Refresher and Updating - Proficiency in Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting
- Level
- Professional
- Duration
- 5 Hours
- Modes
- Available Modes (Full-Time)
SUMMARY
Overview
• This 1 Day STCW ‘Updated Proficiency in Fire-Fighting and Fire Prevention’ Course is designed to give the learner the essential education and training set out in Regulation VI/1, Section A-VI/1 Para 3, Table A-VI/1-2 of the STCW ’78, as amended. • The course is appropriate for learners who already have an STCW Certificate and are looking to update their skills in order to endorse their Certificate of Competency or who are required to maintain their current standard of competency. • Students are evaluated on their aptitude to successfully control fire-fighting processes. An assortment of practical exercises involving fighting fires of different types and intensity are included • On successful completion of this course, the participants will acquire the necessary knowledge, understanding, and proficiency required to minimize the risk of fire on board, maintain a state of readiness, respond to emergency situations involving fire, and fight and extinguish fires using the means available on board. • This course is required to be refreshed every 5 years. Learners who are undertaking this training:- • Must have completed Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting Course as set out in (Section A-V1/1-2) of the STCW Code
Careers
This course is mandatory for seagoing personnel on foreign going ships. Furthermore, this course is highly recommended for persons working onboard Safari vessels, local passenger and cargo vessels, local passenger vessels, fishing vessels, sail boats, and super yachts.