OPITO Product 5655
Travel Safely by Boat — Further Training (TSbB)
Refresher and revalidation training for personnel who continue to travel and transfer by boat to offshore installations.
OPITO Product 5655 — Travel Safely by Boat Further Training refreshes the safety and emergency-response skills previously established during TSbB Initial Training.
The programme revisits the essential procedures for safe embarkation and disembarkation, personnel transfer, swing-rope use, boat emergencies, marine-liferaft entry and in-water survival so that personnel can demonstrate continued familiarity with the actions required during routine transfer and emergency situations.
1 DAY
1
Eligibility
4 Year
1 Guided learning hours
Mandatory units
TSbB Certificate Required
Validity
Validity
2 years
Product Type
OPITO Approved Course
Trainers
OPITO Certified and years of experience
Category
Oil and Gas / Basic Emergency Response
Build Confidence Before the Offshore Boat Transfer
01 — Embarkation & Disembarkation
Review the safety procedures and individual responsibilities involved in boarding, travelling onboard and leaving the vessel.
02 — Personnel Transfer
Refresh the procedures and hazards associated with boat-to-boat, boat-to-gangway and swing-rope transfer.
03 — Boat Emergency Response & Liferaft Entry
Review the actions and onboard emergency equipment required when normal operations become an emergency. Practise appropriate flotation equipment, water entry and marine-liferaft boarding.
04 — In-Water Survival
Rehearse individual and group survival actions following abandonment.
One Mandatory Unit
What Does Product 5655 Develop?
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OIS-350
1 H 00 M
Travel Safely by Boat - Further Training
Refresh the knowledge and practical skills established during previous TSbB training rather than recreate the complete initial learning pathway
TSbB Further refreshes the knowledge and practical skills developed during previous boat-transfer training, reinforcing safe pre-boarding, boarding, onboard travel, disembarkation and swing-rope transfer procedures. Learners revisit flotation-device use, rope integrity checks, two-handed transfer technique, luggage handling and the hazards created by vessel movement, boat fenders and changing transfer gaps.
The programme also refreshes emergency-response and survival capability through controlled water entry, marine liferaft boarding, initial liferaft actions and individual and group survival techniques. The focus is on maintaining procedural discipline, practical control and readiness for both routine personnel transfer and boat-emergency conditions.
Boat-transfer procedures are used during routine offshore mobilisation, but some emergency actions may be practised only during training. TSbB Further Training returns personnel to those critical actions.
The course refreshes: pre-boarding and embarkation procedures, safe movement while onboard, disembarkation, swing-rope transfer principles, transfer hazards, flotation-equipment use, boat-emergency response, marine-liferaft entry, and in-water survival techniques.
01 — REFRESH SAFE BOAT TRAVEL
Reinforce the procedures for pre-boarding, boarding, onboard travel, personnel transfer and safe disembarkation.
02 — REVALIDATE TRANSFER COMPETENCE
Refresh flotation-device use, swing-rope checks, body-weight control, two-handed transfer technique and correct luggage handling.
03 — RECOGNISE TRANSFER HAZARDS
Maintain awareness of vessel movement, boat-fender risks, entrapment and changing vessel-to-platform transfer distances.
04 — REFRESH EMERGENCY RESPONSE
Revisit boat-emergency procedures, emergency flotation equipment and the actions required when normal travel transitions into abandonment.
05 — MAINTAIN SEA-SURVIVAL SKILLS
Refresh controlled water entry, marine liferaft boarding, initial liferaft actions and individual and group in-water survival techniques.
IS 5655 Right For you?
Personnel already trained in offshore boat transfer.
Product 5655 is designed for personnel who: travel or transfer by boat to offshore installations and need to refresh and revalidate their existing Travel Safely by Boat training.
The Product assumes prior competence rather than teaching the transfer pathway from the beginning.
THIS IS A FURTHER-TRAINING PRODUCT.
A valid OPITO-approved Travel Safely by Boat certificate is required before attendance.
There are prerequisites for TSbB FURTHER Training.
Before booking, confirm your requirement with your employer, operator or mobilisation team.
PREPARE
Transfer
Respond
Survive
Why TSbB Further?
Refresh the skills that routine offshore travel can make familiar—but should never make automatic.
TSbB Further Product 5655 is designed for personnel who already hold valid Travel Safely by Boat competence and need to refresh and revalidate the safety and emergency-response skills required for offshore boat travel and personnel transfer.
It does not recreate the complete Initial Training pathway; instead, it focuses on maintaining practical control, procedural discipline and readiness for the transfer and survival actions that matter most.
Reinforce Safe Boat-Travel Discipline
Repeated offshore travel can make routine actions feel familiar. The aim is to ensure that familiarity does not replace procedure and that personnel continue to approach each journey with the correct preparation and awareness. Product 5655 brings the learner back to the core procedures for:
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Pre-boarding
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Safe boarding
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Travel while onboard
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Personnel transfer
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Safe disembarkation.
This creates a structured understanding of boat travel as one continuous operational sequence rather than a single transfer movement.
Refresh Transfer-Hazard Awareness
Personnel transfer takes place between environments that may be moving independently. Learners revisit hazards associated with:
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Changing vessel-to-platform distance
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Vessel movement
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Entrapment
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Boat fenders
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Timing of movement
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Transfer-point positioning.
This reinforces a critical principle: a transfer technique can be physically correct but still unsafe if it is performed at the wrong moment.
Refresh Flotation-Device Use
Further training requires learners to demonstrate correct use of the flotation equipment associated with personnel transfer and emergency response.
This keeps equipment familiarity connected to the activity for which the equipment is intended rather than treating flotation devices as passive PPE.
System
Understanding
Operating
Duration
Flotation
Dynamics
Integrated
Egress
Training Philosophy
Establish control before complexity.
TSbB Further Product 5655 follows a refresher and revalidation approach. It is designed to reconnect experienced personnel with the safe-travel, transfer and survival procedures established during previous TSbB training, reinforcing the disciplines that can become routine through repeated offshore travel.
Travel by boat may be a repeated part of offshore mobilisation. But emergency abandonment, marine-liferaft entry and in-water survival are not routine activities. TSbB Further Training brings those actions back into active practice.
MOVE WHEN THE TRANSFER IS READY — NOT SIMPLY WHEN THE DESTINATION IS WITHIN REACH.
Refresh Procedural Discipline
Learners revisit the full boat-travel sequence, including pre-boarding, boarding, onboard travel, personnel transfer and safe disembarkation, helping ensure that familiarity does not replace correct procedure.
Revalidate Practical Transfer Skills
Training refreshes flotation-device use, rope integrity checks, body-weight control, two-handed swing-rope transfer and correct luggage handling so that previously acquired transfer competence remains current.
Reconnect Skills with Transfer Hazards
Learners revisit vessel movement, boat-fender hazards, entrapment and changing vessel-to-platform distances, reinforcing the need to assess conditions before committing to the transfer.
Maintain Emergency Readiness
The programme reconnects routine boat travel with emergency response through flotation equipment, controlled water entry, marine liferaft boarding and the actions required following abandonment.
Refresh Individual & Group Survival
Learners re-practise individual techniques such as swimming, HELP and wave-slap protection alongside group methods including towing, chain, huddle and circle formations.
Demonstrate Continued Competence
Product 5655 is not simply a knowledge refresher. Its philosophy is to ensure that critical transfer and survival skills can still be understood, performed and demonstrated correctly when required.
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Safe Embarkation & Disembarkation
Refresh the correct procedures for pre-boarding, boarding, travelling onboard and safely disembarking.
03
Transfer Flotation
Device
Correctly don the appropriate flotation device used during personnel transfers.
05
Hold Body Weight
Demonstrate control by supporting body weight on the swing rope before committing to the transfer.
07
Emergency Flotation
Correctly don the appropriate flotation device required during a boat emergency.
09
Liferaft Boarding
Demonstrate the correct method of boarding a marine liferaft directly from the water.
02
Transfer Hazard
Control
Recognise and control hazards associated with swing-rope transfers, boat fenders, entrapment and changing vessel-to-platform distances.
04
Swing-Rope Integrity Check
Apply a sharp pull to the swing rope to confirm its integrity before transfer.
06
Swing-Rope Transfer
Demonstrate the correct two-handed technique for completing a swing-rope personnel transfer.
08
Controlled Water Entry
Enter the water safely from poolside at a maximum height of 1 metre, applying the required precautions.
10
Liferaft & Survival Actions
Carry out initial liferaft actions and refresh individual and group in-water survival techniques including HELP, towing, chain, huddle and circle formations.
Practical Training Environment
The unit is designed to refresh the knowledge and practical skills established during previous TSbB training rather than recreate the complete initial learning pathway.
For TSbB, these include:
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Donning appropriate flotation devices
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Swing-rope transfer
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Marine-liferaft boarding
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Emergency-response actions
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In-water survival techniques.
These activities ensure that refresher training includes physical performance rather than knowledge recall alone.
Marine Liferaft
From Egress to Survival Craft
Product 5655 includes evacuation into an aviation liferaft and liferaft boarding from the water. The Product specifies that these secondary actions need only be explained rather than practically demonstrated.
Learners practise boarding a marine liferaft from the water.Once aboard, the initial actions include:
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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
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Lookout Arrangements
Radio-beacon
activation
First-aid equipment awareness
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.
Medical Requirements
Although there is no training prerequisite, the Product contains practical activities that may be physically demanding or stressful.
Before practical participation, the learner must either:
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hold a valid current offshore medical certificate
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hold an operator-approved medical certificate
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complete appropriate medical screening through the OPITO-approved centre.
Learners are responsible for declaring medical conditions that could adversely affect participation. Where uncertainty exists, the approved centre must direct the learner to an appropriate medical professional familiar with the training demands.
Why Suraksha Marine
FAMILIARITY SHOULD SUPPORT DISCIPLINE — NOT REPLACE IT.
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Refresher Boat-Travel Discipline: Reinforce the full offshore boat-travel sequence, including pre-boarding, boarding, onboard travel, personnel transfer and safe disembarkation.
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Revalidated Swing-Rope Transfer: Refresh rope checks, body-weight control, two-handed transfer technique and correct movement between vessel and installation transfer points.
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Transfer Hazard Recognition: Revisit boat-fender hazards, entrapment risks, changing vessel-to-platform distances and the timing required for a controlled transfer.
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Flotation & Emergency Equipment: Refresh correct use of transfer flotation devices, marine lifejackets and the emergency equipment associated with offshore boat operations.
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Controlled Abandonment Practice: Revalidate safe water entry from up to 1 metre, marine liferaft boarding and the transition from vessel abandonment into survival activity.
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Individual Sea-Survival Refresh: Re-practice swimming, HELP and wave-slap protection to maintain confidence and control in the water.
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Group Survival Revalidation: Refresh towing, chain, huddle and circle formations to reinforce coordinated survival after abandonment.
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Continued Competence Assurance: Confirm that previously acquired boat-transfer, emergency-response and survival skills remain current, controlled and ready to be demonstrated when required.
Refresh. Transfer. Respond. Revalidate.
Re-establish practical competence in safe offshore boat travel, transfer procedures, emergency response, marine-liferaft entry and in-water survival.
Refresh the Transfer. Rehearse the Response. Revalidate the Competence.
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