CorePass® Offshore Sea Survival: Your Passport to Maritime Safety aligned to international STCW requirements.
IPSQA Offshore Sea Survival CorePass® is a quality assured certification product designed to assess the essential knowledge and skills required for maritime safety and survival at sea.
This certification is crucial for ensuring that seafarers and other marine operators are equipped with the necessary competencies to handle emergency situations effectively, potentially saving lives in critical moments. The syllabus aligns closely with the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW) Convention, specifically addressing the requirements outlined in STCW Regulation VI/1 and Section A-VI/1, Table A-VI/1-1 of the STCW Code.
Syllabus
- Knowledge of emergency situations and life-saving appliances
- Understanding of survival principles and distress signals
- Practical skills in donning lifejackets and using immersion suits
- Techniques for safe water entry and righting an inverted life raft
- Operation of survival craft equipment and location devices
- Knowledge of cold shock and hypothermia prevention and treatment
- Understanding of muster stations, emergency signals, and procedures
- Practical demonstration of sea survival techniques
- Knowledge of life-raft equipment and rescue preparation
- Familiarity with emergency radio distress calling procedures
Target Audience
- Professional seafarers seeking STCW compliance
- Maritime industry personnel requiring safety certification
- Offshore oil and gas workers
- Commercial fishing vessel crew members
- Yacht and pleasure craft operators
- Maritime safety instructors and assessors
- Naval and coast guard personnel
- Marine researchers and scientists
- Air rescue crew
Swimming Competency
Agencies may also be interested to incorporate CorePass® Competent Swimmer where such skill is operationally required.
For candidates seeking certification for related competencies, IPSQA offers a range of other certification products including:
- IPSQA CorePass® Aircraft Safety
- IPSQA CorePass® Fitness Test (I-IV)
- IPSQA CorePass® Helicopter Rescue Awareness NFPA 1006
- IPSQA CorePass® Competent Lifejacket User
- IPSQA CorePass® Public Safety Radio
- IPSQA CorePass® Confined Space Awareness NFPA1006
- IPSQA CorePass® Height Safety I/II
- IPSQA CorePass® First Aid I-IV (Basic to Marine Medic)
- IPSQA CorePass® Workplace Fire Suppression I

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Further information
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