Survival (offshore)
Aims
To provide essential knowledge and practical skill to personnel working in the UK Offshore Industry.
Contents
Participants will be able to:
describe offshore oil and gas activities and the various types of
offshore installation,
list offshore hazards and comparative risk levels, means of protection and mitigation,
describe the impact of waste disposal and oil spills on the natural environment,
describe the Company's organisation for safety and the HSE MS, UK legislation and HASWA
describe the key points of the UK PTW system, as used in the North Sea
state the key aspects of Company policy and procedures on fitness, medicines and substance abuse,
describe the offshore travel, living and working arrangements, safety committees and
safety representatives
state actions to take in the event of illness and injury,
describe the layout of installations, the use of alarms and methods of communication,
state the need for the use of PPE and correct personal clothing,
describe the search and rescue organisation for sea rescue,
muster and board a survival craft (TEMPSC),
don a survival suit and permanent buoyancy lifejacket,
enter water from a height,
launch and inflate a marine life raft,
carry out first aid and understand the effects of hypothermia in a liferaft or TEMPSC,
carry out in-water individual and group survival procedures,
state the common causes of fire on offshore oil and gas installations,
describe fixed fire and gas detection systems,
list the actions to take on discovering a fire,
operate fire extinguishers, fire hose reels and fire blankets,
carry out self rescue using respiratory protection from areas subject to smoke and heat,
carry out self rescue without respiratory protection from areas subject to smoke,
describe Company requirements for Offshore Passes and Personal Safety Log books,
describe the pre boarding, boarding, in flight and disembarkation procedures,
state the types of in-flight emergency and describe the likely ditching and emergency landing scenarios,
describe the evacuation process with reference to donning lifejackets, on-board emergency equipment, escape routes, exit points and their operation, survival techniques following evacuation
Donning a survival suit, aviation life jacket and emergency breathing system equipment
Verifying the integrity of the emergency breathing system equipment
Carrying out re-breathing actions using emergency breathing system equipment
Carrying out breathing actions in a pool environment utilizing personal air ( must experience positive and negative pressure created by body orientation in the water)
Deploying EBS equipment, operating a push out window and carrying out a dry evacuation via a nominated emergency exit to a heliraft from a helicopter ditched in water.
Assisting others where possible and carrying out vital and secondary actions
Escape, through a window opening which is underwater, partially submerged helicopter (deploying and operating EBS equipment but without operating a push window)
Escape, through a window opening which is underwater from a partially submerged helicopter (deploying and operating EBS equipment and operating a push out window)
Escape, through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter (deploying EBS equipment on a surface prior to capsize and operating a push out window), inflating a lifejacket and carrying out in water procedures (including individual and group survival techniques)
Note : This course is Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation approved and carries UK registration
Duration
3 Days
Pre-Requisits
None
Validity
4 years
Medical Required
Yes. Valid Offshore Certificate as per UKOOA/COMPANY Approved Medical Examiners.
Delegates
Minimum number 8 Maximum number 16