Course Title HUET with CA EBS
Helicopter Underwater Escape Trainer
(with CA-EBS)
Course Ref. 20.007 – (OPITO course code: 5295)
Target Group: This target group is personnel travelling to and from oil
and gas installations/facilities via helicopter
Location: ISTC (Malta)
Pre-requisites: No pre-requisites are required
Course Duration: One Day – (6 hours & 10 minutes)
Participants: Maximum class size – 16 delegates
Certification: On successful achievement of the course, a certificate
will be issued by ISTC as per OPITO guidelines and each
module will be registered with the OPITO Central
Register (CR)
Validity: 4 years minus one day
Refreshment: The maximum interval between successful completion of
HUET (with CA-EBS) training and subsequent completion
of a ‘Further HUET (with CA-EBS) Training’ is 4 years.
Medical & Health Requirements:
Training and/or assessment activities contained within this course may include
physically demanding and potentially stressful elements. All personnel who
participate in such activities must be physically and mentally capable of participating
fully. Therefore OPITO approved training centres are required, as a minimum, to
ensure that prior to participating practical exercises, the delegate must either:
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.

MODULE 1 –Learning Outcomes Helicopter Safety and Escape
To successfully complete this training, delegates must be able to demonstrate:
(1) Donning of an aviation transit suit, an aviation lifejacket, compressed air emergency
breathing system (CA-EBS) equipment and conducting integrity checks of the CA-EBS
equipment, including buddy checks
(2) Deploying (left and right hand) and breathing from CA-EBS equipment at
atmospheric pressure in dry conditions
(3) Actions to take in preparing for a helicopter emergency landing
(4) Following instruction from the crew, location of CA-EBS equipment and evacuation
from a helicopter using a nominated exit, following a controlled emergency descent
to a dry landing (conducted in helicopter simulator at poolside on dry land)
(5) Actions to be taken in preparing for an in-water ditching including location of exit,
deploying and breathing from CA-EBS equipment at atmospheric pressure in dry
conditions (conducted in helicopter simulator at poolside on dry land)
(6) Dry evacuation, using a nominated exit, to an aviation life raft from a helicopter
ditched on water (and, on instructions from the aircrew, operation of a push out
window), assisting others where possible and carrying out initial actions on boarding
the aviation life raft, to include: mooring lines, deploying the sea anchor, raising the
canopy and raft maintenance*
(7) Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially
submerged helicopter (without operation of a push out window)*
(8) Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a partially
submerged helicopter (with operation of a push out window)*
(9) Escaping through a window opening which is underwater, from a capsized helicopter
(without operation of a push out window)*
(10) Inflation of an aviation lifejacket, deployment of a spray visor and boarding of an
aviation life raft from the water*
*Note: CA-EBS equipment must not be worn during Learning Outcomes 6 thru 10.
Delegate Performance Assessment:
Delegates will be assessed against the learning outcomes specified in the standard using
direct observation.

Additional Module 2 Learning Outcomes (specific to Element 2.5)
Note 1: Delegates must complete Element 1.5 unless they are unable to meet the
additional medical requirements stated in Section C.3, items d), e) and f). Delegates must
not participate in the practical exercises contained in Element 1.5 if they are unable to
meet the additional medical requirements stated in Section C3, items d), e) and f).
Note 2: Delegates who provide a statement at stage f) declaring they are unfit to train on
the day of the scheduled training will be required to return to the training centre at a later
date to complete Element 1.5 before a certificate can be issued (provided all other
course learning outcomes have been met) . Training Centres must retain records of
delegates who are unable to participate in these exercises.
To successfully complete this training, delegates must be able to demonstrate:
(11) Deploying CA-EBS (above the water surface) and breathing from the CA-EBS in a
pool, face down in shallow water (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the
chest)
(12) Deploying CA-EBS (below the water surface, face down in a pool in shallow water)
and clearing the mouthpiece by exhaling under the water surface (at a maximum
depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest)
(13) Deploying CA-EBS (below the water surface, face down in a pool in shallow water,
using opposite hand to previous exercise) and clearing with purge button under the
water surface (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest)
(14) Deploying CA-EBS (above water surface), in a pool and breathing from CA-EBS
underwater in a vertical position (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the
chest)
(15) Deploying CA-EBS (underwater), in a pool and breathing from CA-EBS underwater in
a vertical position (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest)
(16) Deploying CA-EBS (underwater), in a pool, breathing from CA-EBS underwater, and
moving along a horizontal rail for a period of no less than 30 seconds, including a
change in direction (at a maximum depth of 0.7m, measured at the chest)
Note 3: Training Staff must directly supervise delegates during any underwater ascent
using
CA-EBS equipment to ensure that the delegate exhales during the ascent.
Delegate Performance Assessment:
Delegates will be assessed against the learning outcomes specified in the standard using
direct observation.