Enhanced Safety Training Scheme and PFD fitted with a Personal Locator Beacon
Enhanced Safety Training Scheme and PFD fitted with a Personal Locator Beacon
BIM’s Enhanced Safety Training Scheme is a one-day course designed to provide the skipper and crews of registered fishing vessels with on-going training in personal survival techniques, first aid, fire fighting, and health and safety in the workplace. Those successfully completing the course (or, in the case of new entrants, those successfully completing BIM’s 3-day Basic Safety Training) may also avail of a special incentive under BIM’s Safety Equipment Scheme. This provides grant aid of up to 60% towards the cost of purchasing Personal Floatation Devices (PFD) fitted with an integrated Personal Locator Beacon (PLB).
This Enhanced Safety Training Scheme complements BIM’s Basic Safety Training programme and Fleet Safety Grant Aid Scheme and is intended to further enhance survival prospects following man overboard accidents at sea as well as the search and rescue functions of the emergency services.
