OPITO Product 5750
Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training with CA-EBS
Initial offshore safety and emergency-response training for personnel who will travel offshore by helicopter using a Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System.
OPITO Product 5750 provides the initial safety and emergency-response foundation for personnel who are new to, or returning to, the offshore oil and gas industry and who will be supplied with CA-EBS during offshore helicopter travel.
3 Days
4
CA-EBS
4 Year
20 H 40 M Guided learning hours
Mandatory units
Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System
Validity
Validity
4 years
Product Type
OPITO Approved Course
Trainers
OPITO Certified and years of experience
Progression
FOET with CA-EBS
Build Confidence Before the Cabin Goes Underwater
01 — Understand the Offshore Environment
Recognise the hazards associated with offshore oil and gas installations, understand the risks they create and become familiar with the controls used to reduce those risks.
02 — Know the Breathing System Before the Emergency
Develop familiarity with the compressed-air emergency breathing system, its role during offshore helicopter travel and the actions associated with preparing for emergency deployment.
03 — Connect Breathing With Escape
Practise helicopter emergency procedures in a simulated environment, bringing equipment use, restraint management and underwater escape into one controlled sequence.
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04 — Continue the Response Beyond the Cabin
Apply sea-survival and emergency first-aid techniques before progressing into firefighting and self-rescue exercises where visibility and normal movement may be restricted.
What Does Product 5750 Develop?
From Offshore Awareness to Emergency Response
The programme begins by establishing an understanding of the offshore operating environment—its installations, activities, hazards, controls and safety-management systems—before progressively moving learners into practical emergency-response training.
The course is designed to enable learners to recognise offshore hazards, understand the systems used to control them and respond appropriately when an emergency develops.
Learners are required to develop the ability to:
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Identify offshore hazards and associated risks;
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Understand key offshore safety regulations and safety-management principles;
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Prepare for helicopter emergencies;
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Use representative survival equipment;
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Undertake helicopter underwater escape;
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Demonstrate sea-survival and first-aid techniques;
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Operate basic firefighting equipment;
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Perform self-rescue under restricted visibility.
The Safety Induction is delivered as theory while OPITO indicates an approximate 40% theory / 60% practical balance for the remaining unit
Is 5750 Right For You?
Personnel beginning or returning to offshore work within the CA-EBS pathway.
Product 5750 is intended for personnel who are new to, or returning to, the offshore oil and gas industry and who will use a Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System during offshore helicopter travel.
Learners develop competence across four connected areas: offshore safety induction, helicopter safety, escape and CA-EBS, sea survival and first aid, firefighting and self-rescue.
Training requirements can vary by operator, project, region and offshore aviation arrangement.
Before booking, confirm your requirement with your employer, operator or mobilisation team.
Helicopter Travel
Required for Personnel travelling by Helicopter to offshore installations.
Tropical Environment
Designed for tropical offshore conditions and operating challenges.
New or Returning
Ideal for those new to, or returning to, offshore industry operations.
Foundation for Safety
Build essential offshore safety skills confident and competent travel.
Four Mandatory Units
The programme connects offshore safety awareness with practical competence across helicopter emergencies, CA-EBS, underwater escape, sea survival, first aid, firefighting and self-rescue. Learners are expected not simply to understand the procedures, but to demonstrate applicable emergency-response actions within controlled training environments
01
OIS-01
30 M
Safety Induction
Build the knowledge required to understand the offshore operating environment, recognise its principal hazards and understand the systems used to prevent those hazards from developing into incidents.
The unit introduces typical offshore operations and the different installations and vessels involved in drilling, production, construction, accommodation and specialist support. Learners encounter jack-ups, semi-submersibles, drillships, fixed and floating production facilities, heavy-lift and pipe-lay vessels, flotels, standby vessels, support vessels and diving-support vessels, together with the remote and potentially harsh nature of offshore operations.
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02
OIS-78
3 H 15 M
Helicopter Safety and Escape CA-EBS
Develop the knowledge, equipment familiarity and practical competence required for offshore helicopter travel, helicopter emergencies, underwater escape and the use of a Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System.
OIS-78 is the largest individual unit within Product 5750 and contains several distinct stages:helicopter travel, emergency preparation, CA-EBS theory, CA-EBS equipment operation, dry helicopter escape, HUET, and Additional CA-EBS in-water training.
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03
OIS-03
2 H 30 M
Sea Survival and First Aid
Develop the practical capability required after personnel leave an offshore installation or helicopter and must survive, organise, recover and respond to casualties.
The unit links installation emergency arrangements with practical survival at sea and subsequent rescue. It covers evacuation procedures, survival craft, in-water survival, offshore rescue and immediate first aid. Learners understand typical emergency situations on offshore installations, including floating facilities such as FPSOs and drilling rigs. Training covers: station bills, escape arrangements, temporary refuge, muster points, abandonment locations, access routes, installation alarms, communications, PPE and the actions required before, during and after evacuation.
04
OIS-04
1 H 45 M
Firefighting and Self Rescue
Develop the basic firefighting and self-rescue competence required when offshore fire, smoke or heat affects the normal operating environment.
OIS-04 develops the learner’s understanding of offshore fire hazards, fire behaviour and initial firefighting response. Training covers common fire causes, the triangle of combustion, heat transfer through conduction, convection and radiation, and firefighting media including water, dry chemical, dry powder (Theory only), foam and CO₂. Learners also understand the purpose of fixed fire and gas-detection systems, deluge and gaseous suppression systems, together with the precautions required when operating around them.
Why the CA-EBS Pathway Matters
Train for the breathing system you may actually use offshore.
Travelling offshore involves a combination of hazards that many personnel may not encounter in conventional workplaces.
The worker must understand the offshore operating environment, recognise major hazards and controls, know how to respond to alarms and emergency instructions, travel safely by helicopter, use aviation survival equipment correctly and respond appropriately if an aircraft ditches. Product 5750 brings these competencies together within one structured initial-training pathway.
The OPITO-defined objectives include identifying offshore hazards and their controls, understanding offshore safety regulation and safety-management principles, demonstrating correct CA-EBS use, completing simulated helicopter emergency and escape exercises, demonstrating sea-survival and first-aid techniques, and using basic firefighting and self-rescue techniques in reduced-visibility environments.
System
Understanding
Operating
Duration
Flotation
Dynamics
Integrated
Egress
CA-EBS Technical Focus
Understand the system before you depend on it.
Product 5750 develops specific knowledge of:
Equipment Components
Cylinder, demand valve, mouthpiece, hose, pressure indicator and other applicable operating controls.
Equipment Condition
How to conduct pre-use checks and confirm correct operating status.
Donning
How to correctly fit the aviation lifejacket and CA-EBS system.
Deployment
How to deploy the mouthpiece and nose clip using one hand.
Breathing
How to establish an effective mouthpiece seal and breathe through the demand valve.
Recovery
How to clear water and recover from a displaced mouthpiece.
Limitations
Understanding risks such as loss of air, improper purging, running out of air and hazards associated with compressed-air breathing.
The learner then progresses into practical use.
CA-EBS Shallow-Water Familiarisation
Build breathing-system competence progressively.
The Product includes dedicated CA-EBS exercises in shallow water at a maximum depth of 0.7 metres measured at the chest.
Learners practice: Deployment above the water, Deployment below the surface, Clearing the mouthpiece by exhalation, Using the purge function, Deployment using opposite hands, Breathing underwater vertically and Moving underwater while breathing from CA-EBS.
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Know the system and how it works.
Understand
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Wear it correctly and Securely.
Don
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Complete allpre-use checks.
Check
04
Deploy in the exercise.
Deploy
05
Breathe correctly and stay calm.
Breathe
06
Escape safely and follow instructions.
Escape
Suraksha Marine HUET Simulator
Train the escape in a controlled helicopter environment.
At Suraksha Marine, HUET practical training is delivered using a purpose-built helicopter underwater escape simulator designed to support controlled submersion, inversion and emergency egress exercises.
Product 5750 requires HUET systems to include representative helicopter seating and restraints, push-out windows, controlled lowering, at least 180° rotation, emergency stopping capability and rapid retrieval.
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6 Training Positions
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4 Passengers +
2 Cockpit Positions
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Multiple Push-Out Emergency Windows
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Representative Restraint Systems
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Controlled 180° Inversion
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Dedicated Lowering
& Recovery System
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Controlled Environment
Safe, repeateble conditions for effective learning.
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Progressive Escape Training
Build skills and confidence through structure scenarios
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Operational Realism
Realistic systems and motions that mirror field conditions
What HUET is Really Training
FOUR SKILLS.
One Outcome.
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Reference
Maintain a physical point of orientation
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Orientation
Recognise body and cabin position after movement
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Release
Release restraint at the appropriate stage
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Egress
Locate and pass through the nominated exit
These variations form part of the practical Product 5750 HUET sequence.
HUET Escape Progression
Build the escape sequence progressively.
HUET training increases in complexity as learners develop confidence and competence.
The minimum HUET team includes:
Lead Instructor
Crane/Hoist Operator or Dive Supervisor
OPITO HUET Divers
Pool Safety Person
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Dry Emergency Landing
Locate the equipment, follow crew instructions and evacuate through
a nominated exit.
04
Partial Submersion + Push-Out Window
Operate the push-out window and complete underwater egress.
07
Post-Egress
Survival
Inflate the aviation lifejacket, deploy the spray visor and board
an aviation liferaft.
02
Ditching Preparation
Identify the exit and integrate CA-EBS deployment into emergency preparation.
05
Capsize
Escape from the inverted helicopter.
03
Partial
Submersion
Escape through an underwater opening.
06
Capsize + Push-
Out Window
Maintain orientation, locate the exit and complete egress
through the nominated push-out opening.
Push-Out Window Competence
Establish the exit skill before the final capsize exercise.
An important assessment detail within the Product Standard is that although push-out windows are fitted for the final capsize exercise, the learner's ability to push out the window is assessed during the partial-submersion exercise.
Demonstrate the exit action before adding the full inversion sequence.
Aviation Liferaft
The emergency continues after leaving the cabin.
Product 5750 includes both dry evacuation into an aviation liferaft and liferaft boarding from the water.
Learners understand the location, operation and use of aviation liferafts.
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Secure mooring lines
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Deploying the sea anchor
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Raising the canopy
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Raft maintenance
Medical Requirements
Be fit for the practical demands of training.
The programme contains physically demanding and potentially stressful activities.
Learners must satisfy an acceptable
medical-entry route, which may include:
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valid offshore medical;
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employer-approved equivalent;
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fitness-to-work-at-sea certificate;
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medical fitness for diving at work;
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or appropriate screening through the OPITO-approved centre.
Additional CA-EBS requirement
The shallow-water CA-EBS exercises have additional medical requirements.
Learners deemed medically unfit for this element must not participate in the additional CA-EBS shallow-water practical exercises.
Medical eligibility should be confirmed before booking.
Swimming Ability
You do not need to hide your swimming ability.
These groups must be clearly
identified during pool exercises.
The standard recognises: swimmers, weak swimmers and designated non-swimmers.
A maximum of two designated non-swimmer learners may participate in any one HUET pool exercise.
Inform Suraksha Marine of your swimming ability before practical training.
Shoulder Breadth Measurement
Where required locally, learners should hold a valid Shoulder Breadth Measurement before offshore helicopter travel.
Shoulder Breadth Measurement may be required depending on the applicable offshore aviation regime. Confirm your mobilisation requirement before booking.
Why Suraksha Marine
Practical competence built around real equipment and controlled simulation.
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Advanced HUET Simulation: Develop helicopter escape competence in a purpose-built underwater evacuation environment.
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CA-EBS Specific Training: Move from equipment knowledge and donning into deployment, controlled underwater breathing and emergency integration.
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Progressive Learning: Build competence from dry exercises into shallow water and simulated helicopter escape.
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Structured Safety Systems: HUET activities are supported by defined instructor, dive and pool-safety resources.
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Integrated Offshore Emergency Response: CA-EBS, helicopter escape, survival, rescue, first aid and firefighting are developed as connected competencies.
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Training Pathway Support: Suraksha Marine can help learners and corporate clients distinguish between the EBS and CA-EBS pathways.
Offshore Preparedness Begins Before the Flight
Build the initial offshore safety foundation and develop practical competence across CA-EBS, helicopter escape, HUET, sea survival, first aid, firefighting and self-rescue.
Real Equipment. Controlled Simulation. Demonstrated Competence.
Understand the Environment.
Control the Equipment.
Demonstrate the Response.
Corporate workforce mobilisation?
