The Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) will offer a Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshop in Pago Pago on Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25, from 10:00 AM to 2:30 PM, both days. The workshop will be conducted at Pago Plaza, Suite 202. 

This two-day workshop is free to commercial fishermen, thanks to the support from the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health.

Stephen Kostelnik will cover EPIRBs, flares, and MAYDAYs; man-overboard recovery and firefighting; immersion suits and PFDs; helicopter rescue, life rafts, and abandon ship procedures; cold-water survival skills; and emergency drills.

There will be and in-the-water practice session, giving participants practical experience with PFDs and immersion suits, employing survival techniques, and righting and boarding an inflatable life raft. 

AMSEA Fishing Vessel Drill Conductor workshops meet the training requirements for drill conductors on board documented commercial fishing vessels operating beyond the federal boundary line. The workshop is an excellent opportunity for commercial fishermen to gain hands-on training with marine safety equipment and learn best practices for surviving emergencies at sea.

Interested mariners may register by calling (684) 633-5325 or sending an email message to steve.kostelnik@noaa.gov.