Personal Survival Techniques
The Personal Survival Techniques course offered by OXQUAL develops essential knowledge and practical skills for responding to emergencies at sea. The programme focuses on individual survival, lifesaving appliances, survival craft, emergency communication and safe behaviour follow...
About this qualification
The Personal Survival Techniques course offered by OXQUAL develops essential knowledge and practical skills for responding to emergencies at sea. The programme focuses on individual survival, lifesaving appliances, survival craft, emergency communication and safe behaviour following vessel emergencies.
Learners practise techniques for entering and surviving in water, using lifejackets and immersion suits, boarding life rafts and supporting rescue operations.
Career-focused
Develop relevant skills and knowledge that can support your next professional step.
What you'll cover
Key topics covered in this OXQUAL programme include:
- Introduction to Personal Survival at Sea
- Maritime Emergency Awareness
- Fire, Collision, Grounding and Abandonment Scenarios
- Maritime Safety and STCW Awareness
- Lifejackets and Immersion Suits
- Donning and Maintenance of Survival Equipment
- Lifeboats and Life Rafts
- Launching and Boarding Survival Craft
- Swimming and Floating Techniques
- Group Survival Methods
- Distress Signals and Emergency Communication
- EPIRB and SART Awareness
- Handheld Radio Awareness
- First Aid and Shock Awareness
- Hypothermia Prevention
- Search and Rescue Awareness
- Practical Water-Survival Drills
- Life-Raft Boarding Exercises
Who it's designed for
This OXQUAL programme is suitable for:
- Seafarers and Maritime Professionals
- Offshore Oil and Gas Workers
- Port and Dock Personnel
- Maritime Trainees
- Contractors working in marine environments
What you'll gain
Successful completion of this OXQUAL programme can help learners to:
- Develop practical personal-survival skills at sea.
- Improve emergency-response awareness.
- Use lifesaving appliances correctly.
- Improve water-survival and life-raft skills.
- Recognise distress and emergency communication methods.
- Improve hypothermia and First Aid awareness.
- Support safer behaviour during maritime emergencies.
How this qualification is assessed
The assessment pattern for this OXQUAL programme is outlined below.
- Assessment Type: Written examination and practical evaluation.
- Format: Multiple-choice questions, short answers and water/life-raft survival drills.
- Total Questions: 40 theory questions plus 1 practical assignment.
- Passing Score: 70%.
- Written Duration: 60 minutes.
- Practical Duration: 2 hours.
- Certification: Personal Survival Techniques (PST) Certificate upon successful completion.
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