PELICAN TRAINING PROGRAMME
The Pelican training programme is based on the study material provided in the Merchant Shipping Notice (MSN) 1862 (M)
Seafarer Training and Certification Guidance : UK Requirements for Deck Ratings.
1. Health and Safety on-board
- Familisation check list
- Man overboard
- Fire fighting at sea - basic fire fighting
2. Teamwork and communication on-board
- Communication process, characteristics of useful information
3. Life skills development on-board
- Video: 7 essential life skills
4. Shipboard project
- Preparation of a passage plan
5. Steering the ship
- Comply with helm orders in the English language
- Keeping proper lookout and lookout duties
- Contribute to monitoring and controlling a safe watch
6. Life saving and fire fighting equipment
- Understand the importance of musters and drills
- Demonstrate a knowledge of assigned ship board emergency duties
- Demonstrate the ability to distinguish between the various alarm signals
- Familiarity with type, use and location of fire fighting appliances
- The importance and operation of fire doors and fire dampers and closure
- Familiarity with type, use and location of life saving appliances and lifesaving equipment
7. Seamanship
- Demonstrate common knots, bends and hitches
- Handling of mooring ropes and wires
- Care, use and storage of ropes and wires
- Safe operation of mooring winches, windlass and capstan
- Rigging pilot ladder, gangways and accommodation ladders
- Rigging of hydro static releases
- Securing the deck for heavy weather
- Opening and closing of hatches and water-tight doors
- Securing of anchors for sea
8. Code of safe working practices
At the end of your voyage, you can take away your completed workbook.
Access to e-copies of the following:-
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Code of Safe Working Practices
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MSN 1862 (M)