Water Survival/HUET (METS)
Prerequisites: This course shall have no formal pre-requisite. Delegates that are not able to
swim will be given special attention and instruction as necessary.
Course Length: 6-8 hours – Course length shall vary depending on the number of delegates. Total course time includes breaks and meals.
Class Size: The maximum number of delegates that may be trained and tested per instructor
shall be sixteen (16) in the classroom session and sixteen (16) in the practical session, per pool.
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Course Objective
- Provide delegates with an understanding of general helicopter & boat travel safety.
- Delegates will gain the necessary skills and knowledge to assist them with survival in an
offshore environment should an unfortunate event occur. - Delegates will be able to demonstrate these necessary skills during practical examination and demonstrate knowledge during written examination
Course Design
- Power Point© / Lecture / Audio Video / Visual Aids
- Demonstrations
- Practical Simulations
Successful Course Completion
- Requires a minimum score of 75% or better.
- Grades shall be calculated by dividing the number of questions answered correctly by the total number of exam questions.
- Delegates will have no more than thirty (30) minutes to complete the exam.
- Successful completion of practical session is mandatory.
Course Content Summary
- Classroom
- Practicals
Breaks: 10 minutes (approximately every hour)
Lunch: 1 hour
Course Outline
Helicopter Transportation Pre-flight
- Approaching
- Boarding
Boat Travel / Personnel Transfer
- Vessel Operation
- Personnel Basket Operations
- Swing Rope Operations
Platform Orientation / Emergency Drills
- Platform Orientation
- Station Bill
- Emergency Drills
Platform Abandonment / T.E.M.P.S.C (Totally Enclosed Motor Propelled Survival Craft)
- Platform abandonment
- T.E.M.P.S.C
- Discuss different types
- Methods of release
- Tools / survival equipment / supplies
Life Raft Operations
- Location / storage
- Operation / deployment
- Entering / righting raft
- Tools / survival equipment / supplies
- Immediate actions upon boarding
Personal Floatation Devise (PFD)
- Discuss different types
- Location / storage
- PFD donning
- Entering water from height
Cold Water Physiology
- Discuss Hypothermia
- Cold water entry
- Survival time
- Cold water survival skills / technique
- Personal safety equipment
Location Aids
- Visual
- Audio
- Electronic
- GMDSS (Global Maritime Distress and Safety System)
- VHF Radio
- SART (Search And Rescue Radar Transponder)
- EPIRB (Emergency Positioning Indicating Radio Beacon)
- ELT (Emergency Location Transmitter)
- ADELT (Automatically Deployable Emergency Location Transmitter)
- PLB (Personal Locator Beacon)
Helicopter Transportation
- Pre-flight/boarding operations
- Onboard safety equipment
- Aviation PFD
- Aviation harness
- Discuss different types
- Proper position
- Helicopter Floatation
- Apical flotation
- Life raft deployment
- Life raft location
HUET (Helicopter Underwater Egress Training)
- 3 stages of ditching
- Controlled
- Semi-controlled
- Uncontrolled
- Review Ditching Statistics
- Brace Positions/Strike Envelope
- 2 point
- 4 point
- Preparing for Ditching
- Ditching challenges
- Tools to increase survival
- Land ditching
- METS simulation orientation
- Physical Locate Position
- Land Ditching
- Underwater Disorientation
- Underwater Escape Procedures
- Aircraft Model Exits
- Recovery & Preparation for Rescue
Practical Session (conducted in a swimming pool)
Practical shall verify the following:
- Properly Don Type I PFD
- Platform Abandonment/Water Entry
- Board life raft
- Demonstrate the HELP & Group HUDDLE positions
- Demonstrate the Survival Circle and demonstrate use of Chain formation as a group
swim technique - Assist injured swimmer
- Don Type I PFD in the water
- Demonstrate how to use clothing to make a PFD / 5 minute survival float
- Demonstrate underwater egress techniques associated with Helicopter Underwater
Egress Trainer system
Training Center Provided Material
- PFDs
- Coveralls
- Helmets
- Water Shoes
Delegate Requirements
- Swimwear
- Towel
- Nose Clips or Ear Plugs
- Must possess good physical health as the practical training is physical demanding.
Reference Material/Documents
API RP T1, T4, T7
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission
Boating Programs
International Association Safety & Survival Training
UNITED STATES SEARCH AND RESCUE TASK FORCE
SEPCO HSE 0039 REVISION 1
OPITO – HUET Stress Due to Exits Report (Nov 2006)
- Course ID #: MA092