OPITO Product 5095
HUET with Emergency Breathing System (EBS)
Focused offshore helicopter emergency training for personnel who will travel by helicopter and be provided with a rebreather Emergency Breathing System during offshore transit.
Product 5095 develops the knowledge, equipment familiarity and practical response required to prepare for a helicopter emergency, operate a rebreather EBS, escape following ditching and complete the immediate survival actions that follow egress.
1 Day
1
EBS
4 Year
6H 40M Guided learning hours
Mandatory units
Rebreather EBS Pathways
Validity
Validity
4 years
Product Type
OPITO Approved Course
Trainers
OPITO Certified and years of experience
Operating Environment
Oil & Gas / Basic Emergency Response
Training for the Moment Orientation Changes
01 — Know the Cabin Before the Emergency
Become familiar with helicopter safety equipment, emergency exits and the procedures that support safer offshore helicopter travel before an emergency develops.
02 — Understand the Role of EBS
Develop familiarity with the rebreather Emergency Breathing System supplied for offshore helicopter travel and understand how it fits into preparation for a helicopter emergency.
03 — Hold the Sequence Through Ditching
Practise the actions required when a helicopter enters the water, maintaining reference, managing restraints and following the correct escape procedure in a simulated environment.
04 — Exit When Orientation Changes
Apply the complete underwater escape sequence when familiar visual and spatial references may no longer be available, with particular focus on safely leaving the helicopter following ditching.
Helicopter Travel
Emergency preparation begins before the emergency.
The Product begins with normal helicopter operations because effective emergency response depends on understanding the aircraft environment before anything goes wrong.
Learners develop awareness of: pre-flight briefings, arrival and check-in procedures, correct dress, Documentation, prohibited articles, safe boarding, in-flight requirements and safe disembarkation.
Helicopter-evacuation sequence: Learners understand the actions required before emergency landing or ditching, including brace positions appropriate to different seating locations and restraint configurations.
LOCATE
Identify the nominated exit.
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Release
Release the restraint at the appropriate stage.
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Evacuate
Move through the nominated exit or push-out window during on-water, underwater or capsized conditions.
Aviation Transit Suit Familiarisation
Aviation transit suits are not necessarily identical across every offshore operating region.
The Product specifically requires learners to understand that different suit designs may be used and that personnel should familiarise themselves with the specific aviation transit suit they are expected to use before boarding the helicopter.
Is 5095 Right For You?
Personnel travelling offshore by helicopter with rebreather EBS.
Product 5095 is intended for personnel who are new to, or returning to, the offshore energy industry and who will be supplied with a rebreather Emergency Breathing System during offshore helicopter travel.
It is a focused helicopter emergency-response Product rather than a complete initial offshore-safety programme.
The training concentrates on the specific knowledge and actions required before and during helicopter travel, during emergency landing or ditching, and during escape from a helicopter that has entered the water.
Training requirements can vary by operator, region and aviation arrangement.
Before booking, confirm your requirement with your employer, operator or mobilisation team.
Prepare for the flight
Control the escape
Survive the water
One Mandatory Unit
What Does Product 5095 Develop?
The Product prepares learners to use representative helicopter safety equipment and follow the procedures required during a helicopter emergency.
Its primary objective is for learners to demonstrate, within a simulated environment, that they can prepare correctly for helicopter emergencies and perform the actions required to escape after ditching.
The learning pathway therefore connects all the below into one controlled progression:
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Helicopter travel
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Aviation survival equipment
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Rebreather EBS
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Emergency landing preparation
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Dry evacuation
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Partial submersion
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Full inversion
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Push-out-window operation
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Underwater egress
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Aviation-liferaft survival
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OIS-02
6 H 40 M
Helicopter Safety & Escape — EBS
Prepare for offshore helicopter travel and develop practical competence for emergency evacuation and underwater escape.
OIS-02 develops competence in offshore helicopter travel, rebreather EBS use and underwater escape. Learners understand pre-flight and emergency procedures, transit suits, lifejackets, flotation, brace positions, exits and aviation liferafts before progressing through EBS checks, dry deployment, pool familiarisation and HUET. Practical exercises include partial-submersion and capsize scenarios, EBS deployment, push-out-window operation, underwater egress and post-escape survival actions.
Why HUET with EBS?
Understand the rebreather before depending on it underwater.
An offshore helicopter ditching may require a passenger to remain restrained, maintain a physical reference point, recognise changes in orientation, operate an emergency exit and escape from a partially submerged or inverted cabin.
Once outside the aircraft, the response must transition immediately into flotation, survival-craft use and sea-survival actions.
The breathing system is progressively incorporated into the helicopter emergency sequence so that the learner develops familiarity before being required to use it during underwater escape.
Helicopter emergency response and survival in one focused pathway.
Learners are required to demonstrate that they can:
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Use Safety Equipment
Apply the required helicopter emergency and aviation survival equipment correctly.
Prepare for Helicopter Emergencies
Follow the appropriate procedures before and during emergency landing or ditching.
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Escape Following Ditching
Perform practical underwater helicopter escape in a simulated environment.
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Use EBS
Understand and operate the rebreather Emergency Breathing System during the specified practical exercises.
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Demonstrate Sea Survival
Apply recognised survival techniques after entering or escaping into the water.
System
Understanding
Operating
Duration
Flotation
Dynamics
Integrated
Egress
EBS Technical Focus
Understand the system before you depend on it.
Learners refresh four core EBS knowledge areas:
EBS Principles
How the Emergency Breathing System operates.
Duration
Understanding the available breathing duration and the limitations of the system.
Flotation Dynamics
Understanding how EBS interacts with flotation and body position.
Donning & Operation
Correctly fitting and operating the emergency breathing equipment.
EBS Pool Familiarisation
Experience the effect of changing body orientation.
Learners deploy, operate and breathe from the EBS in a pool using personal air.The exercise specifically requires the learner to experience the positive and negative pressure created by body orientation in the water.
Breathing-system familiarity must continue even when orientation changes
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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
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Deploy in the exercise.
Deploy
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Breathe correctly and stay calm.
Breathe
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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 5095 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
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Partial
Submersion
Escape without EBS.
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Partial Submersion + EBS + Push-Out Window
Integrate breathing-system operation with exit removal.
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Capsize + EBS
Breathe correctly and stay calm.
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Partial
Submersion + EBS
Deploy, operate and breathe from EBS during escape.
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Capsize
Escape from the inverted helicopter.
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Capsize + EBS + Push-Out Window
Escape safely and follow instructions.
These variations form part of the practical Product 5095 HUET sequence.
HUET Escape Progression
Increase the challenge one element at a time.
Product 5095 progressively increases the complexity of the underwater escape exercise.
The minimum HUET team includes:
Lead Instructor
Crane/Hoist Operator or Dive Supervisor
OPITO HUET Divers
Pool Safety Person
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 5095 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
Train the complete helicopter emergency response—not simply the inversion.
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EBS-Specific Training: Develop familiarity with EBS principles, donning, integrity checks, deployment, breathing and underwater orientation effects.
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Controlled HUET Simulation: Practise partial submersion, inversion, emergency-exit operation and underwater egress.
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Progressive Escape Training: Build from dry evacuation into increasingly complex underwater scenarios.
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Integrated Sea Survival: Continue from cabin egress into liferafts, TEMPSC, in-water survival and offshore rescue.
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Structured Safety Supervision: HUET activities are supported by defined instructor, diver, operator and pool-safety resources.
Train for the Point Where Orientation Changes
Product 5095 connects offshore helicopter procedures, rebreather EBS, underwater escape and sea survival into one focused emergency-response pathway.
The objective is not simply to experience a capsized simulator.
It is to maintain reference, use the breathing system correctly, locate the exit, complete the egress and transition into survival.
Prepare. Breathe. Orient. Escape.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
