COXSWAIN: Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain
This course aims to provide the basic theoretical knowledge and practical skill required for personnel who are assigned to offshore lifeboat coxswain duties.

Approved by TPTI
COXSWAIN: Offshore Lifeboat Coxswain
฿42,000.00
Course Overview
This course aims to provide the basic theoretical knowledge and practical skill required for personnel who are assigned to offshore lifeboat coxswain duties.
This TPTI approved course is a legal mandatory minimum for anyone performing coxswain duties offshore in the Thai oil and gas industry.
Who should attend
All personnel assigned as offshore lifeboat coxswains working on rigs, FPSO’s, construction barges, diving vessels and other floating assets used in Exploration and Production operations in Thailand.
Physical and Stressful Demands
Prerequisites
Valid in-date OPITO BOSIET/FOET /HUET or TPTI BOST/FOT or recognised equivalent.
Valid in-date offshore medical (Valid within 12 months)
Course Outline
By the end of the program, participants will have the knowledge to identify, list, describe and/or demonstrate:
- Emergency response arrangements offshore
- The role of the offshore lifeboat coxswain and how to be prepared for emergencies
- Operation of the davits and the brake; common faults and potential solutions
- The launching and release mechanisms of the TEMPSC
- Continual assessment of TEMPSC readiness
- How to brief passengers in an emergency
- The different types and uses of PPE
- Characteristics of mechanical restraints
- Suspension systems on the TEMPSC and how to maintain stability of the craft on the hooks
- Communications methods and equipment
- How weather and sea state conditions affect the launch of the TEMPSC
- Hazards that may occur in boarding the craft and in launching the craft
- How to determine a safe area
- Degrees on a compass and steering towards a specific heading
- How weather and sea state conditions affect the path and holding pattern of the TEMPSC
- Maintaining communications between all parties involved in the emergency
- How weather and sea state conditions affect the transfer of personnel
- How to keep injured personnel comfortable and affect their transfer
- Further evacuation procedures & how to assist
Certification
TPTI certificate. Validity 3 years.
Competency
Written & Practical Assessments
Included
Schedule, Class Size, Locations
Weekly Schedule:
Monday – Thursday
Min/Max Class Size:
6-8
Locations:
- Songkhla, South Thailand