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OPITO Tropical Further Offshore Emergency Training

*1. Target Group
This programme is designed to meet the further offshore safety and emergency response training requirements for personnel working in the
offshore oil and gas industry in a tropical environment.

*2. Delegate Pre-requisites
The T-FOET is open to persons who have a valid (in-date) OPITO-approved BOSIET, BOSIET (with CA-EBS), TBOSIET, FOET, FOET (with CA-EBS) or
TFOET certificate.

*3. Physical and Stressful Demands
Training and/or assessment activities contained within this Standard may include physically demanding and potentially stressful elements. All personnel
who participate in such activities must be physically and mentally capable of participating fully.
Therefore to ensure that prior to participating in practical exercises, the delegates will be required to undergo medical screening by completing appropriate
medical screening form provided by QISC.

*4. Aims and Objectives
The aim of the T-FOET is to provide the delegates with the opportunity to practise and demonstrate emergency response skills which are not possible to
practise during drills, exercises and emergency training offshore.

*5. Learning Outcomes / Assessment Criteria
MODULE 5 Helicopter Safety and Escape
To successfully complete this module, delegates must be able to demonstrate:
(1) Donning an aviation lifejacket.
(2) Actions to take in preparing for a helicopter ditching/emergency landing.
(3) Actions following a controlled ditching on water (including the operation of a push-out window on instruction from aircrew) and evacuate through a
nominated exit to an aviation liferaft.
(4) Assist others where possible in carrying out initial actions on boarding the aviation liferaft, to include mooring lines, deploying the sea anchor, raising
the canopy and raft maintenance.
(5) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a partially submerged helicopter (without operation of a push out window).
(6) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a partially submerged helicopter (including the operation of a push out window).
(7) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a capsized helicopter (including the operation of a push-out window)
(8) Following escape from the helicopter (HUET), inflate lifejacket, deploy spray visor and carry out in-water procedures, to include swimming, getting into
Heat Escape Lessening Position (HELP), towing, chain, huddle and circle.
(9) Boarding an aviation liferaft from the water.
(10) Being rescued by one of the recognised methods available offshore and survivor actions following rescue.

MODULE 6 Fire Fighting and Self Rescue
To successfully complete this module, delegates must be able to demonstrate:
(1) Correct use of appropriate hand held portable fire extinguishers and which ones to use for different classes of fires.
(2) Self-rescue techniques with a smoke hood or partial blindfold from areas where delegate visibility is reduced.
(3) Self-rescue techniques with a smoke hood or partial blindfold from areas where delegate visibility is completely obscured
(4) Small group escape techniques with a smoke hood or partial blindfold from areas where delegate visibility is completely obscured

MODULE 7 Emergency First Aid
To successfully complete this module, delegates must be able to demonstrate:
(1) Raising the alarm
(2) Immediate first aid actions, to include industry recognised first aid practice.

*6. Delegate Performance Assessment / Certification / Validity
Delegate Performance Assessment: Delegates will be assessed against the learning outcomes MODULE 5, MODULE 6 & MODULE 7 using direct
observation.
Certification: OPITO Approved Certification with Four Years validity

*7. Instructor & Delegate Ratio
The following ratios indicate the maximum number of delegates to be supervised by one Instructor at any one time during each activity.
Theory & Demonstration 1:16
Dry Helicopter Escape Trainer 1:8
TEMPSC (per craft) Theory & Demonstration 1:8
Practical exercise 1:4

*8. Duration and Timing
The optimum ‘contact time’ for this the assessment is seen as 8 hours

*9. Venue
Qatar International Safety Centre
Gate No. 9 building – 23 Street – 45
Salwa Industrial Area
Doha Qatar
PO Box 23651

*10. For more information
Please contact us direct for availability & costs:
Email: training@madinagulf.com
Tel: +974 4450 1223
Fax: +974 4450 1220
www.qisc.net / www.madinagulf.com

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