Take the First Step in Your Maritime Career with STCW 10 Training

Gain essential safety skills, hands-on practice, and industry-recognised certification through Trilogy’s comprehensive STCW 10 Course, designed to prepare you for success in the maritime industry.

Why Choose our STCW 10 Course?

If you’re planning to work at sea - whether on a yacht, cruise ship, or as part of any maritime crew -the STCW 10 Course is your mandatory first step. Trilogy’s STCW 10 training is an intensive, 11-day program that covers every essential aspect of safety and emergency preparedness.

  • Comprehensive, Hands-On Training: Our 11-day course includes all mandatory modules, with a focus on practical experience to ensure you’re fully prepared.

  • Expert Instructors with Industry Experience: You’ll train under maritime professionals with real-life experience, learning essential skills and insights that go beyond standard training.

  • Job Placement Support: Trilogy’s support doesn’t end after training-we help connect top students with job opportunities, guiding you into your first role in the maritime field.

  • Industry-Recognised Certification: Trilogy’s STCW training is trusted and recognised industry-wide, helping you start your maritime career with confidence.

Course Overview: What You’ll Learn

Our course provides complete, practical training in all required safety areas:

  • Elementary First Aid Training: First Aid and CPR training tailored to marine emergencies, including practical drills.

  • Basic Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting: In-depth training in shipboard firefighting techniques, prevention, and hands-on equipment use.

  • Personal Survival Techniques: Master critical survival skills, including abandon ship procedures, in a realistic simulation environment.

  • Personal Safety and Social Responsibilities (PSSR): Understand safe working practices, shipboard relationships, and health and hygiene essentials.

  • Designated Security Duties (DSD): Recommended for all yacht crew, this module covers maritime security protocols and emergency threat responses.

Module Breakdown

  • Two-day First Aid and CPR, which is instructed in compliance with STCW Code A-VI/1-3 and consists of approximately seven hours of theory and practical covering basic First Aid and CPR in marine situations. A written exam follows the course.

  • Three-day fire prevention and fire fighting module, which is instructed in compliance with STCW Code A – VI/1-2, including shipboard fire fighting organisation, fire and explosion elements, types of ignition, fire and smoke detection, breathing apparatus use and automatic alarm system familiarisation. Trainees will fight and extinguish actual fires using personal equipment, practical instruction taught by licensed and certified fire fighting professionals.

  • A two-day personal survival course module, also known as Basic Sea Survival, which is instructed in compliance to STCW Code A – VI/1-1 and consists of a day in the classroom covering subjects such as emergencies, evacuation, survival craft and rescue boats, personal lifesaving appliances, survival at sea, emergency radio equipment and helicopter assistance. A written exam follows the theory part. The remainder of the course is spent in a swimming pool performing the simulation of abandon ship procedures. The practical exercises are subject to ongoing assessment by the instructor.

  • This is a two-day course instructed to STCW Code A – VI/1-4 as revised by the 2010 Manila Amendment. The course covers working relationships on board, health and hygiene, drugs and alcohol, shipboard management structure and responsibilities, emergencies and safe working practices, enhanced coverage of communications, control of fatigue, teamwork and marine environmental awareness issues. A written exam follows the course.

  • This a two-day course instructed to STCW Code A-VI/6-2 and is intended to provide the knowledge required for seafarers with designated security duties in connection with a Ship Security Plan (SSP). While not a mandatory part of the STCW 10 Basic training it is highly recommended for all yacht crew and rank dependant for commercial crew. This course covers all aspect of maritime security measures and steps to identify and prevent security breaches onboard inline with ISPS code (International Ships and Port Facility Code). It covers all techniques to be used in the event of an emergency and other security threats both at sea and in port.

Who Should Enroll?

Whether you’re aiming to become a yacht crew member, work on a cruise ship, or join a maritime engineering team, the STCW 10 Course is a mandatory requirement. This foundational training prepares you with the essential safety and emergency skills needed to work confidently in any maritime environment.

FAQ

  • No, this course is designed for beginners.

  • Yes! Our GUEST accreditation and CV/job placement support are designed to set you up for success.

  • GUEST is an internationally recognised certification for interior crew in the yachting industry.

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Need More Info?

Contact us at info@trilogyluxtraining.co.za with any questions.