Course Overview
CareFlight Training and Safety Services is a quality assured organisation, offering nationally recognised courses for Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET). All course competencies meet the requirements of the Australian Quality Training Framework (AQTF) and give graduates full accreditation upon completion (PMA OHS 214B).
Trainees develop hands-on experience and confidence using the latest technology in submerged helicopter simulators, and learn essential post-accident water survival techniques (life jacket and life raft training).
More than 3,000 trainees with backgrounds in aviation, marine, defence and emergency service industries graduate every year with CTSS HUET accreditation, in Australia and overseas. The training focuses on both rotary (helicopter) and fixed wing (jet) aircraft and is specifically designed to heighten safety procedures, danger awareness and operational standards for flights over or near water.
Helicopter Underwater Escape Training has been shown to increase post-accident underwater survival by up to 250%.
The locations of our domestic courses include Thursday Island, Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, and Adelaide. Other locations are available on a quote basis.
Delivery Method
The CTSS HUET course is a one-day course combining in-depth theoretical and practical components. The flexibility of the CTSS training methodology means participants can complete the HUET course at a location of choice, and incorporate it with any of the other CTSS courses, enhancing the overall convenience and value of the training.
The experienced course instructors use a combination of training techniques including:
- Lecture and audiovisual presentations
- Practical demonstration
- Discussion/debate
- Case studies
- Simulation
- Specific industry or company course-related content
Subjects
Theoretical subjects include:
- Emergency preparation
- Emergency procedures and drills
- Aircraft underwater escape skills
- Sea survival
- Life saving applicants
- Distress signals
- Personal lifesaving skills and survival
- Rescue procedures
- Medical considerations
Practical components include:
- Underwater escape from an aircraft simulator
- Self survival techniques
- Life raft and life jacket drills
- Use of life saving appliances
- Inversion
- Night time simulation
- A combination of day and night simulation
- Injury simulation
- Obstructed exits
- SAR system response
- Assisting other persons from a ditched aircraft
- Life raft and EPIRB recovery
Simulator Features
CareFlight Training and Safety Services' advanced underwater escape training simulators have been specifically designed and certified for instructing students on how to escape from a wide range of aircraft.
Each simulator can carry up to six students; two seated in the front cockpit area and up to four in the rear cabin. The front doors are hinged, with jettison facility, while the rear doors are sliding. Hard points are fitted to the floor of the rear cabin to simulate harness attachments and leads can be fitted to simulate intercom and headset connections.
Location
HUET courses are conducted at the CareFlight Queensland Training Centre at the Gold Coast International Airport and along Australia’s eastern seaboard, using CareFlight Trainng and Safety Services’ custom-made HUET simulators.
Training can be delivered at the participant’s workplace, in Australia or overseas, if sufficient pre-course liaison and preparation is completed. Theoretical and practical (swimming pool) venues do not need to be in the same location.
Instructors
CareFlight training instructors are the highest calibre industry professionals; all qualified aircrew who have post-military civil Emergency Medical Service (EMS) and Search and Rescue (SAR) experience.
All instructors possess Workplace Training and Assessment accreditation in accordance with AQTF and have ab-initio and post graduate instructional experience. Additionally all instructors are certified HUET and Emergency Breathing System (EBS) survival instructors, with exceptional training and safety records.
Trainee Pre-requisites
There are no training pre-requisites for participants of the HUET course.
Training Period (duration)
The CTSS HUET course is delivered over one day, from 08:30 to 16:30, and can be scheduled at a convenient time for group participants or individuals.
Cost
Within Australia the cost of the HUET course is dependent upon the course location. Discounts may apply for group bookings so contact the CareFlight Training and Safety Services Course Administrator for a personal quote.
NB. The CTSS HUET Course is not OPITO accredited. All Trainees must confirm with their individual employers to insure the CTSS HUET course meets their requirements.