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Every person who works on a ship must have a valid STCW Basic Safety Training certificate.
STCW Basic Safety Training is entry level and is not intended to teach any work related skills and knowledge.
The training is about 5 to 8 days. It covers first aid, personal safety & social responsibility, firefighting, security awareness and personal survival.
Before you do BST, you must have a medical certificate from a doctor approved by your Maritime Authority.
In the Personal Survival, you have to do exercises in a swimming pool.
In the Firefighting, you have to walk around and do exercises wearing a full fire suit and breathing equipment..
In the First Aid, you have to perform CPR to a level that requires exertion.
You could call the need for BST 'international law' because it comes from the United Nations (UN). Really, all the countries of the world form the UN. The UN formed the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to discuss and decide on everything to do with ships, boats and shipping.
STCW is one of the many conventions the IMO has, it means (roughly) Seafarer Training Certification & Watchkeeping on ships (and boats).
Boatmaster certificate training includes STCW and Small Commercial Vessel(SCV) Code elements.
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