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Guidelines - Proficiency in Survival Techniques(PST) (Included in TEAP B, App: VI/1A)
Applicable to:
Training Institutes
Effective Date:
01.05.2004
Superseded Circulars:
None
Key Changes and Requirements
1. Course Details — Proficiency in Survival Techniques (PST)
This course aims to meet the mandatory minimum requirements for seafarers, focusing on familiarization, basic safety training, and instruction in accordance with Section A-VI/1 of the STCW Code.
- Duration: 2.5 days (15 hours)
- Aims: To enable trainees to survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment, including donning and using lifejackets and immersion suits, safely jumping into water, righting inverted liferafts, swimming while wearing lifejackets, and boarding survival craft.
2. Course Conduct and Faculty
The course should be conducted by a faculty consisting of not less than one Master Mariner (including the course-in-charge) and one instructor, with a minimum of 50% of the course covered by regular faculty.
- Course-in-charge: Certificate of competency as Master (FG) with 5 years of service on merchant ships, including at least one year as Master.
- Faculty members: Certificate of competency as Master (FG) with at least 5 years of service on merchant ships, including at least one year at management level.
- Instructors: Held a rank not lower than Petty Officer in the Indian Navy or Bosun (Serang) on a merchant ship.
II/4 Required Equipment
24 lifejackets, 5 inflatable lifejackets, 2 lifebuoys, 2 twenty-persons inflatable liferafts, SART, 2 immersion suits, complete sets of liferaft and lifeboat equipment, EPIRB, safety/first aid equipment, and video cassettes on related subjects.
Important Note
Training institutes are expected to follow these guidelines in letter and spirit.
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