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The training exercises are performed during the weekends mainly because this is the moment in which more volunteers have spare time to dedicate.
These manoeuvres give the crew members a possibility to gain knowledge and practice for their duties.

Each crew position has its own task and therefore also its own specifical training. Despicte of this, there is a common goal for all the crew members which turns to be be the most important: The confidance and mutual trust in navigation and real situations of action.
 

Skippers: The skippers usually train on coastal reconoissance, instrumental navigation, navigation on waves and bad weather conditions, recovering of a man overboard, side by side aproaches of lifeboats, mooring, berthing and casting off.

Lifeguards:

The manoeuvres for the lifeguards are specially directed to the water rescue and sanitary fields. In order to improve their sanitary skills they practice with inmovilisations on the spinal board, both in land and on the water, use of the medical box, splints and surgical collars, resuscitation manoeuvres... etc.
 

In conection with the water rescue part, the exercises normally consist on swiming approach to coast, both with or without finns and with the aid of the surf board or without it, towing of unconscient victims... etc. All these manoeuvres are performed on a progressive level of dificulty, if possible.

Sailors:

They mainly exercise on navigation and arrangements of material and equipment during adverse meteorological conditions, assisting the skipper during the berth and cast off maneouvres, mooring, towing ships...
 

They also practice their sanitary knowledges with inmovilisation and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation manoeuvres, transfering of casualties from a merchant ship to the lifeboat or from the lifeboat to the harbour, assisting the lifeguards and divers...

Divers:

Althought most of their exercises are carried out underwater, the ones performed on board are also very important, such as arrangement of the equipment, assisting an injured team mate or checking their own equipment as well as the one from their colleagues at sea.
 

They practice underwater compass assisted navigation and orienteering, circular and lineal and glider aided searchs in all their diferent modalities, rescue of injured divers and surfacing them, use of the equipment, etc. For instance, the co-operation and confidance with the other team members is specially important on this field.

On top of this, our crew members have all in common a standard sanitary level of ambulance technician and in order to maintain it they are encouraged to practice on one of our medical emergency ambulances. 

Those volunteers with less practice or sanitary knowledge perform as helper of the main medical technician in the ambulance, but as they gain more and more experience and knowledge they are able to occupy the place of the main technician as well.