Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) with Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System (CA-EBS)

This programme is designed to meet the offshore safety and emergency response training requirements for personnel working in the offshore oil and gas industry who will be supplied with a compressed air emergency breathing system (CA-EBS) during offshore helicopter travel.

None Required.

Demonstrate, in a simulated environment, that they can use the safety equipment, and follow procedures in preparing for, and during helicopter emergencies – with particular focus on escaping from a helicopter following ditching The aim of the HUET (with CA-EBS) programme is to prepare delegates that intend to travel to and from offshore oil and gas installations and vessels by helicopter by providing specific training in pre-flight and in-flight requirements and to equip delegates with the basic emergency response knowledge and skills required in the event of a helicopter emergency – with specific focus on escaping from a helicopter following ditching.

Assessments are carried out against the OPITO standard Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) with Compressed Air Emergency Breathing System (CA-EBS); OPITO Standard Code: 5295 During these assessments candidates must demonstrate competence across the following module: Helicopter Safety and Escape The Learning Outcomes for this Module which each delegate must demonstrate are as follows: Helicopter Safety and Escape 1) 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 2) Deploying (left and right hand) and breathing from CA-EBS equipment at atmospheric pressure in dry conditions 3) Actions to take in preparing for a helicopter emergency landing 4) 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) 5) 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) 6) 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* 7) Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (without operation of a push out window)* 8) Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (with operation of a push out window)* 9) Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter (without operation of a push out window)* 10) Inflation of an aviation lifejacket, deployment of a spray visor and boarding of an aviation life raft from the water* 11) Deploying CA-EBS (above the water surface) and breathing from the CAEBS in a pool, face down in shallow water (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest) 12) Deploying CA-EBS (below the water surface, face down in a pool in shallow water) and clearing the mouthpiece by exhaling under the water surface (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest) 13) Deploying CA-EBS (below the water surface, face down in a pool in shallow water, using opposite hand to previous exercise) and clearing with purge button under the water surface (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest) 14) Deploying CA-EBS (above water surface), in a pool and breathing from CA-EBS underwater in a vertical position (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest) 15) Deploying CA-EBS (underwater), in a pool and breathing from CA-EBS underwater in a vertical position (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest) 16) Deploying CA-EBS (underwater), in a pool, breathing from CA-EBS underwater, and moving along a horizontal rail for a period of no less than 30 seconds, including a change in direction (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest) *Note: CA-EBS equipment will not be worn during Learning Outcomes 6 thru 10.