STCW Advanced Fire Fighting Refresher
Course details
| NZQF Level | 5 |
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About the course
We offer a suite of refresher courses for holders of STCW Certificates of Competency. Whether you are a Master, Mate, Deck Officer, Marine Engineer Officer or Able Seafarer, we can provide refresher training to meet your needs.
Our STCW refresher courses are bundled together for your convenience. So if you need STCW PISC and STCW Advanced Fire refreshers, you will find that they are conveniently timetabled one after the other.
If you also need a STCW Fast Rescue Boat refresher, we offer a limited number of these, which are also timetabled together with the PISC/Fire refresher dates.
Course Aim
The course is designed for students who have already completed the full STCW Advanced Fire Fighting course. This refresher course is designed to meet the STCW refresher training requirements for:
- STCW Advanced Fire Fighting
- in accordance with the provisions of Section A-VI/3 of the International convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) 1978, as amended, and
- STCW Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting
In accordance with the provisions of Section A-VI/1-2 of the International convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) 1978, as amended.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Use various types of portable extinguishers
- Extinguish small fires such as electrical oil or propane fires
- Extinguish extensive fires with water using jet and spray nozzles
- Fight fire in smoke filled enclosed spaces wearing self-contained breathing apparatus
- Extinguish oil fires with fog applicator and spray nozzles, dry chemical or foam applicators using jet and spray nozzles
- Understand how high expansion foam is used to extinguish fires on board a vessel
- Extinguish fires with water fog or any other suitable fire-fighting agent in a simulated accommodation room or engine room fire and heavy smoke
- Extinguish oil fire with fog applicator and spray nozzles, dry chemical powder or foam applicators
- Evaluate the use of water for fire extinguishing including the effect on ship stability, precautions to be taken and corrective procedures
- Evaluate fire-fighting involving dangerous goods
Certification
The certificates you will receive on completion of this course are:
- Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting Refresher
- Advanced Fire Fighting Refresher
If you also require the STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft Refresher please complete a second application for that course here. (this link should go to the PISC Refresher page)
Note: Certificates will be issued within 14 days of course completion.
Useful links
- Download a list of all Maritime short courses, including workshop dates(external link)
- Maritime New Zealand (FAQ)(external link)
- Frequently asked questions about Maritime short courses(external link)
- Browse all Maritime Short Courses(external link)
- Commercial Maritime Training(external link)
- Maritime New Zealand (MNZ)(external link)
- Have a current medical examination certificate issued by an approved General Practitioner such as Seafarers Medical or equivalent
- Provide evidence of an STCW Advanced Fire Fighting certificate
- A record of on-board training, drills and experience, or a company letter, or equivalent documentation demonstrating that the standard of competence required by the STCW code Section A-VI/3 and Section A-VI/1-2 has been maintained in the preceding five years.
About the provider
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) is a Government Institute with campuses in Nelson and Marlborough.
NMIT is a New Zealand Qualifications Authority Category 1 (the highest) Institute. Our programmes are designed alongside industry to create work-ready graduates that meet local and international job market needs.
You'll find NMIT tutors care a lot about student success, and classes are small enough that they know you by name.