The following courses and training are required to be completed by all Cape Egmont Sea Rescue Trust crew:
Maritime Search and Rescue Theory Level One – 12 papers including, NZ Search and Rescue System, Personal Safety, Legal Considerations, Towing Techniques, Victim Recovery, Man Overboard Procedures, Search Techniques, Working With Aircraft, Emergency Repairs, On Scene Command, Boat Handling and Heavy Weather.
Practical work, building to COC Masters certificate - Full medical competency including eye test, night training: 25 hours, and sea time accrued in local area: 250 hours
RYA Power Boating practical Masters Navigation and Charts Boat Masters course or equivalent (Information and courses provided by qualified tutors Graham Cowling, Dave Duncan, Chris Musgrave).
- Boat Race Training: course provided by qualified crew
- Callout Procedures: Tested monthly
- First Aid: course provided by Red Cross
- CIMS Course/Incident management control: Woodgroup MandO
- Leadership: course provided by TOPEC
Our Trainers
Chirs Musgrave
Chris Musgrave is a Commercial/Coastguard skipper with 20 years on water experience. An Instructor with first hand knowledge of the sea and its ever changing conditions.
Starting out as a Paua diver in the deep south of NZ, now working offshore as a Skipper on Seismic survey vessels worldwide.
Winner of the National Coastguard 'Skipper of the Year' award and only the second New Zealander to attend the RHIOT School in Canada ~ a high profile heavy weather, RHIB training school for the US and Canadian Military and Coastguard.
Chris is a Coastguard Boating Education Services Tutor, Royal Yachting Association Instructor and Marine Search and Rescue Trainer and was awarded the "New Tutor of the Year" award at the CBES Boating Education Awards in 2006.