Foundation Course

This training is for existing and potential new firefighters.

Who Should Attend?

Any new or potential oil and gas industry firefighters.

Foundation Course Learning Objectives

• Safety Introduction
  • Potential offshore hazards and their consequences
  • Waste disposal and awareness of the environment
  • Regulation and management of offshore safety
  • Appropriate procedures for prescribed medication
  • Understanding of the alcohol and substance abuse policy
  • PPE Requirements.
  • Follow procedures for reporting incidents, accidents and any near misses
  • Understand the role of a medic in these incidences
• Helicopter Safety and Escape:
  • Pre-boarding safety
  • Safe boarding of the helicopter
  • Safety during the flight
  • How to disembark safely
  • Emergency in-flight actions
  • Use of breathing equipment in the event of an emergency
  • Practical emergency escape procedures and the appropriate breathing systems
• Sea Survival:
  • The theory behind abandonment
  • Practical survival skills for sea
  • Skills for boarding and mustering of the appropriate survival craft
  • Passenger actions during launch operations
  • Understand the use of rescue helicopters
  • Winching procedures
  • The administration of emergency first aid, including CPR
• Fire Fighting and Self Rescue:
  • The nature and causes of fire in oil and gas situations
  • Fixed systems and response procedures
  • Understand the use of hand-held extinguishers
  • Skills to operate fixed hose reels
  • Techniques for self-rescue including reduced and obscured visibility situations
  • Use of escape hoods