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Fast Rescue Boat (Emergency Services)

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Certificate Awarded

Marine Institute Certificate of Achievement

Prerequisites

As per client requirements in consultation with Marine Institute

Course Description

This course is designed to provide personnel with the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills necessary to participate as members of a Fast Rescue Boat team.

Course Outline

1.0 Introduction and Safety, Construction and Outfit of Fast Rescue Boats and Individual Items of their Equipment
2.0 Particular Characteristics and Facilities of Fast Rescue Boats
3.0 Navigational and Safety Equipment Available in a Fast Rescue Boat
4.0 Safety Precautions during Launch and Recovery of a Fast Rescue Boat
5.0 How to Handle a Fast Rescue Boat in Prevailing and Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions
6.0 Search Patterns and Environmental Factors Affecting their Execution
7.0 Assessment of the Readiness of Fast Boats and Related Equipment for Immediate use
8.0 Knowledge of the Maintenance, Emergency Repairs, Normal Inflation and Deflation of Buoyancy Compartments of Inflated Fast Rescue Boats
90  Methods of Starting and Operating a Fast Rescue Boat Engine and its Accessories

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Minimum class sizes are required to deliver courses, should these minimums not be achieved classes could be postponed or rescheduled.

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