Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore

API RECOMMENDED PRACTICE T-1 FIFTH EDITION, NOVEMBER 2016

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Contents

1. Scope 1

2. Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 1

   1. Terms and Definitions 1

   2. Acronyms and Abbreviations 1

3. Training Responsibilities and Records 2

4. Required Credentials 2

5. Orientation Prior to Being Transported Offshore 3

6. Transportation to the Offshore Facility 3

   1. Home to Shorebase 3

   2. Shorebase to the Offshore Facility 4

7. Site-specific Orientation at the Offshore Facility 4

   1. General 4

   2. Site Overview and Expectations 5

Annex A (informative) Example Orientation 6

Annex B (informative) Example Packing List and Offshore Travel Guidance 16

Bibliography 18

Table

A.1 Example Orientation Material 6

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Creating Orientation Programs for Personnel Going Offshore

1. Scope

   
   

   This recommended practice is intended to serve as a guide to develop orientation materials for personnel and visitors prior to their first trip offshore. The scope and applicability of this document concludes after check-in at the offshore facility and receipt of the facility-specific orientation.

   
   

2. Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations

   
   

   For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.

   
   

   1. Terms and Definitions

      
      

      2.1.1

      hitch

      The length of time and typical daily work hours an employee will be working at the offshore facility.

      
      

      2.1.2

      offshore facility

      Place of work offshore in the outer continental shelf or international waters.

      
      

      2.1.3

      orientation

      A program of introduction for newcomers.

      
      

      2.1.4

      shorebase

      The place an employee reports to before being transported to the offshore facility.

      
      

      2.1.5

      training

      The action of teaching a person a particular skill or type of behaviour, including knowledge verification and documentation of completion.

      
      

      2.1.6

      U.S. outer continental shelf

      All submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters, as defined in Section 2 of the Submerged Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1301), subsoil and seabed of which appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control.

      
      

   2. Acronyms and Abbreviations

BSEE Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement FRC fire-resistant clothing

GHS Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals HAZCOM hazard communication

HAZWOPER hazardous waste operations and emergency response HUET Helicopter Underwater Egress Training

MARSEC maritime security

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