API RP T-4:1995(R2010) pdf download.Training of Offshore Personnel in Nonoperating Emergencies
1 Scope
This Recommended Practice is applicable to personnel who normally work offshore. It presents recommendations for training these personnel in handling nonoperating emer- gencies, such as fires, transportation emergencies, platform abandonment procedures, use of survival craft, and water survival guidelines.
3 Records
Each employer shall maintain a record at a local or central location of the training each of their employees receives in accordance with the provisions of this Recommended Prac- tice. Documentation of the training shall be furnished to those employees whose work location varies. Prior knowl- edge of employees experienced in these emergencies can be documented to preclude unnecessary instruction.
4 Coverage
This Recommended Practice represents an industry guide for the training of workers normally stationed offshore on proper actions to be taken in the event of a nonoperating emergency or unusual situation. Circumstances may suggest other nonoperating emergencies for which training should be provided.
5 General Information
The employer shall ensure their employees have received instruction in accordance with API Recommended Practice
6 Phase 1-Training
6.1 GENERAL INFORMATION During their first week offshore, employees shall receive additional instructions on emergency situations. 6.2 PHASE 1 SUBJECTS W here appropriate, the instructions should begin with items listed in API Recommended Practice T-1, and should include, but not be limited to, the following subjects: a. Person in charge. b. Location and explanation of station bills. c. Reasons for evacuation from the work site: 1. Fire. 2. Blowout. 3. Collision. 4. Major storm. 5. Other accident. 6. Illness. d. Means of departure: Note: Emphasis should be placed on the absolute necessity to wear a life preserver if abandonment is ordered. 1. Survival craft (e.g., lifeboat, capsule, life raft). 2. Stairways. 3. Ladders. 4. Escape ropes. 5. Swing ropes to boat. 6. Personnel basket (net) to boat. 7. Aircraft. 8. Slides. 9. Jump as the last resort. e. Evacuation equipment: 1. Lifeboats and capsules. 2. Helicopters. 3. Boats. 4. Life rafts. 5. Life rings.
7 Phase 2-1 Training
7.1 G ENERAL INFORMATION W ithin one year of going offshore for the first time, em- ployees shall receive further instructions from their employ- ers in transportation and other emergencies.
API RP T-4:1995(R2010) pdf download
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