Basic Fast Rescue Craft Coxswain

Fast Rescue Craft Coxswain is a PT Samson Tiara certified course designed for personnel designated as Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) coxswains on offshore installations or supply / standby vessels. The course develops the knowledge and practical capability required to prepare, launch, manoeuvre, operate, and retrieve an FRC within the scope of the training.

Delegates will learn the roles of the coxswain and crew, how to maintain operational readiness, how to prepare the craft and equipment for launching, and how to operate effectively during rescue-related activities. Training includes radio communication, FRC equipment, search patterns, compass exercises, man overboard response, casualty recovery, towing and pacing exercises, immediate first aid actions, and passenger management.

This course is delivered using Fast Rescue Craft equipped with outboard motors. The practical boat-handling and manoeuvring exercises are therefore based on outboard-driven craft and may differ from training delivered on jet-propelled rescue craft.

The courseware was developed with reference to STCW rescue craft competence expectations; however, this is a PT Samson Tiara certified course and is not STCW-approved or STCW-accredited.

This course is intended for personnel who are designated or may be designated as FRC coxswains, or who support FRC operations, including:

• Personnel designated as FRC coxswains on offshore installations
• Personnel designated as FRC coxswains on supply or standby vessels
• Marine crew involved in FRC operations
• Emergency response personnel assigned to rescue craft duties
• Personnel involved in man overboard response and casualty recovery activities
• Personnel required to operate or support outboard-driven Fast Rescue Craft

The course is delivered over 3 days at PT Samson Tiara’s Cilegon training facility.

Training includes theoretical instruction and practical exercises covering the preparation, launching, manoeuvring, operation, and retrieval of an outboard-driven Fast Rescue Craft.

During the course, delegates will learn and demonstrate, to a level of competence, the key aspects of preparing, launching, manoeuvring, and retrieving a Fast Rescue Craft within the scope of the course.

Delegates will develop knowledge and practical capability in:

• Understanding the roles of the FRC coxswain and crew.
• Maintaining operational readiness of the FRC and associated equipment.
• Recognising different types of Fast Rescue Craft.
• Preparing the FRC for launching.
• Using radio communication during FRC operations.
• Understanding and using FRC equipment.
• Applying search patterns and compass exercises.
• Responding to man overboard situations.
• Conducting casualty recovery exercises.
• Carrying out towing and pacing exercises.
• Applying immediate first aid actions within the scope of the course.
• Managing passengers during FRC operations.

• Roles of the Coxswain and Crew
• Maintaining Operational Readiness
• Types of Fast Rescue Craft
• Preparing the FRC for Launching
• Radio Communication
• FRC Equipment
• Search Patterns
• Use of Compass Exercises
• Man Overboard
• Casualty Recovery Exercises
• Towing and Pacing Exercises
• Immediate First Aid Actions
• Passenger Management

This course is conducted using outboard-driven Fast Rescue Craft. It does not cover the practical piloting differences specific to jet-propelled rescue craft.

The course is PT Samson Tiara certified. Although the courseware was developed with reference to STCW rescue craft competence expectations, this course is not STCW-approved or STCW-accredited.

Delegates must successfully complete the course based on the required performance standards in order to receive certification.

Delegates who successfully complete the course and meet the required performance standards will receive:

• PT Samson Tiara Basic Fast Rescue Craft Coxswain certificate.
• Laminated wallet course qualification card.