Required Skills

Conduct inspections of other survival equipment at intervals determined by the safety management system

Conduct tests and prestart checks of equipment at intervals determined by the safety management system

Give correct commands for launching and boarding survival craft and clearing the ship

Interpret and apply safety of life at sea SOLAS practices and regulations

Organise abandon vessel drills

Read and interpret instructions relevant to the safe operation of lifesaving appliances on board a vessel

Recover survival craft and rescue boats and reset release devices

Row and steer a survival craft and rescue boat

Safely operate offload and onload release devices

Select and use appropriate lifesaving appliances and communications equipment

Use a compass

Use portable radio equipment pyrotechnics and other signalling equipment

Use survival craft equipment including rigging devices to aid location

Required Knowledge

Construction and outfit of survival craft and rescue boats

Dangers associated with the use of onload release devices

Emergency muster and abandon vessel signals

IMO safety symbols

ISM Code safety management system plans procedures checklists and instructions

Maintenance procedures for survival craft and rescue boats

Manoeuvring characteristics of survival craft and rescue boats

Operation of survival craft and rescue boats their launching appliances and arrangements and their equipment

Procedures and sequences for launching carrying out prestart engine checks and operating survival craft and rescue boats in a variety of sea and weather conditions

Procedures for correctly operating and using lifesaving appliances and personal safety equipment on vessels and survival craft

Relevant sections of applicable maritime regulations

Relevant work health and safety WHSoccupational health and safety OHS legislation

SOLAS regulations

Symptoms of hypothermia its prevention and treatment

Threats to survival on abandonment of a vessel and appropriate strategies for countering these threats

Typical manoeuvring and engine characteristics for survival craft

Ways of maximising detect ability and location of survival craft using radio lifesaving appliances pyrotechnic distress signals satellite emergency position indicating radio beacons EPIRBs and search and rescue transponders SARTs

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

acting appropriately to the prevailing circumstances and conditions in response to abandon ship and survival situations according to accepted safety practices and standards

launching and operating various types of survival craft

communicating effectively with others as required when operating survival craft and ancillary survival equipment

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 operating survival craft and other lifesaving appliances can be conducted in suitably simulated situations

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 operating survival craft and other lifesaving appliances

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 craft and rescue boats must include:

Launching equipment must include:

Lifesaving and survival equipment must include:

Strategies must include: