Free Fall Lifeboat

For who

All personnel on board vessels fitted with free-fall lifeboats.

Required Background

Persons holding a medical certificate from a Maritime doctor mentioning  Fit to work at sea, not older than 12 months.

Objective

To be able to use safely a free-fall lifeboat.

Duration

6.5 hours, including 1.5 hours of theory and 5 hours of practice.

Participants

Minimum 4 / Maximum 6

Reference

Division 221 Article 221- III /19/3.4.4 MSC.1/Circ.1206 on the measures aiming at avoiding accidents involving lifeboats.

Program

Theory training :

– Emergency situations
– Abandonment of the ship
– Precautions to be considered
– Release and launching system
– Free-fall lifeboats

Practical training :
– Launching using a davit
– Retrieving using a davit
– Free-fall launching
– Protection to put in place

Location

CESAME Centre, Saint Malo

Teaching Staff

ENSM professors

End of course assessment

No

Statement for the issuance of an STCW certificate

No

Certification/statement issuance rate

The certification / statement issuance rate for this training is 100%

SATISFACTION RATE

The satisfaction rate for this training is 100%