OPITO Product 5929
Tropical FOET with Emergency Breathing System (CA-EBS)
Further offshore safety and emergency-response training for personnel who travel by helicopter in tropical offshore operations where CA-EBS is provided.
Refresh and demonstrate critical competence in CA-EBS operation, helicopter emergency escape, HUET, in-water survival, firefighting, self-rescue and emergency first aid through practical, simulation-led OPITO training
8
4
CA-EBS
4 Year
Guided learning hours
Mandatory units
Compressed Air Emergency Breathing Pathways
Validity
Validity
4 years
Product Type
OPITO Approved Course
Trainers
OPITO Certified and years of experience
Eligibility
Valid eligible OPITO certificate
Entry Certificate Requirements
An eligible in-date OPITO certificate is required.
Three connected areas of further emergency competence.
The Product Standard identifies Product 5929 as open to learners holding a valid, in-date OPITO-approved certificate from eligible BOSIET, Tropical BOSIET, FOET and Tropical FOET pathways, including EBS and recognised CA-EBS variants listed by the Standard.
The training centre must be able to provide evidence that these prerequisite requirements were satisfied if requested by OPITO.
BOSIET
OPITO Approved Certificate
Tropical BOSIET
OPITO Approved Certificate
FOET
OPITO Approved Certificate
Tropical FOET
OPITO Approved Certificate
IS 5929 Right For you?
Further training for personnel already working offshore.
Product 5929 is designed for personnel already working in the offshore industry who require further emergency-response training and will be supplied with a Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System during offshore helicopter travel.
This is not an entry-level offshore programme. Product 5929 requires an appropriate valid, in-date OPITO certificate.
It is intended to refresh, practise and demonstrate previously developed emergency-response competencies, particularly those that cannot realistically be rehearsed during routine offshore drills.
Training requirements can vary by operator, region and aviation arrangement.
Before booking, confirm your requirement with your employer, operator or mobilisation team.
For Personnel working Offshore
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Requires an eligible in-date OPITO qualification
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Designed to refresh, practice, and demonstrate skills
Four Mandatory Units
01 — OIS-84
Further Helicopter Safety & Escape — Tropical
3 Hours
This unit refreshes the practical helicopter emergency and escape skills required for offshore travel.
Learners revisit the actions required when preparing for a helicopter ditching or emergency landing, including brace positions appropriate to different seating locations and restraint systems.
The emphasis then shifts quickly into practical escape.
Learners practise: donning an aviation lifejacket, preparing for helicopter ditching, operating a push-out window, dry evacuation into an aviation liferaft, underwater escape from partial submersion, capsized helicopter escape, lifejacket inflation, spray-visor deployment, in-water survival, liferaft boarding, and offshore rescue.
02 — OIS-276
Helicopter Emergencies & CA-EBS
The CA-EBS unit reconnects the learner with the breathing system that may be supplied during offshore helicopter travel.
Training covers: equipment principles, CA-EBS components, pre-donning checks, correct fitting, one-handed deployment, mouthpiece sealing, water clearing, purge operation, mouthpiece, recovery, demand-valve use and practical shallow-water breathing exercises.
This is not simply an equipment demonstration. The learner must perform the required actions.
03 — OIS-74
Further Firefighting and Self Rescue
2 Hours 35 Minutes
This unit refreshes the practical actions required when fire, smoke and restricted visibility change normal escape conditions.
Learners practise:raising the alarm, operating portable extinguishers, responding to Class A or Class B fires, self-rescue under reduced visibility, self-rescue under completely obscured visibility and small-group escape concluding with muster.
04 — OIS-75
Further Emergency First Aid
1 Hour
The first-aid component refreshes knowledge and immediate response actions learned through previous BOSIET or FOET training.
The Product specifically states that this unit should concentrate on enhancing previous learning, rather than treating the learner as a first-time participant.
Topics include: scene safety, raising the alarm, casualty assessment, airway and breathing, bleeding, burns, chemical exposure, prioritising actions and recognised immediate first-aid practice.
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 5508 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 5929 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.
01
Know the system and how it works.
Understand
02
Wear it correctly and Securely.
Don
03
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
Refresh the
Knowledge
Rehearse the
Response
Demonstrate the
Competence
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 5929 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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Prepare
Lifejacket · restraint · brace position · nominated exit
03
Partial Submersion
Escape through an underwater opening.
05
Capsize
Maintain reference and orientation through inversion.
07
Surface
Inflate the lifejacket and deploy the spray visor.
02
Dry Evacuation
Operate a push-out window and evacuate to an aviation liferaft.
04
Partial Submersion + Push-Out Window
Locate and operate the exit while submerged.
06
Underwater Egress
Operate the exit and leave the simulator.
08
Survive
Apply individual and group survival techniques, board the liferaft and prepare for rescue.
These variations form part of the practical Product 5929 HUET sequence.
HUET Escape Progression
Increase the challenge one element at a time.
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
Push-Out Window Competence
Operate the exit before the most complex scenario.
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.
This is a good example of progressive competence development:
Aviation Liferaft
From Egress to Survival Craft
Product 5929 includes both dry evacuation into an aviation liferaft and liferaft boarding from the water.
Learners revisit initial liferaft actions including:
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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.
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.
Product 5929 contains activities that may be physically demanding and potentially stressful.
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
Further training should put critical skills back into action.
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Real CA-EBS Equipment: Refresh the actual equipment sequence through inspection, donning, deployment and underwater use.
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Advanced HUET Simulation: Rehearse partial-submersion and capsized helicopter escape in a controlled simulator environment.
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Practical Training Focus: FOET concentrates on skills that are difficult or impossible to practise during normal offshore drills.
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Structured Supervision: In-water activities are supported by dedicated instructor, dive and pool-safety personnel.
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Connected Emergency Response: HUET, CA-EBS, survival, firefighting, self-rescue and first aid are treated as connected emergency competencies.
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Training Requirement Support: Suraksha Marine can help review existing certification and identify whether the CA-EBS or EBS pathway applies.
FURTHER TRAINING. ACTIVE COMPETENCE.
FOET exists because many emergency actions cannot be rehearsed during everyday offshore operations. At Suraksha Marine, Product 5929 brings those actions back into controlled practice—from CA-EBS deployment and underwater breathing to helicopter escape, fire response, obscured-visibility self-rescue and immediate first aid.
Refresh. Rehearse. Demonstrate.
Returns to the simulator.
Returns to inversion.
Returns to underwater egress.
Returns to fire response.
Returns to obscured-visibility escape.
And demonstrates that these critical actions can still be performed.
Corporate workforce mobilisation?
Check related Courses:
01
Tropical BOSIET with CA-EBS
Initial tropical offshore safety training integrating CA-EBS use, HUET, sea survival, first aid, firefighting and self-rescue.
04
Tropical HUET with EBS
Focused tropical HUET training integrating rebreather EBS use, underwater helicopter escape, inversion response and survival actions.
02
Tropical BOSIET with EBS
Initial tropical offshore safety training built around the rebreather EBS pathway, helicopter escape and integrated emergency response.
05
Tropical HUET with CA-EBS
Focused tropical helicopter emergency training combining CA-EBS competence, underwater escape, capsize response and post-egress survival.
