Course Overview:

The target group for the FOERTL Training are existing offshore emergency team leaders that are required to refresh/revalidate their OPITO OERTL certification by completing training scenarios which they are unable undertake offshore.

NOTE – Those requiring the initial ENTRY LEVEL course for the Offshore Emergency Response Team Leader, please visit our course page below:

Offshore Emergency Response Team Leader (OERTL)

Course Content:

By the end of the course, delegates should be able to:

• Carryout emergency response planning effectively, including requirements for PPE, setting priorities and objectives to the response teams
• Monitor human and environmental factors during an emergency
• Carryout dynamic risk assessments
• Delegate tasks to the Offshore Emergency Response Team (OERT) effectively
• Communicate effectively with relevant emergency response personnel
• Lead the OERT in a clear and confident manner
• Look for and respond accordingly to signs of stress in individual ERT members during the emergency
• Effectively monitor breathing apparatus (BA) control
• Lead the OERT during fire and non-fire incidents effectively
• Conduct missing persons and casualty management effectively during the emergency

Please note that during practical exercises, delegates must be able to act as a Team Member, when not in the role of the Team Leader.

Entry Requirements:

A valid Initial OPITO Offshore Emergency Response Team Leader (OERTL) certificate OR a valid Further OPITO OERTL Training certificate

Certification:

Delegates are issued with an OPITO Further Offshore Emergency Response Team Leader Certificate upon completion.