Delegates must hold a valid OPITO Approved Travel Safely by Boat certificate. Delegates who are in possession of a current BOSIET, FOET, Tropical BOSIET, Tropical FOET, BOSIET (with CA-EBS) or FOET (with CA-EBS) are not required to participate in practical life raft and in-water sea survival exercises.

This programme is designed to meet the initial onshore safety and emergency response training for new entrants and all personnel currently travelling and transferring by boat to an offshore oil and gas installation.

The objectives of Travel Safely by Boat (TSbB) training standard are to ensure that all personnel travelling/transferring by boat to work in offshore areas achieve the following:

(a) Awareness of the risks to which they are exposed and how they are managed

(b) An understanding of the essential safety rules with which they must comply and how to act in an emergency

(c) An increase in their personal commitment to safety

(d) Effective use of personal safety equipment

(e) Practice and demonstrate correct method of boat transfers (simulated boat deck and installation)