This course includes the Basic Safety Training Elements required by STCW as well as an introduction to operations on board ship.  Basic Safety topics include basic firefighting (lecture and practical); elementary first aid; CPR/AED; personal safety and social responsibility; and personal survival.  Additional topics covered are current drug and alcohol policy; vessel safety orientation; vessel construction, design, and deck operations; marlinspike seamanship; deckhand responsibilities; maritime security; oil transfer procedures and pollution prevention; duties and qualifications of a proper lookout and watch-stander; and emergency procedures orientation.  This course satisfies the mandatory minimum U.S.  Coast Guard requirements as per 46 CFR part 10.205 (1) for seafarers employed or engaged in any capacity onboard a ship as well as requirements found in Section A-VI/1 set out in Table A-VUI-1 of the STCW '95 Code.  This course also satisfies the Basic Firefighting training requirements of 46 CFR 10.205 (g) and 10.401 (g)(1) for a license and requirements of 46 CFR 13.201 (e), 13.301 (e), 13.401 (d), and 13.501 (e) for any tankerman endorsement.