In this 30-minute hands-on workshop, the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association walks fishermen through real liferaft deployment — the kind of training that could save your life or the life of someone in your crew.
You’ve drilled it, but have you actually done it? This hands-on workshop gives commercial fishermen the chance to work through a real liferaft deployment — from pulling the raft from its canister and throwing it over the lee side to hauling the painter line and watching the CO₂ canister fire.
Because on the water, there’s no time to figure it out for the first time.
The session also covers what to do when you can’t deploy the raft yourself, and gives participants an up-close look at what’s packed inside a SOLAS survival kit and the key features built into the raft. Whether you’re a veteran of the fleet or still building your sea time, this is the kind of practical, no-nonsense safety training that sticks.
Registration: Registration is free and can be added as an add-on to your Show Pass. Reminders will be sent but please only register if you plan to attend the designated workshop.
Location: The workshop will take place in the National Fisherman Arena.
Schedule:
Timing coming soon! Two workshops will take place on both Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20.
Hosted by: 
Jerry Dzugan, one of the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association’s (AMSEA) USCG approved FV Stability instructors, has worked over 38 years in fishing vessel safety training and policy. Jerry is a fishing vessel safety training curriculum specialist and conducts AMSEA’s USCG accepted Marine Safety Instructor-Training which supports a national network of fishing vessel safety instructors. Jerry worked for nine seasons in Alaska fisheries as a vessel owner and crewmember and has written a variety of marine safety publications and curriculum. He has a small fleet of vessels which he has operated for the past 46 years out of Sitka, AK.
