Offshore Personnel Transfer Safety (OPTS)

Description

The Offshore Personnel Transfer Safety Course has been carefully designed to incorporate continuously developing and improving techniques for the safe transfer of personnel from boats to offshore installations. It provides detailed guidance on proper methods of transferring personnel between ships and marine platforms.

Particular emphasis is placed on logistics in harsh marine conditions, equipment transportation and emergency response management. The course thoroughly covers all current methods of staffing in the offshore industry.

Along with classroom theory and hands-on activities, participants take part in hands-on learning experiences, including training in a Billy Pug basket with a crane dock use in, and cables with swing transfers

Target Audience

Contract workers in the offshore industry frequently commute by boat to various installations.

Different Transfer Methods Explained

1. Rope Swing

2. Personnel Basket – BILLY PUGH

3. Transfer Capsules – FROG

4. Hydraulic Gangway

5. Motion-Compensated Gangway – AMPELMANN

What will you learn

• 1. Firmly grasping the rope with both hands during personnel transfer swings.

• 2. Focus on the swing and tasks at hand for safe transfer.

• 3. Understand swing rope size and knot positions for secure transfers.

• 4. Time jumps accurately with wave patterns during transfers.

• 5. Position the body correctly in the basket, facing inward and within open slots.

• 6. Always wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD) during transfers.

• 7. Apply Stop Work Authority to halt unsafe operations.

• 8. Safely use the collapsible Billy Pugh basket for transfers.

• 9. Understand the operation of the rigid Billy Pugh basket.

• 10. Operate the Transfer FROG system safely.

• 11. Board the gangway efficiently by timing with wave patterns.

• 12. Boarding gangway by wave timings

• 13.Recognize the advantages of motion-compensated gangways for smoother transfers.

Requirements