Course catalogue

The object of this course is to help participants maintain and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding their operational / emergency response function.

Course Content

Portions of this course will include group discussion and exchange of experiences, led by a helicopter pilot in active offshore service or with experience from offshore flying:

- Experiences from helideck service

- Improvement potential

Participants should also be able to: 

- Learn from the experience and incidents of other helideck personnel.

- Transfer their own experience as heliguards/HLO to other helideck crews.

This course is valid for 24 months.

Who is this course for?
All relevant personnel.

Is previous experience required?
You do not need prior knowledge or experience to complete this course and it is assumed that you are competent in your designated role

How will this course benefit me?
This course aims to provide personnel with an overview of how the Working Time Regulations impact on their working hours and the importance of effectively managing and assess the risks posed by fatigue in the workplace.

How will this course benefit my company?
By ensuring you have an overview of how the Working Time Regulations impact on their working hours and the importance of effectively managing and assess the risks posed by fatigue in the workplace.

What standards are referred to in this course?
N/A

Is there an assessment?
Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

Who is this course for?

Personnel requiring an awareness or understanding of asset stability.

Is previous experience required?

You do not need prior knowledge or experience to complete this course.

How will this course benefit me?

This course aims to provide learners with a basic understanding of the principles of asset stability.

This course consists of following sections:

Section One: ‘An Introduction to Asset Stability’

Section Two: ‘Understanding the Curve of Statical Stability (GZ Curve)’

Section Three: ‘Free Surface Effect’

Section Four: ‘Stability Criteria and Regulations’

Section Five: ‘Structural Strength’

How will this course benefit my company?

By ensuring you have a basic understanding of the principles of asset stability.

What standards are referred to in this course?

This course does not refer to specific legislation or standards but is written according to industry best practice.

Is there an assessment?

Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

The object of this course is to provide participants with basic knowledge and skills regarding helicopter operations, for both normal and emergency operations on the helideck, including safety routines and accident prevention. Participants also receive training on the relevant fire, rescue and protective equipment found on the helideck.

Course Content

- Laws and regulations

- Weather reporting, communication and routines

- Helideck regulations and guidelines

- Dangerous cargo

- Aviation fuel

- The responsibilities and tasks of the helideck crew during emergencies and abnormal operations

- The responsibilities and tasks of the helideck crew during normal operations

- Human factors

- Types of helicopters

- Fire theory

- The different extinguishing agents and their use

- Practice in fire fighting at a safety centre/school

This course is valid for 24 months.

Who is this course for:
Anyone wanting to take the SRC/VHR-exam.

Is previous experience required?
You do not need prior knowledge or experience to complete this course and it is assumed that you are competent in your designated role

How will this course benefit me?
To use VHF you must have a VHF / SRC certificate. With this course you will learn the whole curriculum in a simple and easily understandable way.

How will this course benefit my company?
By ensuring you have the competence to use VHF.

What standards are referred to in this course?
Lovdata - www.lovdata.no
Petroleum Safety Authority - www.psa.no

Is there an assessment?
Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

The object of this course is to help participants maintain and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes regarding their operational / emergency response function.

A representative selection of the content of the Small MOB Boat Basic Course adapted to participants’ previous knowledge, with major emphasis on practical training and drills.

This course is valid for 24 months.

Who is this course for?

All personnel who are involved in offshore drilling.

Is previous experience required?

No previous experience is required to complete this course. 

How will this course benefit me?

This course aims to provide an overview of well control and the systems used in the process and is based upon the International Well Control Forum (IWCF) Level 1 Syllabus.

How will this course benefit my company?

This course will benefit companies by ensuring personnel have an understanding of well control and the relevant systems.

What standards are referred to in this course?

No standards or regulations are referenced in this course.

Is there an assessment?

Yes

After completing the course, participants should have the necessary knowledge and skills to fight fires with the available equipment on the platform and on the vessel. Theoretical and practical instruction should provide participants with a clear understanding of their own and the equipment's limitations.

Course Content

- Emergency organisation

- Lifesaving First aid

- Checking the condition of the patient

- Fire theory

- Extinguishing agents

- Extinguishing equipment

- Fire fighting and limitations

- Physiology

- Pneumatic and other smoke diving equipment

- Search and rescue (smoke diving).

- Gas and liquids under pressure

- Mental reactions and dealing with stress (during accidents and disasters)

- Rescue work during a fire.

This course is valid for 48 months.

Who is this course for?
Offshore Marine Technicians

Is previous experience required?
You do not need prior knowledge or experience to complete this course and it is assumed that you are competent in your designated role

How will this course benefit me?
This course provides an introduction to radar systems and their use within the Oil and Gas Industry.

How will this course benefit my company?
By ensuring you are aware of the how phase behaviour and multiphase flow regimes can impact on hydrocarbon delivery.

What standards are referred to in this course?
N/A

Is there an assessment?
Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

Course Goal:  This course aims to increase learners’ awareness of the risks, and consequences, of slips, trips and falls in the workplace and the control measures and steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls, based on industry best practice.

Is there an assessment? 

Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

Learning Objectives

LO1 Outline the extent of the problem of slips, trips and falls at work

LO2 Identify the causes of slips, trips and falls

LO3 Describe the importance of following regulatory requirements to help reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls occurring

LO4 Explain the duties of employers in preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace

LO5 Explain the hierarchy of controls in preventing, and reducing, the risk of slips

LO6 Explain the actions that can be taken to prevent and reduce the risk of trips

LO7 Explain the responsibilities of employees in preventing slips, trips and falls

After completing the course, the students should be able to take part in their own organisation’s emergency management and be familiar with emergency preparedness in the petroleum industry.

Course Content

Lectures and simulation/practical exercises and drills within:

- Emergency preparedness organisation

- Efficient management of an emergency situation

- Cooperation – roles and responsibilities

- Mental reactions and stress management

- Emergency room conduct – practical training

This course is valid for 24 months.

Who is this course for?
All managers.

Is previous experience required?
You do not need prior knowledge or experience to complete this course and it is assumed that you are competent in your designated role

How will this course benefit me?
This course aims to provide managers with a guide on how to safely return their teams to the workplace

How will this course benefit my company?
By ensuring you have a guide on how to safely return their teams to the workplace

What standards are referred to in this course?
N/A

Is there an assessment?
Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

Course goal: This course aims to increase learners’ awareness of the risks, and consequences, of slips, trips and falls in the workplace and the control measures and steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls, based on industry best practice.

Target Audience: All onshore and offshore personnel

Learning Objectives

LO1 Outline the extent of the problem of slips, trips and falls at work

LO2 Identify the causes of slips, trips and falls

LO3 Describe the importance of following regulatory requirements to help reduce the risk of slips, trips and falls occurring

LO4 Explain the duties of employers in preventing slips, trips and falls in the workplace

LO5 Explain the hierarchy of controls in preventing, and reducing, the risk of slips

LO6 Explain the actions that can be taken to prevent and reduce the risk of trips

LO7 Explain the responsibilities of employees in preventing slips, trips and falls

Who is this course for?

Personnel requiring an awareness or understanding of US fire extinguishers.

Is previous experience required?

You do not need prior knowledge or experience to complete this course.

How will this course benefit me?

This course aims to ensure that relevant personnel in the US have a common and consistent understanding of portable fire extinguishers.

How will this course benefit my company?

By ensuring you have a common and consistent approach to company and industry best practice in relation to US portable fire extinguishers.

What standards are referred to in this course?

This course does not refer to specific legislation or standards but is written according to industry best practice.

Is there an assessment?

Once you have completed the course, you will be asked a series of questions to check your knowledge and understanding. These are based on the learning objectives for the course and have a pass mark of 80%.

This course focuses on the basic elements of MOB boat training and may be completed regardless of the type of boats participants use.

This course covers the necessary competence for being in command of a lifeboat in the event of a shipwreck or accident requiring evacuation, in other words, the entire rescue phase which consists of boarding and launching the lifeboat, moving to a safe distance from the installation and staying on the lifeboat at sea.

Course Content

- Prepare a conventional lifeboat for evacuation

- Organise and supervise embarkation

- Launch the lifeboat

- Attend to the passengers and facilitate the stay onboard after an evacuation.

- Establish and maintain communication with the rescue unit.

This course is valid for 24 months.

Review of the two pages from where one can register hours in OCS Self Service – Hours per week and Timesheet. Manual registration, hour generation, project pinning and approving hours. Manager’s approval of hours for employees. 

It has become increasingly clear that social media is not just a fad. It is instead, not only a massive change in the way we socialize with others in a personal setting, but also the biggest shift in how we conduct business since the arrival of the Internet. Social media is quickly altering every aspect of corporate operations, such as hiring practices, training, marketing, and even risk management.   The purpose of this course is to introduce you to social media, explore how we use social media personally vs. social media use in a business setting, how its use continues to evolve in the workplace, the benefits of social media, and of course the risks it can present to you personally and to companies.

This course covers the necessary competence for being in command of a lifeboat in the event of a shipwreck or accident requiring evacuation, in other words, the entire rescue phase which consists of boarding and launching the lifeboat, moving to a safe distance from the installation and staying on the lifeboat at sea.

Course Content

After completion of the course, the students should be able to:

- Prepare a conventional lifeboat for evacuation

- Organise and supervise embarkation

- Launch the lifeboat

- Attend to the passengers and facilitate the stay onboard after an evacuation.

- Establish and maintain communication with the rescue unit.

This course is valid for 24 months

The object of this course is to help participants maintain and develop their knowledge of leadership and organisational principles for emergency response teams.

This course is valid for 24 months.