Posted: May 23, 2020
OPITO Certificate Extension Policy Update for Oil & Gas Industry.
With immediate effect, candidates who have already received a certificate extension, and continue to be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, may apply for a further two-month extension.
We advise visiting the OPITO website for further information.
Before booking your OPITO approved Offshore Course on our website please email reception@nmci.ie to contact our admin team regarding your chosen training date.
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Posted: August 16, 2018
Good news for those holding seafarer’s medicals. These can now be used when undertaking OPITO BOSIET/HUET/FOET with CA-EBS.
An additional HSE exemption has been granted to enable those workers who hold an ENG1 medical certificate of fitness to undertake the same in-water offshore survival training as those holding an Oil and Gas UK certificate of medical fitness for offshore work
This means that delegates will be required to produce one of the three certificates outlined below:-
- Produce a valid, unexpired Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) offshore medical certificate confirming the delegate’s fitness for offshore work.
OR
- A valid, unexpired, medical certificate of fitness to work at sea.
OR
- A valid, unexpired offshore medical certificate issued by a body outside of the UK which is recognised as equivalent to the OGUK medical certificate of fitness for offshore work.
In addition to the above the delegate will be required to produce:-
A certificate of fitness to undertake shallow water CA-EBS training issued by a registered OGUK examining doctor.
OR
In the case of a Seafarers Medical with restrictions, produce a statement from an appropriate registered practitioner that the restriction or condition does not result from a respiratory or ENT condition and there is no absolute contraindication to the shallow water delegate’s participation in the training.
AND
On the date on which the delegate is to undertake shallow water CA-EBS training, and prior to entering the water in which the training takes place, the delegate gives to the OPITO-approved Centre a statement, that to the best of the delegate’s knowledge and belief, the delegate has no (current or past) medical condition which makes the delegate unfit to participate in the training.
For any queries please contact Gillian or Chloe on + 353 21 4335609
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Posted: March 21, 2013
On 14 March 2013, His Excellency Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Minister of Sport & Secretary General of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) is pictured with Board Members of SEFtec NMCI Offshore (“SNO”), Conor Mowlds (pictured 2nd from left) and Darren O’Sullivan (pictured 4th from left). This was taken prior to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between SEFtec NMCI Offshore and IRM Offshore to provide support for the development of dedicated TEMPSC coxswain training facility in Qatar over the next 12 months.
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Posted: January 21, 2011
Delegates from Kinsale Energy Limited attended our OPITO Approved Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) this week. This course is designed to meet further emergency training requirements for oil and gas industry personnel. Yet again the FOET was a great success and the feedback from the delegates was very encouraging. read more…
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Posted: October 22, 2010
This week’s Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST) went very successfully with all our delegates passing the course and they are now proud recipients of our OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organization) approved certificates. OPITO standards are recognised in thirty countries and they are the safety standards in the offshore oil and gas industry. Our MIST course is designed to give delegates the basic safety training knowledge required while working in the offshore industry. After completion of the course all our delegates are fully equipped to handle Risk Assessment, Hazardous Offshore Environment and Platform Integrity. Here at the National Maritime College of Ireland all of our off shore courses are OPITO approved. read more…
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