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Travel Safely by Boat (TSbB)

Model Initial Training; Further Training; Supplementary Training (Personnel Transfer Basket at Sea)

Onshore safety and emergency response training for personnel travelling and transferring by boat to offshore installations, with practical boat transfer exercises.

Description

Travel Safely by Boat (TSbB) is OPITO's initial onshore safety and emergency response training standard for new entrants and all personnel who travel and transfer by boat to an offshore installation.

Key features

  • Awareness of the risks of boat travel and transfer and how they are managed
  • Essential safety rules and how to act in an emergency
  • Effective use of personal safety equipment
  • Practising the correct boat transfer method on a simulated boat deck and installation
  • Exemption from practical life raft and in-water exercises for holders of certain current BOSIET, FOET or HUET certificates

Variants

  • Initial Training
  • Further Training
  • Supplementary Training: Personnel Transfer Basket at Sea

Applications

Crew and workforce transfers by vessel to offshore installations, including where personnel baskets are used.

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