Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of: actions to be taken when aboard a survival craft, including: apportionment of food and water initial actions routines for survival use of equipment actions to be taken to maximise detectability and location of survival craft construction and outfit of survival craft and rescue boats dangers associated with the use of on-load release devices drills in launching and recovering rescue boats drills in launching life rafts, including: boarding a life raft from the water davit-launched life rafts throw-overboard life rafts emergency muster abandon vessel signals and public address (PA) system evacuation and recovery of survival craft and rescue boats, including: clearing the ships side and actions to be taken launching launching survival craft and rescue boats in rough sea marshalling life rafts and rescuing survivors from the sea recovery of rescue boats in rough sea recovery of survival craft and rescue boats first aid and management of injured persons, including: first aid kit resuscitation handling of survival craft and rescue boats in rough weather, including beaching helicopter assistance and pick-up, including: communicating with helicopter evacuating from ship and survival craft International Code of Signals (ICS), purpose and meaning of signals International Maritime Organization (IMO) safety symbols International Safety Management (ISM) Code, SMS plans, procedures, checklists and instructions launching arrangements, including: boat davits float-free arrangements free-fall life raft davits marine evacuation systems rescue boat davits lifeboat engine and accessories maintenance procedures for survival craft and rescue boats manoeuvring characteristics of survival craft and rescue boats Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) amendments 2014 muster list operation of survival craft and rescue boats, their launching appliances and arrangements and their equipment principles concerning survival, including: actions to be taken when aboard a survival craft actions to be taken when called to survival craft stations actions to be taken when in the water actions to be taken when required to abandon ship main dangers to survivors training, drills and operational readiness procedures and sequences for launching, carrying out pre-start 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 (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation rescue boat outboard engine SOLAS regulations strategies, including: beaching survival craft deploying exposure cover on an open lifeboat handling survival craft in rough weather maximising detectability of survival craft rationing food and water using rescue boat to marshal life rafts using rescue boat to retrieve survivors in the sea 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 types of emergency situations which may occur and precautions, including: adverse reaction of dangerous goods and hazardous bulk materials collision explosion fire foundering shifting of cargo stranding types of emergencies that require launching and operation of rescue boats, including: abandon ship man overboard marshalling of survival craft towing and rescue of survival craft from a shipwreck types of survival craft, including: lifeboats life rafts rescue boats ways of maximising detectability 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). |