Objective

This Product provides learners with the opportunity to practice and demonstrate emergency response skills which are not possible to practice during drills, exercises and emergency training offshore.

The objectives of the FOET (with CA-EBS) are that learners will be able to:

(a) Demonstrate, in a simulated environment, that they can use the safety equipment and follow procedures in preparing for and during helicopter emergencies – with particular focus on escaping from a helicopter following ditching.
(b) Demonstrate that they can use basic firefighting equipment effectively, and use self-rescue techniques in low visibility and completely obscured visibility situations e.g. smoke filled areas.
(c) Demonstrate that they can perform basic first aid.

Target Group

This Product is to meet the further offshore safety and emergency response training requirements for personnel working in the offshore oil and gas industry who will be supplied with a compressed air emergency breathing system (CA-EBS) during offshore helicopter travel.

Prerequisites

Training entry and medical entry requirements must be met. The FOET (with CA-EBS) is open to persons who have a valid (in-date) OPITO-approved BOSIET (with CA-EBS), BOSIET(with EBS), TBOSIET, FOET (with CA-EBS), FOET(with EBS) or TFOET certificate.

Training activities contained within this Product may include physically demanding and potentially stressful elements. All personnel who participate in such activities must be capable of participating fully. Trainees will undergo a medical screening by completing an appropriate medical declaration form at center.

Examination

To achieve the FOET CA-EBS training, the learner will need to complete the 3 mandatory units.

Course Contents

The topics covered during this training are:
1. Further Helicopter Safety and Escape CA-EBS using a Modular Egress Training Simulator (METS)
2. Further Firefighting and Self Rescue
3. Further Emergency First Aid