Practical Deck Skills

The course is designed to facilitate the delivery of competence of practical deck skills in seamanship for prospective officers during their first training block program and for deck crew.

Training Outcome/s:

• demonstrate safe working practices
• tie knots
• tie bends
• tie hitches
• splice three-strand synthetic fiber rope
• splice eight-strand synthetic fiber rope
• apply safety practices during work at heights
• create a permit-to-work system
• rig and unrig a stage board and bosun chair
• setup scaffolding
• apply safety practices when rigging and unrigging the pilot ladder
• prepare a pilot ladder for boarding
• prepare and maintain deck surfaces
• take and record draft marks
• conduct mooring and anchoring operations