
Aims:
This course equips students with the knowledge and skills to safely operate and launch free-fall lifeboats. It covers design features, pre-launch checks, emergency procedures, and safe crew positioning. Participants gain confidence in drills, hazard awareness, and post-launch recovery procedures.
- Introduction; safety and launching of free-fall lifeboat
- Launching arrangements Theory only
- Evacuation and recovery of free-fall lifeboat theory only
- Actions to take when clear of the ship
- Free-fall lifeboat engine and accessories: Theory only
- Handling a free-fall lifeboat in rough water
- Actions to take when aboard a Free Fall Lifeboat
- Teacher: AIMS MARITIME