Apply Offshore Facility Abandonment & Sea Survival Procedures (FAB)

PMAOHS215B

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This course gives trainees the skills to undergo safe abandonment of any offshore facility. FAB covers the processes in both controlled and uncontrolled abandonment, from how to respond to an alarm, equipment familiarisation and musters, to what evacuation systems i.e. Lifeboats or individual descent devices and the methods you may be required to use and how to survive once evacuation has occurred.

 

DURATION:
6 hours

DESIGNED FOR:
Personnel who work, or are based permanently on an offshore installation.

DESCRIPTION:
In an emergency scenario personnel on an offshore facility may be required to abandon his/her station due to an onsite emergency and then survive at sea. This unit of competency is designed to allow personnel to improve their chance of survival through the application of agreed sea survival techniques and strategies following abandonment of the facility.

CONTENT:
It is essential that competence is demonstrated throughout the duration of the course:

  • Conduct offshore facility abandonment procedures
  • Demonstrate the operation and use of a life jacket
  • Deploy, board and manage a life raft
  • Carry out safe water entry procedures from height
  • Demonstrate techniques to assist in the delay of hypothermia
  • Search and Rescue procedures

ELEMENTS OF COMPETENCY:

  • PMAOHS215B/01Prepare for abandonment of the offshore facility
  • PMAOHS215B/02Abandon the offshore facility
  • PMAOHS215B/03Manage the survival process
  • PMAOHS215B/04Facilitate the recovery process
  • PMAOHS215B/05Control hazards

PRE-REQUISITES: 

None

 

ASSESSMENT:
Trainees will demonstrate/explain/identify their level of knowledge, skills and understanding through oral and/or written questioning and practical activities. Assessment for this unit of competency will involve an abandonment simulation.

CERTIFICATION:
On successful completion of this Unit of Competency trainees will be issued with a Statement of Attainment in PMAOHS215B Apply Offshore Facility Abandonment and Sea Survival Procedures and Practices.

DELIVERY METHOD: 

2 hours of classroom theory PowerPoint presentations, including audio-visual material, desktop activities and discussion. 4 hours of practical components using facility abandonment and sea survival equipment in a range of simulated scenarios.