Lightning has the potential to seriously injure or kill people on-board vessels. This course provides the knowledge to:
- Understand the legal issues surrounding lightning
- How lightning is propagated
- How an electric shock is received
- The stats and risk ratios associated with lightning and at risk locations and activities
- The effects on people and what treatments might be needed including first aid
- General control measures to reduce the risks
- Issues specific to those on board vessels including how to manage the lightning risk and keep people onboard alive.
This course takes approximately 2 hours to complete and has a 30 day time limit, but this will be automatically extended if necessary.
Contact us if you need help with lightning control measures and/or specific training/inductions for your vessel.