PISC refresher (STCW) Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boat
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 and/or STCW Certificates of Proficiency.
Whether you are a Master, Mate, Deck Officer, Marine Engineer Officer or Able Seafarer, we can provide refresher training to meet your needs.
This course is designed for students who have already completed the full STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (other than Fast Rescue Boats) course.
You will learn to be competent in the following lifesaving activities:
- Don and use an immersion suit
- Safely jump from a height into the water
- Right an inverted life-raft while wearing a lifejacket
- Swim while wearing a lifejacket
- Keep afloat without a lifejacket
- In addition, students will be able to manage and direct other persons on board a vessel to perform the lifesaving activities above safely.
Upon completion of this course, you will receive the following certificates.
- Personal Survival Techniques Refresher
- Proficiency in Survival Craft Refresher
Under the provisions of Section A-VI/2-1 and Section A-VI/1-1 of the International Convention on Standards of Training Certification and Watch-keeping for Seafarers (STCW) 1978, as amended.
Require additional STCW refresher courses?
We have designed the timetable for all STCW refresher courses to run concurrently, so you can book each course during the time period when you will be in Nelson to complete them.
Numbers are restricted. Book now to avoid disappointment.
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- Have a current medical examination certificate issued by an approved General Practitioner such as Seafarers Medical or equivalent
- Provide evidence of an STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (other than Fast Rescue Boats) 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/2-1 and Section A-VI/1-1 has been maintained in the preceding five years.
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 STCW PISC/Fire refresher dates.
Upon completion of our Advanced refresher courses, you will receive the following certificates:
- STCW Proficiency in Survival Craft and Rescue Boats (refresher)
- STCW Advanced Fire Fighting (refresher)
- STCW Personal Survival Techniques (refresher)
- STCW Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (refresher
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.