Category: Survival Craft & Rescue Boats · Availability: ON DEMAND · Duration: 2.5 days (20 hours) · Format: in person, hands-on

Price: $775

About this course

This course gives mariners practical, USCG-aligned training to take charge of survival craft and rescue boats in an emergency. It focuses on rescue boat operation for vessels without motor-propelled enclosed lifeboats.

Who it's for: ABs working on tugs, commercial fishing vessels and other vessels without enclosed lifeboats, on inland, near-coastal, Great Lakes and ocean routes.

What you will learn

  • Survival craft fundamentals
  • Taking command of survival craft
  • Rescue boat launch and recovery
  • Rescue boat engine operation
  • EPIRB and SART operation
  • Pyrotechnic distress signals

Practical assessment: done with a SOLAS rescue boat under instructor supervision.

Standards: meets NVIC 01-24 requirements for AB Special, AB Limited and AB Unlimited endorsements, and 46 CFR Subpart C for vessels without lifeboats on ocean, near-coastal, inland and Great Lakes routes.

Certification: certificate of training issued on successful completion.

Upgrade path: PSC Upgrade, to full PSC certification.

Enrollment

ON DEMAND: no fixed dates. Register at any time and we'll coordinate your training dates with you.

To request this course, contact us here: https://www.marsea.institute/contact