Boat Transfer Training Course – 4 Hours
The Boat Transfer Training Course is a 4-hour safety training program designed to provide offshore, marine, and vessel personnel with essential knowledge and practical awareness for conducting safe boat transfer operations. The course focuses on the hazards, procedures, precautions, and emergency practices associated with transferring personnel between offshore installations, vessels, platforms, jetties, and crew boats.
Boat transfer operations involve significant risks due to vessel movement, changing weather and sea conditions, slippery surfaces, gaps between vessels and installations, and the potential for falls or man-overboard incidents. This course helps participants understand how to identify and control these risks through proper planning, communication, personal protective equipment (PPE), and safe working practices.
The training covers key topics including boat transfer procedures, pre-transfer safety checks, risk assessment, PPE requirements, safe boarding and disembarkation, vessel-to-installation transfer, communication protocols, weather and sea-state considerations, passenger responsibilities, emergency procedures, and man-overboard response. Participants will also learn about common hazards and unsafe practices that can lead to accidents during boat transfer operations.
The Boat Transfer Safety Training is suitable for offshore workers, marine crew, vessel personnel, contractors, supervisors, technicians, and other personnel who may be required to use boats or crew transfer vessels as part of their work.
On successful completion, participants will have a better understanding of safe boat transfer practices, hazard identification, risk control measures, emergency preparedness, and personal responsibilities during offshore marine transfers.
What will I learn?
- Introduction to Boat Transfer Operations, Purpose and Types of Boat Transfers
- Roles and Responsibilities of Personnel Engaged in Transfer Operations
- Boat Transfer Hazards and Risks
- Vessel Movement and Motion, Gaps Between Vessel and Installation, Slips, Trips and Falls, Crush and Pinch Points, Man-Overboard Hazards
- Risk Assessment and Pre-Transfer Planning, Job Safety Analysis
- Weather, Sea State and Visibility, Vessel and Installation Compatibility, Stop-Work Considerations
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – Lifejackets, Helmets, Safety Footwear and Suitable Clothing, PPE Inspection and Limitations
- Safe Boarding and Disembarkation, Approach and Positioning of the Vessel, Safe Boarding Techniques, Maintaining Three-Point Contact
- Safe Movement Between Boat and Installation
- Communication Between Vessel Crew and Receiving Personnel, Hand Signals and Radio Communication, Transfer Authorization and Coordination
- Boat Transfer Equipment, Gangways, Ladders and Transfer Arrangements, Boarding Areas and Access Points, Inspection of Transfer Equipment
- Safe Transfer Procedures, Step-by-Step Transfer Sequence, Passenger Behaviour and Responsibilities, Managing Baggage and Equipment Safely
- Emergency Procedures, Man-Overboard Response, Recovery and Rescue Arrangements, Emergency Communication
- Lessons from Typical Transfer Incidents, Human Factors and Situational Awareness, Safe Working Practices and Stop-Work Authority
- Persons working in offshore and in the marine industry
- Persons engaged in transfer between a vessel and wind turbine
- Persons working in the renewables energy sector at sea
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