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Overview
Looking to embark on an exciting career aboard a cruise ship? If your dream role requires STCW certification, this course is your ticket to adventure!
Our STCW Course for Cruise Ships program equips you with essential maritime qualifications, making you stand out as a top candidate for onboard positions. Pair this course with your professional skills, and you’ll be ready to set sail on your new career journey!
This comprehensive course includes three dynamic modules tailored for cruise ship roles, and we even offer accommodation to make your training experience smooth sailing!
STCW Basic Safety Training
- Personal Survival Techniques: This course teaches how to survive at sea in the unlikely event that passengers and crew have to abandon ship.
- Fire Prevention and Firefighting: Trains in fire prevention and fighting techniques on board a vessel.
- Elementary First Aid: Provides basic knowledge and skills to give first aid onboard.
- Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities: Focuses on safety regulations, accident prevention, and the safety of shipboard life.
- Proficiency in Security Awareness: Trains crew members to maintain the vessel’s security and respond to security threats.
Training is split between classroom sessions and practical, hands-on skills and practical exercises. You will learn how to use the safety equipment onboard a vessel, from breathing apparatus to life rafts
Crowd Management Training (for passenger ships)
This course teaches how to handle large groups of passengers during emergencies.
Crisis Management and Human BehaviourÂ
The STCW Crisis Management and Human Behaviour course is required for Masters, officers, and other personnel responsible for passengers’ safety during an emergency.Â
If you are working on a Cruise passenger ship and are listed on the Muster list, you will be required to attend this one-day course.
This classroom-based course will develop skills and introduce ideas on managing people during an emergency, leading a team, and understanding how passengers react during a crisis. Your Instructor will teach you efficient techniques and provide real-life examples of what to do during a crisis onboard.
MCA Training Centre
Our MCA approved STCW training centre, based in the heart of Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, provides high end maritime training using the latest equipment and techniques.
Led by experienced and highly qualified instructors, these modern facilities ensure you gain the skills, knowledge, and hands-on experience needed for a successful career working in the cruise ship industry.
Course information
STCW stands for Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping. Introduced by the IMO in 1978, this international treaty sets the minimum standards for training, certification, and watchkeeping duties for Seafarers.
They amended the treaty in 1995, and again in 2010.
STCW Basic Safety training is sometimes known as STCW 95 or STCW 2010.
Flying Fish UK is an approved MCA training provider. The course complies with Section A-VI/1 of the STCW code.
As well as STCW, all crew who work on a commercial vessel, including cruise ships, must hold an ENG1 Medical.
We recommend you complete the ENG1 Medical before the start of the course, as it confirms you are fit to go to sea. However, it is not a booking condition so you can book your course without it.
There are no formal pre-course requirements, but you must be 18 or over to enrol on this course.
Fire Fighting and Personal Survival are physically demanding and require a good fitness level.
We recommend that all customers complete an ENG1 medical or equivalent medical before enrolling on this course. If you have concerns about your fitness, then please get in touch with Flying Fish.
For successful completion, 100% attendance is required, and students are expected to participate in all parts of the course.
This course is delivered in English therefore, you must understand spoken and written English to pass any verbal or written course assessments.
Parts of our STCW for cruise ships will include written and practical assessments. Customers will be awarded a certificate on successful completion of all assessments.
The STCW Basic Safety Training course comprises classroom-based theory sessions and practical training exercises. This course is fun, action-packed, and a very enjoyable five and a half days. The itinerary is as follows:
Monday
Lunchtime course briefing at our training centre in Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Monday PM – Wednesday
STCW Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (STCW A-VI/1-2)
This practical 2.5-day course gives you the knowledge and skills needed to use firefighting equipment, fire extinguishers, and breathing apparatus to reduce a fire to a safe and controlled state.
Thursday
STCW Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (STCW A-VI/1-4)
0.5-day basic induction into accident prevention and health and safety issues onboard ships.
STCW Proficiency in Security Awareness (STCW A-VI/6-1)
0.5-day compulsory training module for all crew members employed on ships required to comply with the ISPS Code.
Friday
STCW Personal Survival Techniques (STCW A-VI/1-1)
Develop your understanding of the survival equipment onboard and how to evacuate your vessel in an emergency. The morning is classroom based. The afternoon is a practical session in a swimming pool where we’ll show you how to use a liferaft.
Saturday
STCW Elementary First Aid (STCW A-VI/1-3)
Learn to identify life-threatening conditions, perform CPR, recognise hypothermia, and be better prepared to help a casualty in an onboard emergency.
Sunday
Proficiency in Crisis management and human behaviour
If you are working on a Cruise passenger ship and you are listed on the Muster list then you will be required to attend this one-day course.
Monday
Crowd Management course
The Crowd Management course is required for all crew members with a duty to assist passengers on board ships, complying with STCW code Section A-V/2 & A-V/3
The course finishes around 13:00 on Monday.
Self catering twin room
£290 for the full course duration
Almost all our students choose to stay in our premium self-catering accommodation, which is located just a 5-minute walk from both the town and our training centre at Cowes Yacht Haven. From shared meals to relaxing evenings, our houses are the starting point for friendships that often last far beyond your time in Cowes.
The accommodation option will appear after you select a course date here.
Why train with Flying Fish?
High end equipment
Small groups
Small class sizes for personalised,
hands-on learning
Train with experts
You’ll gain knowledge and practical skills
from industry professionals
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7 day(s)
£980
Cowes, Isle of Wight
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