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P

ersonnel Transfer O

p

erations

BOS-

P

RD-2

6

.900

6

0

5

4.

9 U

se of

h

eli

c

o

p

ters

Personne

l

transfer

us

i

ng

he

li

copters

us

i

ng

ded

i

cated

vesse

l

He

li D

ec

k-

or

for w

i

nch

i

ng

,

shall

be

performed

i

n

accordance w

i

th

the

regu

l

at

i

ons

conta

i

ned

i

n

the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng procedure

and

pub

li

cat

i

ons:

x

He

li

copter

O

perat

i

ons

procedure

;

x

He

li

copter

Wi

nch

i

ng and Ho

i

st

i

ng procedure

;

x

“

G

u

i

de

to He

li

copter/

S

h

i

p

O

perat

i

ons

” (I

C

S).

4.

9

.1 Trainin

g

req

u

ire

m

ents

A

ll

personne

l

be

i

ng

transferred

shall

be du

l

y

cert

i

f

i

ed and

i

n possess

i

on of

a

va

li

d He

li

copter

U

nderwater

Escape

T

ra

i

n

i

ng

(

H

U

E

T)

cert

i

f

i

cate

. S

ome

c

li

ents may

re

q

u

i

re

B

as

i

c

O

ffshore

S

afety

I

nduct

i

on and

Emergency

T

ra

i

n

i

ng

(BOSI

E

T)

cert

i

f

i

cate as we

ll.

S

uch

tra

i

n

i

ng

cons

i

sts

of

bas

i

c

sea

surv

i

va

l

and

he

li

copter

under

-

water

escape

techn

iq

ues

. T

he

va

li

d

i

ty of

the

cert

i

f

i

cat

i

on

for

successfu

l

comp

l

et

i

on

of

th

i

s

tra

i

n

i

ng

i

s

var

i

ab

l

e

accord

i

ng

to

the

operator

of

the

offshore

fac

ili

ty

’

s

i

nterna

l

re

q

u

i

rements

or

the

statutory

re

q

u

i

rements

cover

i

ng

the

offshore

area

,

but

i

s

typ

i

ca

ll

y

between

2

and

4

years

.

A

ll

Heli

c

o

p

ter Lan

d

in

g

Offi

c

ers

(

HLO

)

and

Heli

c

o

p

ter De

c

k Assistants

(

HDA

)

shall

have

va

li

d

cert

i

f

i

cat

i

on

prov

i

ded

by

an

O

P

ITO

accred

i

ted

center

. S

uch

tra

i

n

i

ng

may

be

re

i

nforced

per

i

od

i

ca

ll

y

w

i

th

su

i

tab

l

e

refresher

courses

accord

i

ng

to

l

oca

l

statutory

re

q

u

i

rements

app

li

cab

l

e

i

n

the

country

operat

i

ng

area

and/or

charterer

spec

i

f

i

c

re

q

u

i

rements

I

t

i

s

essent

i

a

l

that

i

nd

i

v

i

dua

l

s

are

fu

ll

y

fam

ili

ar

w

i

th

the

rout

i

nes

and

surv

i

va

l

techn

iq

ues

assoc

i

ated

w

i

th

he

li

copter transportat

i

on

. I

n

the

event

of

an

acc

i

dent

,

the

surv

i

va

l

of

a

ll i

nvo

l

ved

depends

on

the

i

r

co

-

ord

i

nat

i

on

and

q

u

i

c

k

responses

.

A

s

i

ng

l

e

ill-i

nformed

,

poor

l

y

tra

i

ned

person

can

put

a

ll

fe

ll

ow

passengers

at

h

i

gh

r

i

s

k.

T

he

standards

and

procedures

of

the

Heli

c

o

p

ter O

p

erator

shall

be

fo

ll

owed

after

approva

l

by

the

Ch

arterer’s Marine Mana

g

er

(

or

e

q

u

i

va

l

ent

)

and

the

Master

of

the

vesse

l.

4.9.1.1 Heli-Guard Training

T

he

spec

i

a

ll

y

tra

i

ned

Heli-G

u

ar

d

shall

have

attended

a

recogn

i

sed

and

cert

i

f

i

ed

course

spec

i

f

i

ca

ll

y

for

Heli-

G

u

ar

d

dut

i

es

. S

uch

tra

i

n

i

ng

shall

be

re

i

nforced

per

i

od

i

ca

ll

y w

i

th

su

i

tab

l

e

refresher

courses

accord

i

ng

to

l

oca

l

l

eg

i

s

l

at

i

ve

re

q

u

i

rements

.

4.

9

.

2

Illness or in

ju

r

y

e

v

a

cu

ation

N

ot

a

ll

the

operat

i

on

areas may

li

e w

i

th

i

n

the

operat

i

ng

range

of

the

ava

il

ab

l

e

he

li

copters

. T

he

appro

xi

mate

li

m

i

t

of

any

operat

i

ng

range

should

be

estab

li

shed

. O

n

re

q

uest

of

he

li

copter

ass

i

stance

,

a

rendez

-

vous

pos

i

t

i

on

shall

be agreed

between

the

vesse

l’

s

Master

and

the

Heli

c

o

p

ter O

p

erators.

As much

i

nformat

i

on

as

poss

i

b

l

e

should

be

commun

i

cated

g

i

v

i

ng

a

ll

ava

il

ab

l

e

data

concern

i

ng

the

v

i

ct

i

ms

cond

i

t

i

on of

the

casua

l

ty

(

part

i

cu

l

ar

h

i

s/her mob

ili

ty

).

Any

change

i

n

the

casua

l

ty

’

s

cond

i

t

i

on

should

be

prompt

l

y adv

i

sed

.

F

or

each

contract/operat

i

ng

area

,

a Medevac P

l

an

should

be

prepared as

part of

the overa

ll

pro

j

ect p

l

ann

i

ng

.

W

hen

appropr

i

ate

th

i

s

should

i

nc

l

ude

the

poss

i

b

l

e

use

of he

li

copters

to

ass

i

st

the

rap

i

d

transport

of

casua

l

ty

(

s

)

to

the nearest

su

i

tab

l

e med

i

ca

l

fac

ili

t

i

es

.

Vers

i

on

SF (BOS-

P

RD-0

7

.900

6

0

5

-

ver

.04). O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date:

22

/

0

6/

20

1

2.

Vers

i

on

date:

3

1/1

2

/

20

15

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on

on

l

y

on QM

S

s

i

te

.

U

ncontro

ll

ed

document when

pr

i

nted

.

Procedure prepared by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by:

BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by:

BOS

Qua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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