The RNLI has unveiled new all weather kit for lifeboat crew that for the first time includes a version tailored to female sailors. The first new kit for lifeboat crew in 28 years is designed to be warmer and lighter, but will also feature items deliberately made for the growing number of female volunteers. The lifeboat charity's estimated 500 female crew have until now had to make do with standard men’s clothing which can prove cumbersome and bulky for some, restricting their movement. A female version of new kit provided by clothing firm Helly Hansen has been tailored around the waist and chest to fit more closely and also adapted to allow female crew to go to the lavatory more easily. Alice Higgins, a 30-year-old volunteer at Weymouth lifeboat station who spent more than a year testing the new kit, said: “The old kit was quite heavy and not very breathable.

• Rnli Irb Manual
• Rnli Lifeguard Manual

This is a lot warmer, you stay dry, you don’t sweat a lot and it’s a lot more comfortable.”.

Course Introduction This pre-course Interactive material is the first part of the Search And Rescue Radio Operators Certificate (SARROC) course and has been developed from the RNLI VHF Radio Guide for Radiotelephony - TRG-5. Upon satisfactory completion of this self-motivating course the candidate should have attained the knowledge necessary to pass the theory assessment. This assessment will be sat during the first day of the SARROC course provided by the RNLI Mobile Training Unit at Station. It is essential that you are ready for the course by the time the GMDSS Trainer arrives at your station. The course has been developed in modular form which will allow candidates to study at their own pace, in their own time and in their own environment. Navigate around by using the course module buttons at the bottom of each page. Each module is subject-specific and ends with a multi-choice question bank.

Students are expected to achieve a pass mark of 70% in each module before they can move on. In order to obtain a certificate of competence, crew members will need to pass the theory exam (based on this material or accompanying manual) and a practical exam during the final session. The GMDSS Trainer will arrange an examiner to attend the final session. The practical exam should take no longer than 20 minutes. A hardcopy of is available.

Rnli Irb Manual

Reader is required to view this file, which is pre loaded onto RNLI desktops and most computers. A copy of is also available in PDF format. This is the agreed format for SAR communication between the Irish CG, MCA and the RNLI. TRG Manual This manual (TRG-5 2014) is the hard copy version of this interactive material. Everything that is contained in the manual is the same as this version and vice versa. The added advantage of the interative version is that it contains video's and questions. The same questions are in the manual with the answers at the back.

Rnli Lifeguard Manual

Use the manual when you don't have access to this interactive resource. The SARROC Course can be delivered at station over six evening sessions, or two whole days.

This course can also be delivered at the regional base, Station or RNLI College over two days.