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PST
The Personal Survival Techniques (PST) course trains seafarers in essential survival skills, focusing on emergency preparedness, use of life-saving equipment, and correct actions to ensure safety and survival at sea.
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PST (Personal Survival Techniques)

How to Upright an Inverted Liferaft

Main life-saving appliances normally carried on ships

  • Lifebuoys
  • Lifejackets
  • Survival crafts (lifeboats and liferafts)
  • Rescue boat
  • Immersion suits / anti-exposure suits (AES)
  • Thermal protective aids
  • Emergency radio equipment
  • Locating devices (EPIRB, SART)

Personal life-saving appliances

Lifebuoys

  • Explain the purpose of lifebuoys
  • State the standard required features of lifebuoys
  • State any additional equipment attached to lifebuoys (buoyant line, self-igniting light, self-activating smoke signal)

Lifejackets

  • Explain the purpose of lifejackets
  • State the standard required features of lifejackets
  • State that all persons on board are provided with a lifejacket
  • State that there are additional lifejackets at other locations
  • State that there are different lifejackets for children, adults and oversized persons

Immersion suits / Anti-exposure suits (AES)

  • Explain the purpose of immersion suits / AES
  • State the standard required features
  • State that an immersion suit / AES should be available to every person on board as required and assigned to crew for the rescue boat

Thermal protective aids

  • Explain the purpose of thermal protective aids
  • State the standard required features