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Fig. 14–2. Helicopter landing on an offshore rig

They will be assigned a cabin and a bed (even if they are only day
tripping) and told which lifeboat to use in an emergency.
If they are new to the rig, they will sometimes be given a distinctive
green hard hat. This marks them out so that everybody else knows that
they are not familiar with the rig. On an offshore rig, an experienced crew
member will take care of the newcomer and show them around.

Training and Certi cation

Safety training is an essential part of any safety regime. Courses will be
organized by the drilling contractor and by the operator for rig personnel
to attend during their time off the rig (fig. 14–3). Some of these courses

have to be repeated at regular intervals, such as the well control certificates
mentioned in chapter 11.

Survival and firefighting is covered usually in a five-day course and

teaches how to escape from a submerged helicopter, deploy and enter life

rafts and lifeboats, and how to fight various types of fires.

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