The Basic Survival Training is a US and Canadian analogue of the Basic Offshore Safety and Emergency Induction Training (BOSIET) by OPITO.  Nowadays it is a 5-days comprehensive training program which includes sea survival, installation fire fighting and helicopter underwater escape modules.

Objective:

Among the main goals of the Basic Survival Training are:

• Conveying the risks associated with travelling to and from offshore installation and the consequent change of student’s behavior towards professional safety;
• Provision of sufficient practice in self rescue and firefighting activities including special equipment handling;
• Delegates mastering helicopter underwater escape technique;
• Teaching students’ necessary sea survival tactics;
• Explaining common emergency offshore protocols.

Course content:

• Offshore hazards;
• Firefighting and self rescue;
• Helicopter underwater escape training;
• Sea survival techniques;
• Survival equipment;
• Emergency protocols.

Target Audience: All personnel starting career at the Oil&Gas industry.

Pre-requisites: None.

Duration: 5 days.

Validity: 3 years, refreshed by the Basic Survival Training (Recurrent).