SCRB Task 3.7.A

Use of survival craft after abandoning ship

MMA Method

In order to satisfy NVIC 04-14 Task 3.7.A , MMA students must:

NVIC Method

See NVIC method.

STCW Competence Knowledge, Understanding, and Proficiency

Manage survivors and survival craft after abandoning ship

SCRB-X3.7 Use of rescue boats and motor lifeboats for marshalling life rafts and rescue of survivors and persons in the sea

Condition Behavior Standard

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

the candidate describes or selects the answer that describes the post abandon ship use of rescue boats and survival craft.


BOTH EXAM The assessment is for both PSC and PSC-Limited.

The candidate describes the use of rescue boats and survival craft to:

  1. Collect survivors in the water, and bring them aboard using the equipment normally stowed in the survival craft or rescue boat;
  2. Tow life rafts to the marshalling area without capsizing them; and
  3. Conduct basic search and rescue patterns used to locate persons and other survival craft in the water.