This course, run by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), is offered alongside three other marine safety courses. Aimed at managers, supervisors and anyone involved in the management of inland water sites, this training covers important subjects such as legal issues, drowning prevention and risk assessments.
RoSPA (UK Head Office)
RoSPA House
Edgbaston Park
353 Bristol Road
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B5 7ST
0121-248-2000
rospa.com
This five-day course is available through South Tyneside College. Taught in the college's purpose-built Marine Safety Training Centre in South Shields, it is open to candidates over the age of 18 with six months of sea experience. This advanced-level marine safety course follows on from the MNTB basic Sea Survival techniques Certificate.
South Tyneside College
Marine Safety Training Centre
Wapping Street
South Shields
Tyne & Wear
NE33 1LQ
0191-427-3772
stc.ac.uk
Flying Fish Training--located on the Isle of Wight--is accredited by the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency to deliver all elements necessary for this basic marine safety qualification. This six-day course has four modules. Elementary first aid teaches appropriate, immediate responses to common on-board emergencies, including CPR. A module covering sea survival looks at the danger of hypothermia, life rafts and other tools available. Personal safety and social responsibilities covers the importance and methods of communication and touches on ethical issues affecting marine safety. Hazard awareness and extinguishing shipboard fires is also taught in a module examining fire safety.
Flying Fish Training
25 Union Road
Cowes
Isle Of Wight
PO31 7TW
0871-250-2500
flyingfishonline.com