PMAWHS215 — Apply offshore facility abandonment and sea survival procedures and practices

1 Prepare for abandonment of the offshore facility

• 1.1Acknowledge alarm systems and proceed to muster and/or evacuation area
• 1.2Make evacuation area safe to ensure likelihood of personal injury or equipment damage is minimised
• 1.3Select and apply appropriate personal flotation device (life jacket) and other equipment
• 1.4Prepare for evacuation by applying appropriate methods and means of evacuation

2 Abandon the offshore facility

• 2.1Deploy safety/rescue equipment in a safe and controlled manner before commencing abandonment
• 2.2Abandon the facility in accordance with relevant safety requirements and procedures
• 2.3Enter life raft or other survival craft
• 2.4Depart promptly from the facility using agreed techniques and in a safe and controlled manner
• 2.5Utilise safe water entry procedures

3 Manage the survival process

• 3.1Identify and act upon potential hazards to minimise injury to personnel or damage to equipment
• 3.2Manage use of life raft by applying knowledge of life raft operation and requirements
• 3.3Apply suitable swimming techniques (whilst wearing life jacket) in the water in order to aid movement and boarding of the deployed life raft
• 3.4Rescue and recover persons in the water, minimising further potential for injury through the appropriate raft boarding and righting techniques
• 3.5Employ suitable techniques, both in the life raft (or other survival craft) and in the water, in order to delay the onset of hypothermia
• 3.6Assess and treat hypothermia as required

4 Facilitate the recovery process

• 4.1Deploy position indicating devices and use signalling devices to facilitate the location of personnel by air-sea rescue group
• 4.2Use emergency supplies and equipment to ensure that available supplies are maximised and are able to meet the nature and extent of the emergency
• 4.3Apply helicopter/vessel rescue techniques to the recovery process

5 Control hazards

• 5.1Identify hazards relevant to the abandonment process
• 5.2Assess the risks arising from those hazards
• 5.3Implement measures to control those risks in line with procedures and duty of care

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