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Preface

C ompendium is based on IMO model course which aims to


provide the training for candidates to launch and take
charge of a survival craft or rescue boat in emergency
situations, in accordance with Section A-VI/2 of the STCW Code.
This syllabus covers the requirements of the 1995 STCW
Convention Chapter VI, Section A-VI/2, table A-VI/2-1.

O n meeting the minimum standard of competence in


survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue
boats, a trainee will be competent to operate life-saving
appliances and take charge of survival craft or rescue boat
during or after launch.

T hey will also be able to operate a survival craft engine and


manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship.
Trainees will know the correct use of all locating devices,
including communication and signaling apparatus and
pyrotechnics, how to apply first aid to survivors and the actions
to take to preserve the lives of those in their charge.

Table of contents
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Chapter Subject Area Page

1 Introduction and Safety


1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Safety guidance 1
2 General
2.1 Emergency situations 2
2.2 Training, drills and operational readiness 7
2.3 Actions to be taken when called to 11
survival craft stations
3 Abandon ship
3.1 Actions to be taken when required to 16
abandon ship
3.2 Actions to be taken when in water 20
4 Survival craft ad rescue boats
4.1 Lifeboats 21
4.2 Liferafts 24
4.3 Rescue boats 28
5 Launching arrangements
5.1 Boat davits 35
5.2 Liferaft davits 42
5.3 Rescue boat davits 42
5.4 Free-fall 43
5.5 Float-free arrangements 44
5.6 Marine evacuation systems 45

6 Evacuation and recovery of survival craft and


rescue boats

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6.1 Launching 49
6.2 Clearing the ships side 53
6.3 Marshalling liferafts & rescuing survivors 58
6.4 Recovery of survival craft & rescue boats 59
6.5 Launching survival craft and rescue boats 61
in rough sea
6.6 Recovery of rescue boats in rough sea 62
7 Actions to take when clear of the ship 62
8 Lifeboat engine and accessories
8.1 Starting the engine 63
8.2 Cooling systems 63
8.3 Battery charging 63
8.4 Fire extinguisher 64
8.5 Water spray system 64
8.6 Self-contained air support system 64
9 Rescue boat outboard engine 64
10 Handling survival craft and rescue boats in rough
weather
10.1 Boats 66
10.2 Liferafts 66
10.3 Beaching 67
11 Actions to take when aboard a survival craft
11.1 Initial actions 69
11.2 Routines for survival 70
11.3 Use of equipment 71
11.4 Apportionment of food and water 77
11.5 Action to take to maximize detectability 78
and location of survival craft

12 Methods of helicopter rescue


12.1 Communicating with the helicopter 79

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12.2 Evacuation from ship & survival craft 79
12.3 Helicopter pick-up 81
13 Hypothermia / Frostbite / Cryogenic effects 85
14 Radio equipment
14.1 Two-way VHF radiotelephone apparatus 95
14.2 EPIRBs 96
14.3 SARTs 99
14.4 Distress signals, signaling equipment and 100
pyrotechnics
15 First-aid
15.1 Resuscitation techniques/Latest CPR 102
technique
15.2 Use of first-aid kit 108
15.3 Bandaging 111
16 Drills in launching and recovering boats 115
17 Drills in launching liferafts 116
18 Drills in launching and recovering rescue boats 117
19 Practical exercise and evaluation
Bibliography 118

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List of Figures

Fig. Page

1 ISM Code Safety Poster 5


2 ISM Code Safety Poster 5
3 ISM Code Safety Poster 6
4 ISM Code Safety Poster 6
5 ISM Code Safety Poster 7
6 An adult lifejacket 12
7 A lifebuoy with ring and light 15
8 Layout and general arrangement of enclosed 23
lifeboat
9 Liferaft launching poster 35
10 A single arm davit ready for use in launching a 38
lifeboat
11 Launching a liferaft using a single arm davit 38
12 On-load release mechanism 41
13 Pivot gravity davit 41
14 Liferaft operations: Hydrostatic release method 45
15 Marine Escape System 47
16 Marine Evacuation System 48
17 Clearing the ships side 61
18 Procedure for beaching a lifeboat 68
19 A Compass card 76

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20 Rescue sling 82
21 Rescue basket 82
22 Rescue net 83
23 Rescue litter 83
24 Rescue seat 84
25 Helicopter rescue strop 84
26 EPIRB and SART 99
27 Opening the airway 103
28 Head tilt / Chin lift maneuver 103
29 Jaw thrust maneuver 104
30 Artificial breathing 105
31 Carotid pulse checking 105
32 Bandaging techniques 111

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