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The OPITO Authorised Gas Tester Levels 1 - 3 course provides the participant with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes required to conduct themselves, in line with Industry recognised good practice, in the scope of carrying out gas testing for various tasks at the work site.

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When an incident occurs, it can rapidly develop into a crisis for your business. Senior management play a critical role in the overall management and support of any incident to mitigate the detrimental impacts it could have on the business as a whole. This course is designed to provide practical skills and guidance to senior leaders within a business to assist them in managing a critical situation or event and ensure the on-going continuity of the business operation.

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This course, accredited by the Nautical Institute on behalf of BEIS, is designed for Onshore Emergency Responders, Incident Managers and advisors. Led by instructors with decades of operational experience in oil and chemical spill response, salvage and rescue operations, the course arms delegates with a wide breadth and depth of knowledge over three days.

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The course is designed to train personnel in the role of Team Leader within an onshore Emergency Response Team. Suitable for senior personnel who can demonstrate they have sufficient authority and experience within the organisation to be the Team Leader in the company’s response teams, the course is also perfect for those who may wish to fulfil a Team Leader role in the future.

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Those who find their training enjoyable are more likely to remember what was taught. Given that dealing with relatives in an emergency situation is one of the hardest tasks in emergency response and can happen at very short notice. The R2R instructors are highly experienced and as former Police Officers have many years of ‘real’ experience dealing with families during one of the most traumatic times of their lives. They are also members of the OPITO Group set up in 2009 in Aberdeen to review Relative Response Team (RRT) training.

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The structure of both courses uses classroom and simulated exercises and can be based and designed around clients’ needs. The courses have been developed to focus the training on current major emergency management practices and techniques for dealing with offshore emergencies. The courses incorporate up to date requirements for communications with the coastguard, police, vessels, aircraft, duty managers and additional outside agencies.

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This course will assess a delegates competency against the OIM Controlling Emergencies Standard and is designed for OIM's, Deputy OIM's, Captains, Senior Toolpushers, Barge Engineers and any person in charge offshore.

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The aim of this half day course is to provide the necessary skills and knowledge to inspect, produce records and safely use portable ladders and step ladders.

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The Further Helideck Emergency Response Team Member (FHERTM) course is intended to refresh the skills required to remain competent as a Helideck Emergency Response Team Member. These are the skills required to deal with incidents and emergency situations on  the helideck.

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Seafarers who hold an existing personal survival techniques (PST) certificate are required to complete this updating training course to maintain proficiency under the STCW 2010 Manila Amendments (comes into place on 1st January 2017).

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This course will ensure seafarers who hold a valid Basic Fire Prevention and Fire Fighting (FP&FF) certificate as set out in STCW 95 regulation VI/1 and section A-VI/1 of the STCW code can revalidate their competency in accordance with Section A-VI/1 of STCW paragraph 3. Which states that “seafarers qualified in accordance with paragraph 2 in basic training shall be required, every five years, to provide evidence of having maintained the required standard of competence” in accordance with the STCW 2010 Manila Amendments.

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The STCW Convention and Code as has been amended by the Manila amendments (2010) contains new requirements regarding security training. All personnel employed or engaged on board ships to which the ISPS Code applies, require this training.

The MCA Accredited STCW ISPS Proficiency in Security Awareness (PSA) Course meets the knowledge, understanding and proficiency requirements set out in Regulation VI/6, paragraph 4 and Section A-VI/6, paragraphs 4 of the STCW  Convention and Code 1978, as amended. Approved by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA), it has been designed to give delegates an understanding of their various security awareness and understanding of the Ship Maritime Security Levels. 

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The MCA PDSD course follows the ISPS Code, which is a comprehensive set of maritime security measures to enhance the safety and security of ships and port facilities against criminal, terrorist, maritime espionage breaches and international piracy. It does this by providing a standardised framework model of risk management that is internationally recognised. Designed during the fall out of the 9/11 attacks, it is implemented through XI-2 of the SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea) Convention and is mandatory for the 148 contracting governments who have signed up to this.

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The MCA SSO course follows the ISPS Code, which is a comprehensive set of maritime security measures to enhance the safety and security of ships and port facilities against criminal, terrorist, maritime espionage breaches and international piracy. It does this by providing a standardised framework model of risk management that is internationally recognised. Designed during the fall out of the 9/11 attacks, it is implemented through XI-2 of the SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea) Convention and is mandatory for the 148 contracting governments who have signed up to this.

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The Advanced Hub Rescue module is designed to provide personnel with the necessary specialist skills and knowledge that will enable them to react in an effective, safe and prompt manner to stabilise and rescue personnel incapacitated within various sections of the nacelle including the hub. 

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When working in wind turbines one may face difficult and complicated rescue situations, should accidents occur. The purpose of this course is to give individuals who work in wind turbines, professional, simple and specific tools to approach complicated rescue situations and the skills, knowledge, attitude and competences to successfully complete an advanced rescue ensuring the safety of all parties. 

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The HDA Helideck Emergency Response Team Member (HERTM) Training Programme is to equip Offshore Helideck Assistants with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to perform emergency response team member role in offshore helideck and helicopter emergencies.

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Providing the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to perform the role of Offshore Emergency Response Team Leader

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For delegates to apply an advanced level of safe working practices in higher risk confined space environments including an introduction to the use of full Breathing Apparatus sets.

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This refresher course is designed to meet the further practice requirements not able to be met offshore for Offshore Emergency Response Team Leaders.

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This is for getting your shoulder measurements taken. It is done by a trained operative which will allow personnel to travel by helicopter to an offshore installation as required by UK Civil Aviation Authority regulations.

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This ECITB Confined Space course specifically concentrates on low risk shallow entries with adequate ventilation, natural or mechanical, where access is simple and unobstructed and there is no likely risk of flooding. Therefore it’s for entries no deeper than 3 metres, with an unobstructed vertical lift, a straight ladder into a dark chamber. 

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This course specifically concentrates on medium entries with adequate ventilation, natural or mechanical, where access is simple and unobstructed and there is no likely risk of flooding. Therefore it’s for entries deeper than 3 metres, with an unobstructed vertical lift, a straight ladder into a dark chamber. Delegates will be shown two methods of entry: staying on lifeline to complete the task, where if they collapsed the retrieval equipment would be operated and removal from the life line in where rescue team would be required.

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This High Risk course is for personnel nominated to work in or at Confined Spaces where work has been classified as high risk (NC4).  These spaces are primarily enclosed and are a potential hazardous working environment and where self contained breathing apparatus is required to be worn.

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This training is intended to meet the requirements set out in Section A-VI/1 of the STCW Code for training in personal safety and social responsibilities. The training forms part of the requirements for basic training for seafarers employed or engaged in any capacity on board ship on the business of that ship as part of the ship’s complement with designated safety or pollution prevention duties in the operation of the ship. The training must be undertaken before new entrants are assigned to any such shipboard duties. The objective of the training is to give all persons intending to go to sea a basic induction in safety procedures and accident prevention and to familiarise them with the employment conditions and working environment on board merchant vessels.

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This refresher course is designed to meet the further practice requirements not able to be met offshore for Offshore Emergency Response Team Members

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Each offshore oil and gas platform or drilling rig will have an Emergency Response Team ready to react in the unfortunate event of an emergency situation. This intensive Offshore Firefighting and Emergency response course provides delegates the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to perform the role of the Offshore Emergency Response Team Member effectively. 

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Every offshore worker must undergo and pass a medical examination which classifies them as medically fit to work in the offshore environment. 

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This course is designed to meet the MIST (Minimum Industry Safety Training) standard for personnel who will be working within the Oil and Gas Industry, and complies with the requirements laid down by OPITO.

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