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MARF030 — Survive at sea using survival craft

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What an assessment for MARF030 must cover

71 assessable components: 4 elements (24 performance criteria), 16 performance evidence and 31 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare to abandon vessel

  • 1.1Nature of emergency is determined to minimise potential dangers and threats
  • 1.2Muster and abandon vessel signals are responded to according to vessel safety procedures
  • 1.3Survival equipment is organised to maximise chances of survival
  • 1.4Emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) is operated to transmit distress signal
  • 1.5Distress calls are made using radio equipment
  • 1.6Others are assisted to maximise their chances of survival
  • 1.7Prevailing circumstances and emergency conditions are used as the basis for timing and sequencing individual survival actions, and potential dangers and threats to other survivors are minimised

2 Operate lifesaving and survival equipment

  • 2.1Location and accessibility of lifesaving and survival equipment is established
  • 2.2Survival craft is launched in a timely and effective manner
  • 2.3Survival equipment is operated according to instructions and accepted survival practice
  • 2.4Survival radio equipment is operated according to manufacturer instructions and regulatory protocols
  • 2.5Lifejacket and other lifesaving equipment are correctly used according to instructions

3 Abandon vessel safely

  • 3.1Need to abandon vessel is established according to safety management system (SMS) or plan
  • 3.2Survival craft is launched according to instructions
  • 3.3Survival craft is checked to ensure it is safe to board
  • 3.4Survival craft is boarded observing safety of other survivors
  • 3.5Survival craft is released from abandoned vessel
  • 3.6Exposure cover is deployed on survival craft according to accepted survival practice and manufacturer instructions

4 Apply survival techniques

  • 4.1Survival craft is checked for seaworthiness
  • 4.2Sea anchors and/or drogues are deployed according to accepted nautical practice
  • 4.3Occupants are checked for signs of hypothermia or other injuries and first aid is applied as required
  • 4.4Water and food is rationed
  • 4.5Lookout for vessels and aircraft in vicinity is maintained and distress signals are released on sighting
  • 4.6Instructions given by rescue personnel are followed to safely access rescue craft

Performance evidence

  • Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least one occasion and include:
  • applying appropriate handling strategies to manoeuvre survival craft in rough weather and sea conditions
  • boarding a life raft unassisted while wearing a lifejacket and assisting others to board
  • collecting, managing and interpreting information on the use of lifesaving equipment
  • communicating with other crew members
  • determining type and extent of emergency
  • jumping safely from a height into the water while wearing a lifejacket and according to established survival practice
  • operating survival radio equipment
  • participating in training, musters and emergency drills
  • reading and interpreting instructions for emergency procedures and for use of lifesaving and survival equipment
  • recognising and interpreting muster signals
  • righting an inverted life raft unassisted while wearing a lifejacket according to established survival practice
  • swimming while wearing a lifejacket and floating without a lifejacket according to established survival practice
  • using a rescue quoit to assist a person to the life raft
  • using paddles to manoeuvre survival craft
  • using survival equipment

Knowledge evidence

  • Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:
  • actions to be taken in emergency situations
  • calculations required to ration food and water
  • emergency muster and abandon vessel signals
  • equipment found in survival craft, its function and procedures for correct operation
  • established survival practice
  • first aid treatment techniques relevant for a survival craft
  • how to launch survival craft
  • importance of being ready for shipboard emergencies
  • International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations
  • location of survival equipment on vessel
  • maintenance of lifesaving appliances
  • means of activating gas release line to inflate life raft
  • procedures for abandoning vessel including use of:
  • inflatable life raft
  • life buoys
  • life jackets
  • relevant maritime regulations relating to required survival equipment on a vessel
  • relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation and policies
  • search and rescue transponders (SARTs)
  • steps to be taken after collision, grounding or other marine incident and resulting hull damage
  • survival at sea techniques
  • survival craft:
  • characteristics of different types of survival craft
  • construction
  • technique used to deploy a sea anchor or drogue from the survival craft
  • techniques for using survival equipment
  • threats to survival on vessel abandonment and appropriate strategies for countering these threats
  • time required to make distress calls safely
  • use and purpose of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • use of distress signals, including flares and penalty for misuse

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What does an assessment tool for MARF030 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MARF030 needs to address all 71 unit components: 4 elements with 24 performance criteria, 16 performance evidence requirements, 31 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for MARF030?

Auditori pulls the current release of MARF030 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.

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