BOSIET - Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training

Objectives

• To gain a basic level of understanding and an awareness of the hazards encountered when working on offshore 
   installations and the safety regime and safety management systems in place to control  and mitigate those 
   hazards.
• To equip participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond appropriately in the event of an 
   emergency while offshore and to enhance their survivability in the event of an emergency through proper use of 
   emergency equipment and procedures.

The course also achieves the following Nationally Recognised Competencies from the PMA08 Chemicals, Hydrocarbons and Oil Refining Training Package:
• PMAOHS215B - Apply offshore facility abandonment and sea survival procedures
• PMAOHS214B - Undertake helicopter safety and escape
• MSAPMOHS212A - Undertake first response to fire incidents 
 
Maritime Training Package:
• TDMMF1107B - Survive at sea in the event of vessel abandonment

These competencies may contribute to the achievement of nationally recognised qualifications.

Expected Outcomes

On completion of this course, participants will:
• Receive a Safety Induction covering: 
     - Industry and Installation Overview
     - Offshore Hazards
     - Managing Offshore Safety
     - Controlling Offshore Hazards
     - Regulating Offshore Safety
     - Living and Working Offshore
• Understand what actions to carry out in preparation for a helicopter ditching
• Be able to take appropriate actions following: 
     - a controlled emergency descent to a dry landing
     - a controlled ditching on water
     - a partial submersion of an aircraft
     - an aircraft capsize in water
• Correctly use an Emergency Breathing System (Re-breather)
• Prepare for the abandonment of the offshore facility and manage the survival process
• Carry out correct actions when mustering and boarding as a passenger of a TEMPSC (Totally Enclosed  Motor 
   Powered Survival Craft) during launch operations
• Correctly fit a helicopter strop and adopt correct body posture during winching 
• Correctly use hand-held portable fire extinguishers Correctly use small bore fire hoses and fire blankets
•Use appropriate self rescue techniques using a smoke hood
Note: IFAP’s BOSIET exceeds the standard OPITO course in some content in order to meet Australian regulations and company requirements.

Refresher Training

Unfortunately there is no single answer to the duration that an Offshore Survival course is recognised for. In Australia this decision is determined by individual operating companies risk assessments. There is also precedence which is accepted by the industry regulators and this varies between two and four years. As far as OPITO is concerned, they will allow an individual to refresh a BOSIET or TBOSIET course within a four-year period. However, this duration is a maximum time frame and the actual refresher period is still dictated by each country's legislation or company requirements.

IFAP is accredited to run the OPITO approved Refreshers, FOET (Further Offshore Emergency Training) and TFOET (Tropical Further Offshore Emergency Training) courses. These courses are run every Monday or as demand requires.

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