OPITO Product 5700
Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training with Emergency Breathing System
(BOSIET - EBS)
Initial offshore safety and emergency-response training for personnel who are new to, or returning to, the offshore oil and gas industry and will be supplied with a rebreather Emergency Breathing System during offshore helicopter travel.
Develop the knowledge and practical competence required to understand offshore hazards and safety systems, helicopter travel, rebreather EBS operation, HUET and underwater escape, sea survival, emergency first aid, firefighting and self-rescue.
3 Days
4
EBS
4 Year
21 Guided learning hours
Mandatory units
Rebreather EBS Pathway
Validity
Validity
4 years
Product Type
OPITO Approved Course
Trainers
OPITO Certified and years of experience
Progression
FOET
(FOET)
Build the Response Before You Need It
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01 — Read the Offshore Environment
Develop awareness of the hazards specific to offshore oil and gas installations, understand the risks they can create and recognise the controls used to reduce them.
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02 — Prepare Before the Ditching
Become familiar with offshore helicopter safety equipment and emergency procedures, including the role of the rebreather EBS, before progressing into simulated helicopter escape exercises.
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03 — Continue Beyond the Exit
Practise sea-survival and emergency first-aid techniques so the response does not stop once the helicopter or installation has been evacuated.
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04 — Move When Visibility Disappears
Use basic firefighting equipment and practise self-rescue techniques in restricted-visibility and simulated smoke-filled environments.
The Safety Induction is delivered as theory while OPITO indicates an approximate 40% theory / 60% practical balance for the remaining unit
Course Objectives
The BOSIET with EBS Product is structured around five core objectives.
Understand Offshore Hazards
Identify generic hazards associated with offshore oil and gas installations, recognise the risks they create and understand the controls used to eliminate or reduce those risks.
Understand Offshore Safety Systems
Identify key offshore safety regulations and understand the principles used to manage safety offshore.
Respond to Helicopter Emergencies
Demonstrate the correct use of safety equipment and follow the required procedures before and during simulated helicopter emergencies, with particular emphasis on escape following ditching.
Demonstrate Sea Survival & First Aid
Apply recognised sea-survival techniques and immediate emergency first-aid actions.
Demonstrate Firefighting & Self Rescue
Use basic firefighting equipment and practise self-rescue techniques in reduced-visibility and smoke-affected environments.
IS 5700 Right For you?
Initial offshore training for personnel travelling by helicopter with a rebreather EBS.
Product 5700 is intended for personnel who are new to, or returning to, the offshore oil and gas industry and who will be supplied with a rebreather Emergency Breathing System during offshore helicopter travel.
The Product combines the wider BOSIET safety foundation with the additional helicopter emergency competence required to understand, deploy and operate an EBS during offshore aviation emergency training.
It is designed for personnel who need initial training in:
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Offshore hazards and risk controls
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Offshore safety-management principles
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Helicopter travel and emergency preparation
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Rebreather EBS use
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HUET and underwater escape
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Aviation liferaft evacuation
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Sea survival and rescue
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Emergency first aid
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Firefighting
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Self-rescue
Training requirements can vary by operator, region and 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.
Build the offshore safety foundation by understanding operations, hazards, risk controls, regulations and individual responsibility.
Four Mandatory Units
01 — OIS-01
Safety Induction
3 hours 20 minutes
Understand offshore operations, recognise the hazards and learn how offshore risk is controlled.
The Safety Induction establishes the learner’s understanding of the offshore oil and gas environment before practical emergency-response training begins. It introduces hydrocarbon formation and production, the main offshore installations and vessels—including jack-ups, semi-submersibles, drillships, fixed and floating production facilities, heavy-lift and pipe-laying vessels, flotels, standby and support vessels, and diving-support vessels—and the remote, potentially harsh conditions in which offshore operations take place. Learners are also introduced to key hazards such as pressure, moving machinery, chemicals and reservoir fluids including H₂S, electricity, suspended loads, work at height, noise, hazardous atmospheres and confined spaces, together with the relationship between hazard, risk and control.
The unit then develops understanding of offshore safety management through the multiple-barrier model, Safe Systems of Work, Personal Responsibility for Safety, safety-observation programmes and the hierarchy of control. Risk-reduction measures include reservoir and pipework isolation, blowout preventers, machine guarding, chemical protection, electrical isolation and fall protection. Learners also examine legislation and legal responsibilities, Safety Case principles, auditing, verification of safety-critical systems, performance standards, ALARP and the role of health and safety authorities, alongside practical offshore requirements such as medical fitness, medication and substance policies, PPE, work authorisation, Permit to Work, toolbox talks, safety meetings, drills, communication, incident reporting and the role of the offshore medic.
02 — OIS-81
Helicopter Safety & Escape — Tropical
4 hours 20 minutes
Prepare for offshore helicopter travel and develop practical competence for emergency evacuation and underwater escape.
OIS-81 begins with routine offshore helicopter travel. Learners understand pre-flight briefings and the procedures associated with arrival, correct dress, documentation, prohibited articles, check-in, safe boarding and pre-flight information. These routine procedures establish the foundation for safe passenger behaviour before emergency scenarios are introduced.
The unit then develops helicopter-emergency knowledge. Learners understand how to report suspected or observed abnormal conditions such as fire, smoke or fuel leakage, secure their seatbelt and lifejacket correctly, follow crew instructions, understand basic aircraft flotation characteristics and identify escape routes for ditching and emergency landing.
Emergency Preparation
Learners develop an understanding of the actions required before a helicopter ditching or emergency landing, including appropriate brace positions for different seating locations and harness types.
Develop helicopter travel, ditching and HUET competence through progressive training from dry evacuation to partial-submersion, capsize and push-out-window escape
Develop CA-EBS competence from equipment checks and deployment through mouthpiece control, demand-valve operation and progressive shallow-water breathing exercises
03 — OIS-03
Sea Survival and First Aid
6 Hours 20 Minutes
Move from offshore evacuation into survival craft, in-water survival, rescue and immediate first aid.
OIS-03 develops the learner’s understanding of emergency evacuation and survival following an offshore incident. Training covers emergencies associated with installations such as FPSOs and drilling rigs, station bills, installation layouts, escape routes, temporary refuge, muster and abandonment points, alarms, communications, PPE and emergency organisation. Learners examine the actions required before, during and after evacuation, together with offshore search-and-rescue arrangements including helicopter recovery, winchman duties, hi-line and single or double lifts, as well as recovery using standby vessels, FRCs, MRRDs, nets, baskets and ladders. The unit also introduces Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft (TEMPSC), including freefall, single and twin arrangements. Practical training includes mustering, donning a lifejacket, boarding the TEMPSC and securing correctly as a passenger, alongside precautions for lowering and release and awareness of onboard emergency equipment and supplies.
Emergency first aid is integrated into the unit to prepare learners for immediate casualty care during offshore survival situations. Training covers first-aid arrangements and initial response to bleeding, burns, chemical exposure and the effects of heat or cold. Learners are taught to assess the situation without creating additional danger, make the area safe, evaluate casualties, provide appropriate attention to unconscious casualties and summon further assistance as quickly as possible.
04 — OIS-04
Firefighting and Self Rescue
3 Hours
Recognise the fire, raise the alarm, use the correct equipment and escape when visibility is lost.
OIS-04 develops the learner’s understanding of offshore fire hazards, firefighting principles and the actions required when fire is discovered. Training covers common ignition sources, including personal electronic devices and batteries, domestic activities and welding, together with the triangle of combustion and heat transfer through conduction, convection and radiation. Learners are introduced to firefighting media including water, foam, dry chemical, dry powder and CO₂, as well as fixed fire and gas-detection systems and precautions associated with deluge and gaseous-suppression systems. Emergency response includes raising the alarm, identifying suitable portable firefighting equipment and evacuating to the designated area when required. Practical exercises require learners to operate water or foam and CO₂ extinguishers against appropriate Class A or Class B fire scenarios.
The unit also develops self-rescue capability for environments affected by smoke, heat and deteriorating visibility. Learners understand the selection and use of smoke hoods and escape techniques with and without respiratory protection, including coordinated escape within small groups. Practical training progresses from donning and using a smoke hood in reduced visibility to self-rescue in completely obscured conditions using controlled darkness, blacked-out smoke hoods or partial blindfolds. Learners then complete a small-group escape from a fully obscured environment, concluding with a muster exercise.
Why the Rebreather EBS Pathway Matters
Train for the breathing system you may actually use offshore.
Product 5700 is built around the rebreather EBS pathway. Learners develop an understanding of the system, its operating duration, flotation dynamics and correct donning and operation before integrating EBS into helicopter emergency and underwater escape exercises.
System
Understanding
Operating
Duration
Flotation
Dynamics
Integrated
Egress
EBS Technical Focus
Understand the system before you depend on it.
The EBS element develops an understanding of:
EBS operating principles
How the system provides emergency breathing capability.
Duration
Why the available breathing period must be understood.
Flotation Dynamics
How body orientation and the equipment interact in water.
Donning & Operation
How the EBS is correctly fitted, checked and operated.
The learner then progresses into practical use.
Experience how EBS behaves in the water.
Learners deploy, operate and breathe from the EBS in a controlled pool environment.The exercise specifically requires the learner to experience the positive and negative pressure effects created by body orientation in water.
This establishes familiarity before EBS is integrated into more demanding underwater helicopter escape exercises.
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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
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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.
Product 5700 requires a HUET capable of reproducing representative offshore-helicopter escape conditions.
The trainer must provide at least four learner seats plus space for an instructor, a push-out window for each learner, representative window dimensions, controlled lowering onto and below the water, and the ability to rotate at least 180° in a controlled manner. It must also include an emergency stop or brake, rapid retrieval capability, representative helicopter seating and restraints, emergency learner-release arrangements and a nominated helicopter-style exit.
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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 5700 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
01
Partial
Submersion
Escape without EBS.
04
Capsize
Escape from the inverted helicopter.
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Partial
Submersion + EBS
Deploy, operate and breathe from EBS during escape.
05
Capsize + EBS
Breathe correctly and stay calm.
03
Partial Submersion + EBS + Push-Out Window
Integrate breathing-system operation with exit removal.
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Capsize + EBS + Push-Out Window
Escape safely and follow instructions.
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 5700 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
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.
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.
Medical eligibility should be confirmed before booking.
Why Suraksha Marine
Practical competence built around real equipment and controlled simulation.
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Advanced HUET Simulation: Train in a dedicated underwater helicopter escape environment with controlled inversion and representative exits.
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EBS-Specific Training: Move from EBS understanding and operation into practical pool use and helicopter escape.
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Progressive Learning: Build competence through theory, demonstration, controlled practice, simulation and assessment.
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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: Helicopter escape, survival, rescue, first aid, firefighting and self-rescue 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
Product 5905 connects offshore safety knowledge, rebreather EBS operation, helicopter escape, survival and emergency response into one structured training pathway.
Breathing. Orientation. Escape. Survival.
Train the system.
Practice the sequence.
Demonstrate competence.
Corporate workforce mobilisation?
