The aim of the Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) (non-OPITO) course is to create a simulated environment where offshore personnel can practice their emergency response and survival skills which are impossible to train during routine safety exercises on board or on MOU.

Objectives:

The main objectives of the Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) (non-OPITO) training:

• Demonstrate helicopter safety skills with the premium on efficient helicopter escape after ditching.
• Effective operation of safety and firefighting equipment; knowledge of self rescue tactics;
• Well-coordinated first aid procedures.

Course Content:

• Helicopter Safety and Escape:
– Operation and use of EBS or CA-EBS;
– Preparation protocol for helicopter ditching or emergency landing;
– Actions protocol following helicopter ditching or emergency landing.

• Fire Fighting and Self Rescue:
– Use of hand held extinguishers;
– Operation of fixed hose reels;
– Self rescue in a low visibility and completely obscured visibility.

• First Aid Module.

Target Audience: All personnel working in the offshore industry.

Pre-requisites: Valid OPITO approved BOSIET / TBOSIET or FOET / TFOET certificate, medical fitness certificate.

Validity: 4 years.

Important: There are additional requirements for FOET certificate to work in the North Sea Sector (UK, Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands). CA-EBS or Escape Chute Training might be required; please refer to the Mutual Recognition of Basic and Refresher Safety and Emergency Preparedness Training agreement, Annex B.