Safety Induction

• Identify the main offshore hazards and hazard effects/consequences; explain their associated risks, and how they are controlled.
• Explain the potential environmental impact of offshore installation operations.
• Identify key offshore installation safety regulations and explain the basic concept of these regulations.
• Explain the principles of managing safety on offshore installations.
• State the procedure for prescribed medicines offshore.
• Explain the concept of alcohol and substance abuse policy.

• Explain PPE requirements of working on an offshore installation.
• Explain how to report incidents, accidents and near misses on an offshore installation.
• Explain the role of the Offshore Medic
• Immediate first aid actions, including checking airways, breathing and industry recognised first aid practice

Firefighting and Self Rescue

• Correct use of hand held portable fire extinguishers and which ones to use for different classes of fires.
• Self-rescue techniques with a smoke hood from areas where visibility is reduced due to smoke.
• Self-rescue techniques with a smoke hood from areas where visibility is completely obscured.
• Small group escape techniques with a smoke hood from areas where visibility is completely obscured.

Sea Survival

• Donning of a permanent buoyancy life jacket prior to use in an emergency.
• The correct actions when mustering and boarding a survival craft (TEMPSC) as a passenger during launching operations.
• Fitting of a helicopter strop and correct body posture during winching.
• Individual and group sea survival techniques, to include: swimming, getting into Heat Escape Lessening Position (HELP), wave-slap protection, towing, chain, huddle and circle.
• Water entry (stepping off poolside, maximum height 1 metre) and the precautions to be taken when entering the water practice
• Boarding a marine liferaft from the water.
• Immediate first aid actions, to include: ABC

Helicopter Safety and Escape (HUET)

• Donning an aviation transit suit, aviation lifejacket and EBS and conducting EBS integrity checks.
• Actions to take in preparation for a helicopter ditching and an emergency landing.
• Actions following a controlled emergency descent to a dry landing with evacuation via a nominated exit.
• Deployment, operation and breathing from EBS in a pool utilising personal air prior to HUET exercises (delegate to experience positive and negative pressure created by the body orientation in water).