SEA SAFETY AND SURVIVAL TRAINING COURSES

The Sea Safety and Survival / Advanced Sea Safety / Certificate of Safety Training / STCW PST training course* is generally completed over a 1-2 day period and is essential crew training for those sailors completing offshore category 1 races and ocean passages. Whether you are racing or cruising, the survival skills this course teaches you and the knowledge and confidence you will gain in operating essential safety equipment under difficult conditions, makes the essential for all long distance sailors. Whether you are 50nm or 500nm off the coast, emergencies can happy quickly and rescue can be hours and even days away.

For any sailors joining us for offshore passages or races, completion of this course is a mandatory requirement. Its valid for 5 years once issued and then requires a 1 day refresher course to renew each 5 years. The skills you learn could save your life.

Here are a range of training providers. The courses don’t run every month in each location, but some run them weekly, so don’t leave it until the last minute to book and complete one. You can also search Google for other maritime training providers. We do a full practical safety equipment training session onboard before departure, so if there are no classroom course options available before you depart, the Above & Beyond Boating - Online Only course is an option you can choose.

Western Australia

New Zealand