Everyone at Lough Derg RNLI would like to extend our heartiest congratulations to Deirdre on successfully completing her Tier 2 passout earlier this evening, Tuesday 21 July, officially qualifying her as a member of our lifeboat crew.
This is a fantastic achievement and one for which Deirdre has worked incredibly hard over the past number of months. She has put in many hours of classroom and afloat training, building the knowledge, skills and confidence needed for her Tier 2 assessment, and tonight all that hard work was rewarded.
Before heading afloat for her practical assessment, Deirdre completed her theory assessment ashore with Lenny Fourie, Coastal Lifeboat Trainer, covering everything from risk assessment and the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCS), to buoyage and elements of navigation.
Once afloat, Deirdre was assessed in a range of essential skills, including helming the lifeboat, anchoring and veering, using RADAR, recovering a person from the water and carrying out other emergency procedures.
Deirdre is a Nurse Practitioner in Emergency Medicine; her experience in dealing with people in challenging and often unpredictable situations is a valuable skill she brings to the Lough Derg RNLI crew.
A Tier 2 passout is a significant milestone in a crew member's RNLI training journey. As part of the RNLI Operational Competency Framework (OCF), passouts provide volunteers with a structured pathway to develop their skills and progress through roles, from crew member towards Navigator and ultimately Helm.
Following her successful passout, Deirdre said, 'I’m absolutely delighted to have successfully passed my Tier 2 RNLI assessment. Joining the RNLI has given me fantastic skills, confidence, and a real sense of community, and I’m proud to be part of such an excellent and supportive team. A huge thank you to all the crew members of Lough Derg RNLI Station who helped pull me through the training and encouraged me every step of the way'.
Roger Jones, Lifeboat Training Co-ordinator at Lough Derg RNLI, congratulated Deirdre saying, 'she gives so much of her spare time training and on exercises. We wish her well on her journey to become a Navigator'.
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