Location

Institute of Maritime Safety

Objectives

• The aim of the HUET programme is to prepare delegates that intend to travel to and from offshore oil and gas installations and vessels by helicopter by providing specific training in pre-flight and in-flight requirements and to equip delegates with the basic emergency response knowledge and skills required in the event of a helicopter emergency – with specific focus on escaping from a helicopter following ditching.The objectives of the HUET Training are that delegates will be able to:(a) Demonstrate, in a simulated environment, that they can use the safety equipment, and follow procedures in preparing for, and during helicopter emergencies – with particular focus on escaping from a helicopter following ditching

Outcomes

1. Donning an aviation transit suit, aviation lifejacket and emergency breathing system equipment (EBS) and conducting EBS integrity checks.2. Actions to take in preparation for a helicopter ditching and an emergency landing.3. Actions following a controlled emergency descent to a dry landing with evacuation via a nominated exit.4. 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).5. 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.6. 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.7. Escaping through a window opening which is underwater,

Course Contents

The course takes place over 1 day and includes a mixture of theoretically sessions and practical demonstrations inside of Training Campus