Refresher course on Advance Fire Fighting (RAFF)
Refresher Course on Advanced Fire Fighting (RAFF)
Scope
This Refresher Course on Advanced Fire Fighting (RAFF) aims to meet the requirement in paragraph 5 of Section A-VI/3 of the STCW Code, which states that "seafarers qualified in accordance with paragraph 4 in advanced fire-fighting shall be required, every five years, to provide evidence of having maintained the required standard of competence to undertake the tasks, duties and responsibilities listed in column 1 of Table A-VI/3."This course requires 10 instructional hours to cover the subject areas enumerated in Part B - Course Outline.
TRAINING OUTCOMES
Upon completing this training course, the trainee shall fulfill the requirements in Section A-VI/3 paragraphs 5 and 6 of the STCW Code.
Upon successful completion of the course, seafarers must be able to:
- control fire-fighting operations aboard ships;
- organize and train fire parties;
- inspect and service fire detection and fire extinguishing systems and equipment; and
- investigate and compile reports on fire incidents.
