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Training of Offshore Personnel inNonoperating EmergenciesAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE T-4SECOND EDITION,OCTOBER 1995REAFFIRMED,SEPTEMBER 2010 Training of Offshore Personnel inNonoperating EmergenciesUpstream SegmentAPI RECOMMENDED PRACTICE T-4SECOND EDITION,OCTOBER 1995REAFFIRMED,SEPTEMBER 2010 SPECIAL NOTES1.API PUBLICATIONS NECESSARILY ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF A GENERALNATURE.WITH RESPECT TO PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES,LOCAL,STATE,AND FEDERAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS SHOULD BE REVIEWED.2.API IS NOT UNDERTAKING TO MEET THE DUTIES OF EMPLOYERS,MANU-FACTURERS,OR SUPPLIERS TO WARN AND PROPERLY TRAIN AND EQUIPTHEIR EMPLOYEES,AND OTHERS EXPOSED,CONCERNING HEALTH ANDSAFETY RISKS AND PRECAUTIONS,NOR UNDERTAKING THEIR OBLIGATIONSUNDER LOCAL,STATE,OR FEDERAL LAWS.3.INFORMATION CONCERNING SAFETY AND HEALTH RISKS AND PROPERPRECAUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PARTICULAR MATERIALS AND CONDI-TIONS SHOULD BE OBTAINED FROM THE EMPLOYER,THE MANUFACTUREROR SUPPLIER OF THAT MATERIAL,OR THE MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET.4.NOTHING CONTAINED IN ANY API PUBLICATION IS TO BE CONSTRUED ASGRANTING ANY RIGHT,BY IMPLICATION OR OTHERWISE,FOR THE MANU-FACTURE,SALE,OR USE OF ANY METHOD,APPARATUS,OR PRODUCT COV-ERED BY LETTERS PATENT.NEITHER SHOULD ANYTHING CONTAINED IN THEPUBLICATION BE CONSTRUED AS INSURING ANYONE AGAINST LIABILITYFOR INFRINGEMENT OF LETTERS PATENT.5.GENERALLY,API STANDARDS ARE REVIEWED AND REVISED,REAF-FIRMED,OR WITHDRAWN AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS.SOMETIMES A ONE-TIME EXTENSION OF UP TO TWO YEARS WILL BE ADDED TO THIS REVIEWCYCLE.THIS PUBLICATION WILL NO LONGER BE IN EFFECT FIVE YEARS AF-TER ITS PUBLICATION DATE AS AN OPERATIVE API STANDARD OR,WHEREAN EXTENSION HAS BEEN GRANTED,UPON REPUBLICATION.STATUS OF THEPUBLICATION CAN BE ASCERTAINED FROM THE API AUTHORING DEPART-MENT TELEPHONE(202)682-8000.A CATALOG OF API PUBLICATIONS ANDMATERIALS IS PUBLISHED ANNUALLY AND UPDATED QUARTERLY BY API,1220 L STREET,N.W.,WASHINGTON,D.C.20005.All rights reserved.No part of this work may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or other-wise,without prior written permission from the publisher.Contact API Publications Manager,1220 L Street,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.Copyright 1995 American Petroleum Institute iiiCONTENTSPage1 SCOPE.12 REFERENCES.13 RECORDS.14 COVERAGE.15 GENERAL INFORMATION.16 PHASE 1TRAINING.16.1 General Information.16.2 Phase 1 Subjects.17 PHASE 2TRAINING.27.1 General Information.27.2 Transportation Emergencies.27.3 Other Emergencies.28 PHASE 3TRAINING.28.1 General Information.28.2 Phase 3 Subjects.28.3 Water Survival.39 SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES.3 ivFOREWORDThis Recommended Practice(RP)was developed under the jurisdiction of the Ameri-can Petroleum Institutes(APIs)former Committee on Offshore Safety and Anti-PollutionTraining and Motivation(OSAPTM),and its parent,API Production Department Execu-tive Committee on Training and Development.It has been prepared with the overall advi-sory guidance of API,the Offshore Operators Committee(OOC),the Western Oil and GasAssociation(WOGA),and the International Association of Drilling Contractors(IADC).Criteria presented in this Recommended Practice should be used as a guide by compa-nies engaged in offshore operations to develop programs consistent with applicable au-thorities and regulations to train their personnel in safe practices and mutual assistance innonoperating emergencies at the job site and during transportation to and from the worklocation.This publication includes usage of the verbs shall and should,whichever is the moreapplicable to the function.Both shall and should are positive statements and should betreated as such.For the purpose of this publication the following definitions apply:Shall.Indicates that the function has universal applicability to the specific activity.Should.Indicates that:(1)the function may have an alternate practice that is equivalentand could be applied;(2)the practice may not be practical or necessary under certain con-ditions;or(3)the practice may not be applicable to the specific facility or configuration.API publications may be used by anyone desiring to do so.Every effort has been madeby the Institute to assure the accuracy and reliability of the data contained in them;however,the Institute makes no representation,warranty,or guarantee in connection with this pub-lication and hereby expressly disclaims any liability or responsibility for loss or damageresulting from its use or for the violation of any federal,state,or municipal regulation withwhich this publication may conflict.Suggested revisions are invited and should be submitted to the director of the Explo-ration and Production Department,American Petroleum Institute,1220 L Street,N.W.,Washington,D.C.20005.1ScopeThis Recommended Practice is applicable to personnelwho normally work offshore.It presents recommendationsfor training these personnel in handling nonoperating emer-gencies,such as fires,transportation emergencies,platfor