Travel Safely by Boat Supplementary Training (Personnel Transfer Basket at Sea)

This Product is to meet supplementary training and assessment requirements for personnel who are required to be competent in travelling and transferring by boat to an offshore installation using a personnel transfer basket.

This Product is to equip personnel traveling/transferring by boat to work offshore on how to safely embark and disembark a personnel transfer basket.

The objectives of the TSbB supplementary training are that learners will be able to:

(a) Understand the risks, safety procedures and safe working practices in relation to the transfer of personnel by basket.

(b) Practice and demonstrate the correct method of boat transfer using personnel transfer basket.

This supplementary training programme may be undertaken concurrently or consecutively with the Travel Safely by Boat Initial or Further Training programmes or at any time during the validity period of the current Travel Safely by Boat initial/further certificate. Therefore, learners must have successfully completed the Travel Safely by Boat Initial or Further training programme prior to undertaking the supplementary training and possess a valid Travel Safely by Boat Initial or Further training certificate.

Medical entry requirements

Training 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 training centres are required, as a minimum, to ensure that prior to participating in practical exercises the learner is declared fit, in that they:

a) Possess a valid, current offshore medical certificate or

b) Possess an operator approved medical certificate or

c) Undergo 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 learners’ declaration(s) 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 must direct the individual to consult a medical officer familiar with the nature and extent of the training.

Note: Practical exercises must 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 Travel Safely by Boat Supplementary Training (Personnel Transfer Basket at Sea) the learner will need to complete the 1 mandatory unit.

1.5 hours

The supplementary training programme may be undertaken concurrently or consecutively with the Travel Safely by Boat Initial or Further Training programmes or at any time during the validity period of the current Travel Safely by Boat initial/further certificate.

Note: Some individual companies require re-validation at intervals more frequent than that required by OPITO; in these instances it will be acceptable for training providers to omit or modify the expiry date to avoid confusion. However the validity period will remain as set by OPITO with regard to the central register and the industry as a whole.

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.