifejacket for a minimum of metres

towing with a life jacket for a minimum of metres

remaining afloat without a lifejacket for at least minutes

assisting a survivor to don a lifejacket

maintaining a group huddle for at least minutes

swimming in a group congo line for a minimum of metres

holding heat escape lessening posture for at least minutes

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Performance is demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts

Resources for assessment include access to

industryapproved marine operations site where applying basic survival skills in the event of vessel abandonment can be conducted

tools equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry

relevant regulatory and equipment documentation that impacts on work activities

range of relevant exercises case studies andor other simulated practical and knowledge assessments

appropriate range of relevant operational situations in the workplace

In both real and simulated environments access is required to

relevant and appropriate materials and equipment

applicable documentation including workplace procedures regulations codes of practice and operation manuals

Method of assessment

Practical assessment must occur in an

appropriately simulated workplace environment andor

appropriate range of situations in the workplace

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate to this unit

direct observation of the candidate applying basic survival skills in the event of vessel abandonment

direct observation of the candidate applying relevant WHSOHS requirements and work practices

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended

In all cases where practical assessment is used it should be combined with targeted questioning to assess Required Knowledge

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language and literacy requirements of the work being performed and the capacity of the candidate

Survival equipment may include:

Radio equipment may include:

Lifesaving and survival equipment may include:

Certificates and documentation may include:

Emergency alarms and types of alarm systems may include:

In-water survival techniques may include:

Threats to survival may include:

Rescue craft may include:

Pyrotechnic and distress signals may include:

Risks and hazards may include: