Training Overview

This training program provides personnel with the knowledge and skills required to take command of survival craft during an offshore emergency abandonment. It meets the requirement for emergency team training as outlined in Section 3.3.5 (Survival Craft Coxswain) of CAPP’s Standard Practice for the Training and Qualifications of Personnel, November 2010. It covers both TEMPSC (Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft), davit launch life rafts, and skyscape. Included in the four day program are classroom sessions covering pre-launch checks, mustering and crowd control, abandonment protocols, actions after abandonment and signaling/rescue communications. Practical exercises include survival craft loading, launching and release mechanisms, basic boat handling, compass work, “heaving to” and sea anchors, search patterns, “person in water” recovery, and pacing and passenger transfer to FRC.

Training Duration & Timings

Approximately 32 hours of training completed over 4 days. Classes run from 0800 to 1630 (time can be altered if necessary). Trainees absent from any component of the program will not be issued a certification until they have completed all requirements.

Training Certification

Upon successful completion of all training components, in accordance with the Training Standard, trainees will receive a Survival Systems Limited certificate that is valid for three (3) years. The certificate indicates “Offshore Survival Craft Coxswain”.