Riverside Personal Safety Awareness Course
This training is intended to meet the requirements for people working close to the Thames shoreline to show an awareness of the hazards and give survival techniques.
Course duration - 6 hours or 2 hours if in conjunction with our RYA/MCA Sea Survival Course.
Pre Course Knowledge - none
Syllabus
Syllabus Theory
Work Place dangers
Tides, sluices, draw off, mud, drowning, tidal awareness, use of life rings and throwlines.
Risks
Looking at specific workplace Risk Assessments, SMS, wash, draw off, slip hazards, weed, ice, Weil's disease (Leptospirosis), Blue-Green Algae, Cold Water Shock, visibility.
Lifesaving Safety Appliances
Life Rings and Throw Lines
Safety Boats, Ladders, Slipways.
Access to AED location, actions required if someone falls in.
PPE
Lifejackets, type issued SOLAS including care and maintenance.
Other PPE and how to use it correctly.
Initial and Secondary Actions when falling in the water
Initial Cold Water Shock
What to do initially
Secondary Actions
HELP Position
Hypothermia, Drowning
Secondary Drowning
Rescue
Role of Thames Coastguard and VTS
Rescue Services Available RNLI, Marine Police other vessels.
Shoreside rescue and in River Rescue
Water-Based in Pool or Open Water
Throw lines - use and being rescued
Life Rings - Use and being rescued
Lifejacket correctly donned
How to swim in Jacket and restrictions
Repacking a throw line
