The Advanced Training Institute (ATI) is a premier training institute of ONGC, with focus on promoting Safety, Occupational Health and Environment Management practices and standards in the Petroleum Sector as well as other High Hazard Industries.
HUET (Helicopter Underwater Escape Training)
If your responsibilities involve traveling to and from offshore oil and gas installations and vessels by helicopter, choosing OPITO accredited Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) with an Emergency Breathing System (EBS) is essential. This training program is designed to equip personnel with the necessary skills to use safety equipment and adhere to procedures during helicopter emergencies. With a specific emphasis on underwater escape following ditching scenarios, this accredited HUET training ensures individuals are well-prepared to handle and navigate through critical situations, enhancing overall safety and preparedness in offshore environments.
The HUET with EBS program aims to equip participants with essential skills for safe offshore helicopter travel. It covers pre-flight protocols, emphasizing arrival time, correct dress, and documentation. Participants learn to respond to helicopter emergencies, including fire, smoke and abnormal conditions. In-flight procedures such as donning the hood and securing survival suits are highlighted, along with checking seat belts and lifejackets. The program addresses aircraft flotation characteristics, escape routes, and survival techniques post-ditching. It also focuses on EBS principles, duration, and flotation dynamics, along with the proper use of Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). Overall, the program empowers individuals with crucial skills for emergency preparedness during offshore helicopter travel.
1-Day
- Physical/Off Campus
4 years.
Topics Covered – Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET) with Emergency Breathing System (EBS)
Practical
- Donning an aviation transit suit, aviation lifejacket and emergency breathing system equipment (EBS) and conducting EBS integrity checks.
- Actions to take in preparation for a helicopter ditching and an emergency landing.
- Actions following a controlled emergency descent to a dry landing with evacuation via a nominated exit.
- Deployment, operation and breathing from EBS in a pool utilising personal air prior to HUET exercises (delegate to experience positive and negative pressure created by the body orientation in water).
- Actions following a controlled ditching on water (including deploying EBS and, on instruction from aircrew, operation of a push out window) and evacuate through a nominated exit to an aviation liferaft.
- Assist others where possible in carrying out initial actions on boarding the aviation liferaft, to include mooring lines, deploying the sea anchor, raising the canopy and raft maintenance.
- Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (without deploying EBS or operation of a push out window).
- Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (deploying, operating and breathing from EBS equipment but without operation of a push out window).
- Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially submerged helicopter (deploying, operating and breathing from EBS equipment and operation of a push out window).
- Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter (without deployment of EBS or operation of a push out window).
- Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter (*deploying and operating EBS on the surface prior to capsize but without operation of a push out window).
- Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter (*deploying and operating EBS on the surface prior to capsize and the operation of a push out window).
- Inflating an aviation lifejacket and deploying a spray visor in water
- Boarding an aviation liferaft from water.
