Offshore Safety
Course Overview
Working offshore presents a unique combination of hazards: a remote and confined environment, adverse weather, simultaneous operations, helicopter and vessel transfers, and hydrocarbon processing. This course provides personnel with a comprehensive foundation in offshore safety – covering the offshore regulatory framework, installation safety systems, major accident hazards, personal survival considerations, and the safe systems of work that govern day-to-day offshore activities, aligned with ADNOC offshore requirements.
Every simulator in this course opens with a mandatory Risk Assessment Gate — identify the hazards, set the controls, and confirm the residual risk before the “permit to simulate” is issued — and every scenario injects live condition changes that demand dynamic risk assessment and Stop Work decisions, exactly as the field does.
Interactive Training Games
Navigate a platform deck to muster while smoke blocks — and then spreads across — your escape routes.
Find the dropped-object, hatch, and lifejacket hazards on a live deck.
GPA to lifeboat stations: make the calls under the OIM.
Drill the escape-set response until it is reflex.
Who Should Attend
- Personnel newly assigned to offshore installations
- Offshore construction, drilling, and production crews
- Marine and diving support personnel
- HSE officers and supervisors
- Contractor personnel mobilizing offshore
- Onshore staff supporting offshore operations
What You Will Learn
- Describe the offshore operating environment and its major hazards.
- Explain the regulatory framework and safety case concept for offshore installations.
- Identify installation safety systems: ESD, F&G detection, PA/GA, and safe havens.
- Apply safe systems of work offshore: PTW, JSA, toolbox talks, and manual handling.
- Describe safe practices for helicopter transfer, boat transfer, and crane operations.
- Recognize hydrocarbon, H2S, and dropped-object hazards and their controls.
Course Curriculum
The Offshore Environment & Major Accident HazardsINTERACTIVE LESSON
Evacuate to MusterTRAINING GAME
Transfers: Helicopter, Basket & VesselINTERACTIVE LESSON
Deck Hazard Hunt, H2S & DROPSTRAINING GAME
Weather, Sea States & Adverse ConditionsINTERACTIVE LESSON
Control of Work Offshore: PTW, SIMOPS & Lifting Over the SeaINTERACTIVE LESSON
Definitions & Key TerminologyREFERENCE
Standards References & Further ReadingREFERENCE
Final ExamFINAL EXAM
Standards & References
Certification
Complete all lessons and pass the final examination (70%) to receive an accredited USQC certificate, verifiable online through the USQC Certificate Verification portal. Corporate packages are available based on the number of participants and training scope, aligned with UAE market standards.
Curriculum
- 2 Sections
- 10 Lessons
- 12 Weeks
Instructor
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