FOET with CA-EBS (Code 5850)
Further Offshore Emergency Training with Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System

1. Helicopter Safety and Escape

Use of Compressed Air Breathing System (CA-EBS)

Training staff will explain:

• The principles of compressed air emergency breathing systems (CA-EBS);

• The principles of other typical emergency breathing systems (EBS) used in the oil and gas industry (i.e. re-breather systems);

• The components and elements of the CA-EBS;

• The operation of the compressed air EBS equipment in conjunction with other survival equipment;

• The hazards associated with compressed air EBS.

Training staff will explain and demonstrate and delegate will demonstrate:

• The pre-donning checks on the life jacket and compressed air EBS;

• How to don the life jacket complete with compressed air EBS;

• Deployment of CA-EBS.

2. Practical helicopter escape techniques

Following explanations and demonstration by training staff delegates will practise and demonstrate:

• Donning of an aviation transit suit, an aviation lifejacket, compressed air emergency breathing system (CA-EBS) equipment and conducting integrity checks of the CA-EBS equipment, including buddy checks;

• Deploying (left and right hand) and breathing from CA-EBS equipment at atmospheric pressure in dry conditions;

• Actions to take in preparing for a helicopter emergency landing;

• Following instruction from the crew, location of CA-EBS equipment and evacuation from a helicopter using a nominated exit, following a controlled emergency descent to a dry landing (conducted in helicopter simulator at poolside on dry land);

• Actions to be taken in preparing for an in-water ditching including location of exit, deploying and breathing from CA-EBS equipment at atmospheric pressure in dry conditions (conducted in helicopter simulator at poolside on dry land);

• Dry evacuation, using a nominated exit, to an aviation life raft from a helicopter ditched on water (and, on instructions from the aircrew, operation of a push out window), assisting others where possible and carrying out initial actions on boarding the aviation life raft, to include: mooring lines, deploying the sea anchor, raising the canopy and raft maintenance;

• Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (without operation of a push out window);

• Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (with operation of a push out window);

• Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter (without operation of a push out window);

• Inflation of an aviation lifejacket, deployment of a spray visor and carrying out inwater procedures (including individual and group survival techniques) – swimming, HELP, towing, chain, huddle and circle;

• Boarding of an aviation liferaft from the water;

• Being rescued by one of the recognised methods available offshore.