As a Tier 2 SRU (24/7 AS long as CREW & CRAFT avail) we recieve 8 hrs of training every 4 months. This involves operating the PADS units, Heli Boxes & Smoke markers. We are also booked for a Wet Session to play around in a Life Raft & In The Jackets.
Our Initial Induction was 3 days, 1 1/2 of theory and the rest practical. This involved a heap of survival stuff for us, the crews. Also pre departure we are all involved in a crew brief each memeber stating wat they will do/ bring in the event of an emergency.
The problem with the training (as we found in the esperence search) is that their is no way that Aussar can prepare you fully for the REAL thing. As we found out. 3.5 days in a small A/C with all our supplies coming from a small backpack and the aircraft full of gear, food ect. It gets very cramped, and uncomfortable. And those BLOODY WHITECAPS. they are the most decieveing things..
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