Objective

The course aims to develop and maintain the delegates' knowledge, skills and attitude towards their roles in the emergency response teams.

Target Group

Persons who are members of, or have tasks related to, search and rescue team, HLO and FRC.

The course meets the demands set by Offshore Norway for the re-training and maintenance of basic skills.

Prerequisites

Search and Rescue team basic course, HLO basic course and FRC basic course.

Personnel filling the position as smoke divers on search and rescue teams must submit a valid medical certificate and proof of passed physical tests (fitness test and test of strength) before they can attend the course, as per the guidelines from Offshore Norway.

Examination

Written exam in Awareness Training, Dangerous Goods.

Upon completion of the course, delegates will receive one certificate for each part of the course.

Passed exam is valid for 24 months.

Course Contents

The course contains theoretical preparatory work on e-learning, which must be completed before attending the course centre.

The course is mainly centered around practical exercises where brief and debrief are central components.

During the course, the following topics are covered:
- Tactical team work.
- Smoke diving.
- Firefighting techniques.
- Weather reports, communication and routines.
- Dangerous goods.
- Airplane fuel
- Emergency situations and normal operations on the helideck
- Protective gear.
- Launching and hoisting the FRC.
- Maneuvering and search patterns with FRC in daylight.
- Picking up injured personnel from the sea.
- Use of compass and calculation of distance sailed.
- Parts of the course will be held in English.

If the delegates require search and rescue With FRC in the dark, this can be booked as a separate module.