SCRB Task 3.5.A

Helicopter rescue from a rescue boat or lifeboat

In order to satisfy NVIC 04-14 Task 3.5.A , MMA students must:

STCW Competence	Knowledge, Understanding, and Proficiency
Manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship	SCRB-X3.5 Method of helicopter rescue

Condition	Behavior	Standard
On a Coast Guard examination or in an approved or accepted course,	the candidate describes or selects the answer that describes helicopter rescues from a lifeboat or rescue boat. BOTH EXAM The assessment is for both PSC and PSC-Limited.	The candidate describes helicopter rescues from a survival craft, including: Visual and radio communications with the helicopter; Effects of the helicopter downdraft on the survival craft; Precautions when handling devices lowered from the helicopter; Use of rescue devices that may be deployed from the helicopter; Order of departure of survivors from survival craft; Not securing devices from the helicopter to the survival craft; and Information to pass on to helicopter crew upon rescue, such as; a. injuries aboard; and b. locations of other groups of survivors.

Condition

Behavior

Standard

On a Coast Guard examination or in an approved or accepted course,

the candidate describes or selects the answer that describes helicopter rescues from a lifeboat or rescue boat.

The candidate describes helicopter rescues from a survival craft, including:

Visual and radio communications with the helicopter;
Effects of the helicopter downdraft on the survival craft;
Precautions when handling devices lowered from the helicopter;
Use of rescue devices that may be deployed from the helicopter;
Order of departure of survivors from survival craft;
Not securing devices from the helicopter to the survival craft; and
Information to pass on to helicopter crew upon rescue, such as; a. injuries aboard; and b. locations of other groups of survivors.