Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training

This course is designed to meet the requirements of basic offshore safety induction and emergency training for the oil and gas industry personnel.

Course Content

The course focuses on:

• Safety Induction
• Offshore hazards.
• Waste disposal/environment awareness.
• Role of the HSE/offshore safety regulations.
• Permit to work.
• Procedures for prescribed medicines offshore.
• Alcohol and substance abuse policy.
• PPE requirements.
• Procedure for reporting incidents, accidents and near misses.
• Role of the medic.

Firefighting and Self Rescue

• Use of appropriate hand held portable fire extinguishers.
• Use of a small bore fire hose reel and a fire blanket.
• Appropriate self-rescue techniques using a smoke hood.

Sea Survival and First Aid

• Actions when mustering and boarding a survival craft (TEMPSC) as a passenger during launching operations.
• Individual and group in water survival techniques.
• Fitting of a helicopter strop and body posture during winching.
• First Aid – Basic.

Helicopter Underwater Escape Training and EBS

• Donning an immersion suit and Lifejacket air pocket plus (LAP).
• Actions in preparation for a helicopter ditching and an emergency landing.
• Don and operate an Emergency Breathing System (EBS). Actions following: a controlled emergency descent to a dry landing. A controlled ditching on water. A partial submersion of an aircraft. An aircraft capsize in water.

Course structure

The course is a combination of theoretical and practical sessions. Students are assessed continuously during the course.