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GENERAL INFORMATION:
Course title: MBS 089 Sea Survival Technique |
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Campus: FSM FMI |
Initiator: Alvin E. Sinem |
Date: 5/6/16 |
Course description |
SPC Module Name & Code: SPC 001 Survival Techniques SPC Required Contact Hrs - 15
STCW – 95 Reg. V1/1, Table A-VI/1-1
COURSE HOURS/CREDITS:
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Hours per Week |
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No. of Weeks |
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Total Hours |
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Semester Credits |
Lecture |
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3 |
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6 |
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18 |
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Practicum |
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3 |
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6 |
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18 |
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Lecture/Prac |
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x |
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36 |
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Workshop |
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x |
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PURPOSE OF COURSE:
[ ] Degree requirement
[ ] Degree elective
[ X ] Certificate Certificate of Completion – Basic Safety
[ X ] Other A required course for the issuance of Certificate of Proficiency by the FSM Transportation, Communication and Infrastructure.
PREREQUISITES: None
PSLOS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THIS COURSE MEETS:
PSLO# |
Program |
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1) INSTITUTIONAL STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1. Effective oral communication: capacity to deliver prepared, purposeful presentations designed to increase knowledge, to foster understanding, or to promote change in the listeners’ attitudes, values, beliefs, or behaviors. |
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2. Effective written communication: development and expression of ideas in writing through work in many genres and styles, utilizing different writing technologies, and mixing texts, data, and images through iterative experiences across the curriculum. |
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3. Critical thinking: a habit of mind characterized by the comprehensive exploration of issues, ideas, artifacts, and events before accepting or formulating an opinion or conclusion. |
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4. Problem solving: capacity to design, evaluate, and implement a strategy to answer an open-ended question or achieve a desired goal. |
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5. Intercultural knowledge and competence: a set of cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills and characteristics that support effective and appropriate interaction in a variety of cultural contexts. |
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6. Information literacy: the ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively and responsibly use and share that information for the problem at hand. |
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7. Foundations and skills for life-long learning: purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills, and competence. |
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8. Quantitative Reasoning: ability to reason and solve quantitative problems from a wide array of authentic contexts and everyday life situations; comprehends and can create sophisticated arguments supported by quantitative evidence and can clearly communicate those arguments in a variety of formats. |
PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (PSLOs): The student will be able to:
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (General): The student will be able to:
COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (CSLOs) (Specific): The student will be able to:
CSLO (General) 1: |
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Student Learning Outcome (specific) |
ISLO |
PSLO |
Assessment Strategies |
1.1 List and describe types of shipboard emergencies at sea. |
4,6, 7 |
4 |
On a written test, students will list and describe 5 or more emergencies that occur aboard a ship at sea and in port. |
1.2 Describe actions required on joining a new ship. |
Using written assessment, the students will describe at least 4 actions required on joining a new ship. |
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1.3 Describe the information listed on a muster list. |
On a written test, the students will describe 5 elements on a muster list. |
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1.4 Identify emergency and abandon ship signals. |
On a written test, the students will identify/describe the 2 emergency and abandon ship signals. |
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1.5 Describe and demonstrate appropriate responses to emergency signals. |
Written test and demonstration assessments will be used to assess student’s competence in describing and demonstrating the 2 prescribed actions to be taken for emergency signal. A checklist will be used for the demonstration assessment. |
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1.6 Describe the manner in which a person should dress for an abandonment. |
On a written test, the students will describe the proper way of dressing for an abandonment. |
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1.7 List items of shipboard equipment that should be placed into survival craft prior to abandonment, if time permits. |
4,6, 7
4,6, 7 |
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On a written test, students will list the 5 types of shipboard equipment that should be place in a survival craft prior to abandonment. |
1.8 State meaning of IMO emergency symbols. |
On a written test, students will state meaning of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) emergency symbols (the mandatory signs and the recommended signs.) |
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1.9 Describe and demonstrate the actions to be taken in a crash abandonment. |
Using written and demonstration assessments, students will describe and demonstrate proper donning of lifejacket in a crash abandonment on board vessel or floating in water. A checklist will be used for the demonstration assessment. |
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1.10 Describe the threats to survival and demonstrate proper responses imposed by the following:
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Students will describe the threats to survival imposed by the following, including signs and symptoms and demonstrate proper responses/treatment for each:
Written assessment will be used, and a check list will be used for the demonstration assessment. |
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1.12 Describe and explain strategies that may be used to counter threats to survival. |
On a written test, the students will describe and explain strategies to be used to counter 5 threats to survival. |
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CSLO (General) 2. Outline the manner in which survival craft will be deployed during abandonment |
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Student Learning Outcome (specific) |
ISLO |
PSLO |
Assessment Strategies |
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4,6, 7 |
4 |
The students will describe and demonstrate three methods of launching an inflatable life raft. Written test and a checklist for demonstration assessment will be used. |
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On a written test, the students will describe 3 methods of launching a lifeboat. |
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On a written test, the students will describe the 4 responsibilities that a non-launch team crew member has during an abandonment. |
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CSLO (General) 3: Describe the likely locations, amount and correct operations of lifesaving appliances, including personal safety equipment, onboard ships and fishing vessels. |
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Student Learning Outcome (specific) |
ISLO |
PSLO |
Assessment Strategies |
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4,6, 7 |
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On a written test, students will list 10 lifesaving appliances carried on board vessels. |
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On a written test, students will state the usual location of the following lifesaving appliances: |
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3.3 Correctly don a life jacket and operate a life jacket light. |
The students will demonstrate within 1 minute according to Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS, Chapter 3) the following:
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A checklist will be used for the demonstration assessment. |
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On a written test, the students will describe donning of immersion suit according to manufacturer’s instructions. |
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4,6, 7 |
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Students will describe in a written test and demonstrate the operation of lifebuoys, lights and lines according to manufacturer’s instructions and SOLAS requirements. |
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On a written test, students will describe the correct steps to take in deploying a man over board (MOB) smoke/light combination float, according to manufacturer’s instruction. |
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On a written test, the students will describe the proper operation of a rocket line-throwing appliance. |
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On a written test, students will list and identify the 4 types of pyrotechnics and their shelf-life. A checklist will be used to assess the student’s competency in the demonstration. |
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CSLO (General) 4: Describe initial actions for survival on abandonment from a ship. |
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Student Learning Outcome (specific) |
ISLO |
PSLO |
Assessment Strategies |
4.1 Describe and demonstrate the initial actions for survival management. |
4,6, 7 |
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Written and practical assessments will be used to assess students’ competency in carrying out the following:
A checklist will be used to assess students’ competency during demonstration. |
4.2 Demonstrate jumping from a height of 3 metres wearing a lifejacket. |
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4.3 Demonstrate in-water survival techniques including: group huddle, heat escape lessening posture, swimming in a lifejacket, towing with a lifejacket, remaining afloat without a lifejacket, donning a lifejacket while in the water. |
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4.5 Demonstrate how to assist an unconscious or injured person pulled into a life raft. |
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4.6 Describe the importance of launching all survival craft during an abandonment. |
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4.7 Describe taking of a life raft undertow from a lifeboat or rescue boat. |
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CSLO (General) 5: Describe the methods of alerting search agencies, ships and aircraft from a survival craft. |
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Student Learning Outcome (specific) |
ISLO |
PSLO |
Assessment Strategies |
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4, 6, 7 |
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Written and practical assessments will be used to assess students’ competency in carrying out the following:
• 121.1/243 Mhz EPIRB
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5.2 Describe the normal location of alerting and detection equipment on board vessels. |
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5.3 Describe how to activate an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB). |
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5.4 Describe the capabilities of the following:
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5.6 Describe the capability of a Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS) survival craft portable VHF radio transceiver. |
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CSLO (General) 6: Outline normal measures used in maritime search and rescue by maritime rescue co-ordination centers. |
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Student Learning Outcome (specific) |
ISLO |
PSLO |
Assessment Strategies |
6.1 Describe the resources available to a typical Maritime Rescue Coordinating Center (MRCC). |
4,6, 7 |
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On a written test, the students will:
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6.2 Describe search methods used by a typical MRCC. |
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6.5 Describe how a single helicopter strop is donned. |
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6.6 Describe how marine supply containers are deployed. |
COURSE CONTENT:
1. Surviving an Abandonment
2. Survival Craft
3. Lifesaving Appliances & Detection Equipment
4. Search and Rescue
5. Marine Survival
METHOD(S) OF INSTRUCTION:
[ X ] Lecture [ ] Cooperative learning groups
[ ] Laboratory [ X ] In-class exercises
[ X ] Audio visual [ X ] Demonstrations
[ ] Other
REQUIRED TEXT(S) AND COURSE MATERIALS:
Text:
Materials:
REFERENCE MATERIALS:
The publication:
INSTRUCTIONAL COSTS: None
EVALUATION:A grade of at least 70% or a “C” must be achieved to progress to the next level. All demonstrations should achieve at least a rate of 80%.
CREDIT BY EXAMINATION:None
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