STCW Certificate Of Competency (Continued Competence)

ERGT Australia’s Certificate of Competency – Continued Competence course provides the skills and knowledge required to employ personal survival techniques, prevent fires, and engage in firefighting, proficiently operate survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue craft and be competent in advanced firefighting.

This course is designed for Masters, Deck and Engineering Officers having qualifying sea time required to demonstrate STCW short course continued competence.

Learning Outcomes

• The course outcomes include the training outcomes required by AMSA for the provision of a Certificate of Safety Training. These include:

The STCW standard for personal survival techniques:

• Survive at sea in the event of ship abandonment

The STCW standard for fire prevention and firefighting outcomes include the ability to:

• Minimise the risk of fire and maintain a state of readiness to respond to emergency situations involving fire.

• Fight and extinguish fires

The STCW Proficiency in survival craft and rescue boats other than fast rescue boats:

• Operate off-load and on-load release devices for survival craft

• Proper resetting of both off-load and on-load

• Release devices for survival craft

• Use signalling equipment, including pyrotechnics

The STCW Advanced Fire Fighting:

• Control fire-fighting operations aboard ships

• Organize and train fire parties

• Inspect and service fire-detection and fire-extinguishing systems and equipment

• Investigate and compile reports on incidents involving fire

Training Standard Pre-requisites

• There are no training standard pre-requisites required to be collected by ERGT Australia.

To revalidate your competency with AMSA you will be required to meet all the requirements as outlined on the AMSA website.

Structure and Assessment

• This Certificate of Competency – Continued Competence course is delivered through classroom presentations, participant discussion as well as practical components within a simulated workplace environment. Competence is assessed through written and practical assessment.