Safety & Survival Training
Because the life you save could be your own
About Safety Training
- Programs are free to fishermen.
- For all fishermen, not just Captains.
- Essential practical hands-on training.
- Delivered in port towns where fishermen live & work.
- Endorsed by leaders in the fishing industry.
- Taught by Coast Guard-certified fishing vessel safety instructors.
Why Safety Training?
“A helping hand becomes a saving hand. We all have in us the ability to help others. Get trained today!”
Chris Crowther
Safety Instructor
“An emphasis on SAFETY is an integral part of being a successful and professional fisherman.”
Ed Dennehy
Safety Instructor
“Commercial fishing is dangerous and you can always be safer and better prepared to work in a hazardous environment.”
Luis Catala
Safety Instructor
Safety Training Classes
Safety and Survival Training
Prepare for a full day of hands-on training in fighting fires, plugging leaks, and swimming to a life raft in a survival suit. This course is designed for all fishermen, including crewmen, to learn or hone fundamental survival skills like making a MAYDAY call, lighting flares, and rescuing a person that falls overboard.
Drill Conductor Certification
After completing the 1-day Safety and Survival Training Course, fishermen spend a second day learning how to lead monthly, on-vessel safety drills that are critical for building muscle memory and ensuring the crew retains their skills. Meets U.S. Coast Guard requirements under 46 CFR 28.270(c).
First Aid / CPR / AED
You don’t work next to a hospital. It’s critical that you and your crew know how to provide CPR and first aid for common vessel scenarios like bleeding, burns, fractures, poisoning, shock, and respiratory emergencies. Through our certified instructors, this course meets U.S. Coast Guard requirements under 46 C.F.R. § 28.210.
Fishing Vessel Stability Awareness
This 5-hour workshop provides practical information and hands-on training on vessel stability and emergency responses to flooding problems that cause many casualties. It incorporates practical examples and case studies of actual fishing vessel accidents caused by complacency and other unsafe practices.
Ergonomics
Fishing is brutal on the body. This training provides practical information and physical exercises that help prevent or minimize the risk of musculoskeletal injuries that often occur in commercial fishing like carpal tunnel syndrome and low back pain. Improving work effectiveness and efficiency means less pain and more time fishing.
Opioid Awareness
This essential training is incorporated in our other courses or can be held on its own. You will learn about the dangerous epidemic that is affecting all parts of our country, but especially independent professionals with strenuous workloads like construction workers, farmers, and mariners. If permitted by the state, you can learn how to administer Nalaxone and receive Narcan to carry in your first aid kit.
Our Partners
What Fishermen Are Saying
Health & Wellness
We assist fishing families access health insurance, deliver health clinics dockside where fishermen live and work and also help fishermen and their families if they have experienced a loss or traumatic event.
Economic Security
We offer financial education classes and webinars that help fishermen access loans, unemployment insurance and other programs that improve the financial health of fishing businesses and households.
Fishermen Need Help
Commercial fishermen are essential workers and heroes that risk their lives to feed us. The pandemic has threatened the collective livelihood of the 20,000 fishermen we serve. You can help local fishing families by answering the call. Make a donation to support Fishing Partnership programs and thank you.
Become a Member
Show your support for commercial fishermen and become a supporting member of Fishing Partnership today. It costs nothing to join! You will receive news and updates on the local fishermen who bring you the freshest seafood, sustainably caught, from the most highly regulated wild fisheries in the world.