HUET for Offshore Wind
LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE AN OFFSHORE EMERGENCY
This program is designed to meet the offshore safety and emergency response training requirements for personnel working in the offshore wind industry who will be supplied with a compressed air emergency breathing system during offshore helicopter travel.
CONTENT:
- Presentation on hazards, equipment, and procedures associated with ditching
- Pre-ditching procedures and landing considerations
- Compressed air physics/physiology, procedures for use, and risks
- Full disorientation underwater escape METS® (Modular Egress Training Simulator)
- Surface evacuation info liferaft, including survival pattern
- Survival pattern – protection, first-Aid, signals, endurance
LOCATION:
- Groton Training Center, Groton, CT
DURATION:
- Seven (7) Hours | 1 Days
PREREQUISITES:
- Participants are expected to be in a good state of health and physically capable of fully taking part in all course activities. Participants are subjected to rigorous physical activity. Depending on the program, this may include swimming, underwater disorientation, righting and/or climbing into a life raft, exposure to cold water, vertical climbing, and jumping from a height into water, along with the risks of compressed air use. Participants must be medically cleared to participate.
- Participants must be a minimum of 18 years of age for full participation and certification. Participants under 18 require parental consent and are welcome to participate in the classroom and other non-compressed air exercises, excluding the underwater METS® runs. Participants under the age of 12 may audit the course under the direct supervision of a guardian not involved in training.
CERTIFICATION:
- Participants who complete the full program in accordance with the learning and performance objectives receive a Survival Systems USA course completion certificate, and a completion certificate will be provided to their employer.
SCHEDULING:
- Courses are scheduled on a rolling basis. Training calendar seats are booked on a first come, first serve basis.