if they want stcw the rya first aid and sea survival may not be the right tickets.. For our crew / skippers they have to have amongst other certs 4day stcw medical first aid onboard ship, 4 day stcw firefighting, stcw personal survival techniques (1 day sea survival)
We do ours at fleetwood nautical college...1st aid is ok (we did drink a lot of tea
) firefighting was excellent (well it was afterwards when we stopped being frightened) but everyone smells like a kipper for days afterwards. We did send some to Aberdeen for the 4 day first aid and reports were that it was excellent-one step down from brain surgery.