OODTP Medical Aid and Care

This Product is for OODTP are personnel who wish to become OPITO-certified as competent for nominated ERRV roles carried out in the workplace following successful completion of relevant initial ERRV training.

The aim and objectives of the OODTP are to establish that the learner has the required underpinning knowledge, understanding and practical skills to fulfill their nominated ERRV role(s) safely and effectively.

To be considered for formal assessment an individual must have successfully met all the OODTP training programme outcomes for their role at least twice during the preceding three years.

Learners for OODTP require the following:

Medical Aid and Care: a valid OPITO Initial Training Shipboard Operations (ITSO) certificate

or a valid OPITO OODTP Medical Aid and Care training certificate

or a valid OPITO Advanced Medical Aid (AMA) training certificate

or a valid OPITO Advance Medical Aid (AMA) Further training certificate

Note: With regard to Medical Aid, Masters shall only have their knowledge and understanding of medical aid assessed. Practical medical aid skills will not be part of the assessment of master’s medical aid competence unless the master requests to participate.

Medical entry requirements

Training and/or assessment activities contained within this Product may include physically demanding and potentially stressful elements. All personnel who participate in such activities must be capable of participating fully.

Therefore, OPITO-approved Centres are required, to ensure that prior to participating in practical exercises the learner undergoes medical screening by completing an appropriate medical screening form provided by the OPITO-approved Centre

The OPITO-approved Centre shall keep a record of the learner’s declaration of fitness in accordance with their document control policy(s) or procedures.

This information, along with summary details of the type of physical activities the learner will be asked to perform, will be given to learners by the OPITO-approved Centre and, if applicable, to their sponsoring company as part of the joining instructions. The responsibility for declaring any current or pre-existing medical conditions that could have adverse effects to the individual’s state of health while undertaking the training and/or assessment activities lies with the learner and/or company sponsoring the learner.

Where doubt exists regarding the fitness of any learner, the OPITO-approved Centre should direct the individual to consult a medical officer familiar with the nature and extent of the training.

Note: Practical exercises should be designed and delivered solely to meet this Product, and must not place on the learners any demands other than those required to meet the Product.

To achieve the OODTP Medical Aid and Care Standard the learner will need to complete the 1 mandatory unit.

There are no specific timings for the duration of the OODTP assessment(s). However, sufficient time and access to learners must be arranged in order to ensure that all required performance and knowledge criteria can be suitably assessed.

Please also refer to OODTP Training & Competence Assessment for ERRV Roles supporting document.

3 years

Please note: If the expiry date on the learners previous certificate is within 3 months prior of the course enrolment date then the date of the new certificate should correspond with the expiry date of the existing/previous certificate unless stated otherwise by the Duty Holder or Asset Owner or Operator.