Sea Survival

The following topics, among others, are covered in accordance with the GWO guidelines:

• Survival techniques at sea
• Getting on and off board in a safe manner
• Man overboard procedures (SAR, GMDSS and First Aid)
• Evacuation procedures
• Advantages / limitations of various LSA, PPE and PFPE materials

There are no admission requirements for this training

Following the GWO Sea Survival, the following training courses can be booked:

• GWO Manual Handling ;
• GWO Working at Heights ;
• GWO Fire Awareness ;
• GWO First Aid ;

There is also a GWO Basic Safety Training in which the GWO Sea Survival is discussed together with the GWO First Aid, GWO Fire Awareness, GWO Manual Handeling and GWO Working at Heights.

After successful completion of this training you will receive an official GWO Sea Survival certificate. You will also be registered in WINDA. WINDA is the online database for GWO training courses.

This certificate as well as the WINDA registration has a validity of 2 years and must be repeated every two years. You can repeat this by following the GWO refresher training.

As soon as you are going to follow a GWO training, you need to create a Winda account. Don’t have these yet? Don’t worry, you can do that via this link . In this database you will find all obtained GWO certificates.