Course Information
An AMSA-issued STCW95 Certificate of Safety Training is the mandatory minimum requirement in order to serve on board vessels in the national and international maritime industries.
The STCW95 Certificate of Sea Safety course is consistent with the relevant maritime regulations describing mandatory requirements for familiarisation and basic safety competency required for all seafarers as described in Marine Orders Part 3: Seagoing qualifications (version 6) under the Australian Navigation Act 1912.
Students complete three short courses over 7 days at the Australian Maritime & Fisheries Academy then apply to AMSA for issuance of the certificate. The four short courses are:
Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities (PSSR) - 2 days
Personal Survival Techniques (PST) - 2 days
Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (FPFF) - 3 days
Course content includes:
- Safety aboard a commercial vessel
- Interacting as a team
- Elements of fire prevention on board a vessel
- Theory of combustion and methods of extinguishing fires
- Practical fire fighting and use of self contained breathing apparatus
- Theory of personal survival techniques including life rafts and life boats
- Practical training in launching, boarding and survival in a life raft
This course requires a general command of spoken English, the capacity to read simple written instructions and the ability to write at the level needed to complete basic workplace reporting forms.
STCW95 Certificate of Sea Safety qualifies a person to work as a crew member on a commercial vessel operating in Australian and international jurisdictions under the IMO charter and supervised by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). It is also a prerequisite qualification for anyone applying for a certificate of competency as master/skipper or engineer of a commercial vessel operating in these jurisdictions.
AMFA also offers courses in Senior First Aid if you need to meet the pre-requisites.
