WFDM 103: Emergency Procedures and Onboard Drills

Credits 0.5
AMSEA’s course is U.S. Coast Guard accepted, required for commercial fishing vessels, and recommended for captains and crew serving on any commercial or personal vessel. This course helps mariners prepare for some of the most common at-sea emergencies such as onboard fire, unintentional flooding, person overboard, and abandon ship. Students practice with emergency equipment such as immersion suits, life rafts, signaling devices, (maydays, EPIRBs, pyrotechnics, etc.), flooding control kits, firefighting gear, and more. Students also become familiar with practices such as crew duties during emergencies, helicopter rescue, dewatering pumps, cold water survival skills, and more. It provides practical information on the survival equipment found on most commercial vessels and on conducting emergency onboard drills. Skills are learned in a hands-on format using the equipment. It meets the USCG training requirements for conducting emergency drills on commercial fishing vessels. Upon successful course completion students earn drill conductor certification cards.
Semester Offered
As demand warrants