Efficient Deckhand

£469 GBP

Course Type:

STCW ➜ EDH (Efficient Deck Hand)

Training School:

Seascope Maritime Training

Location:

Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom

Duration:

5 days

Language:

English

Efficient Deckhand course is both a theoretical and practical course that gives a basic understanding of shipboard operations on Deck.

The pre-requisites for this course are; Candidates must be at least 17 years old, have completed the mandatory STCW courses, and at least one of the following

• MCA accepted Yachtmaster Offshore certificate
• Yacht Rating with at least 6 months sea service
• Service in fishing vessels of more than 15 metres registered length is also acceptable, the required sea time being 12 months
• Deck Officer (Fishing Vessel) CoC

What you will learn

The course will cover;

• Shipboard organisation, parts of a vessel, deck equipment, lookout reporting, helm orders, anchoring and mooring arrangements
• Pilot ladders, gangways, access points
• Cargo – Hatch covers, derricks and cranes, blocks and tackles, containers and securing arrangements etc
• Safety – COSWOP, IMO safety signs, enclosed spaces, fire extinguishers, lifeboat and life raft launching
• Seamanship – Rope types and construction, knots, bends and hitches, rigging a boson’s chair and stage, rope and wire splicing, whipping and seizing, parceling and serving

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