FOET CA-EBS

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:  

The FOET (with EBS) is open to persons who have a valid (in-date) OPITO-approved BOSIET (with CAEBS), BOSIET, TBOSIET, FOET (with CA-EBS), FOET 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.

ADDITIONAL MEDICAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:

These requirements are specific to (in-water) CA-EBS training:

1. 1. On the date on which the learner is to undertake shallow water CA-EBS training, and prior to entering the water in which the training takes place, the learner gives to the OPITO-approved Centre a statement, that to the best of the learner’s knowledge and belief, the learner has no (current or past) medical condition which makes the learner unfit to participate in the training.

• Learner must undergo a certified Physician’s Evaluation and be deemed medically fit for in-water CA-EBS training.

AIM: 

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 who will be supplied with a compressed air emergency breathing system (CA-EBS) during offshore helicopter travel.

OBJECTIVES: 

This training 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. 

ACHIEVEMENT OF CERTIFICATION:  

To achieve the Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) with Emergency Breathing System (EBS) certificate, the learner will need to complete the 3 mandatory units, Emergency First Aid, Fire Fighting & Self Rescue, Helicopter Safety & Escape.