Basic First Aid Training
Duration: Half Day
Fee: ₹10,000
The most searched course from Hyderabad. A half-day iMost course that suits pharma and plant teams as well as first-time candidates.
View course →Flight to KochiAbout 1 h 40 min, direct (HYD-COK)
AirportShamshabad (HYD), 24 km from the city
Train alternativeAbout 24 h to Ernakulam Town
Airport to campusAbout 40-45 km by road
Usual first courseT-BOSIET or BOSIET, 3 days
Planning your first course from Hyderabad
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Check what employers in your target sector ask for
Look at recent openings or ask a recruiter whether they want T-BOSIET (5501) or BOSIET with EBS (5700). Do not assume; the employer decides.
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Choose the course and dates
Most first-time candidates take the three-day T-BOSIET or BOSIET. Batches run regularly, so check upcoming dates with our team.
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Consider the digital option
The Digital Delivery version moves the theory online and leaves one practical day in Kochi, which helps if you are working or studying in Hyderabad.
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Book the flight and a place to stay
Fly HYD to COK and stay near Vypin. Our team can suggest places to stay near the campus.
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Bring the kit
Swimwear, towel, comfortable clothing and a valid photo ID. Wear a retaining strap if you use spectacles, and declare medication.
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Add the certificate to your CV
OPITO certificates are valid for 4 years. Keep a scanned copy ready for applications, and note the expiry date.
Courses recommended for Hyderabad
Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (T-BOSIET)
OPITO code: 5501
Duration: 3 Days
Fee: ₹35,000
For candidates targeting Indian offshore roles. Warm-water operations typically accept the tropical version, but confirm with the employer or recruiter.
View course →Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training with EBS (BOSIET with EBS)
OPITO code: 5700
Duration: 3 Days
Fee: ₹35,000
The standard version is often required by international operators and some helicopter providers. Ask which one your target employer wants.
View course →Helicopter Underwater Escape Training with EBS (HUET with EBS)
OPITO code: 5095
Duration: 1 Day
Fee: ₹25,000
A one-day course on escaping a ditched helicopter, popular with Hyderabad candidates and useful as a refresher on its own.
View course →From Hyderabad to Njarakkal
The quickest way is the direct flight from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (HYD) to Cochin International Airport (COK), about 1 hour 40 minutes. The campus is on Vypin island in Njarakkal, around 40 to 45 km from the airport by road.
Hyderabad (HYD) to Kochi (COK)
IndiGo and Air India Express operate direct flights, about 1 hour 40 minutes. Schedules change, so check the airline for current times.
Sabari Express to Ernakulam Town
The Secunderabad-Thiruvananthapuram Sabari Express stops at Ernakulam Town and takes roughly 24 hours on one published timetable. It suits budget travel when you have a spare day.
From Ernakulam or the airport to the campus
Both routes cross the Goshree bridges to Vypin island. Ernakulam is nearer, so a cab from the station is shorter than one from the airport. Use a map app for the live time.
For Hyderabad HSE and training teams
Companies in Hyderabad buying from us are mostly pharma, manufacturing and engineering firms that need basic safety courses for plant staff, and contractors that send crews to coastal projects. Both can register one corporate account and manage names, bookings and renewals from it.
Standards that shape training in Telangana
Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020The central code that replaced the Factories Act, 1948 and 12 other labour laws, effective 21 November 2025. State rules under it are being framed, so check current Telangana requirements.
Offshore Safety Rules, 2008The Petroleum and Natural Gas (Safety in Offshore Operations) Rules, 2008 apply to offshore oil and gas, with OISD as the competent authority for offshore safety.
Client and operator HSE requirementsOil and gas operators and pharma clients set their own contractor safety rules, including which training they accept.
OPITO standardsOPITO sets the standard and tropical versions of BOSIET, FOET and HUET used by offshore operators.
What employers commonly ask for
| Course | Requirement note |
|---|---|
| Basic First Aid Training | Commonly asked of plant and site staff in pharma and manufacturing. iMost issues its own certificate for this half-day course. |
| Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (T-BOSIET) | Many offshore employers in tropical waters typically accept the tropical version. The employer decides. |
| Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training with EBS (BOSIET with EBS) | The standard BOSIET is often asked for by international operators. Confirm in your contract. |
| Helicopter Underwater Escape Training with EBS (HUET with EBS) | Required with a helicopter transfer in some contracts, and useful for staff with a mixed rota. |
Planning a group booking
- Register at portal.imostacademy.in/register. Approved companies get team logins, contract (rate card) pricing, group bookings, and invoices and statements.
- Invoices for Indian companies carry GST. Our team can confirm the details for your entity.
- Staff certificates and renewals are tracked on the portal, so HSE managers can see who is due for a refresher.
- Purchase orders are accepted. After a credit assessment, approved companies can be offered credit terms.
- Book in groups so a team travels and trains together. Ask our team about upcoming batches before assigning names.
Operators and clients set their own requirements; confirm with your contract or HSE department.
Why Hyderabad trains for the coast
Hyderabad's industry is inland and very different from the oil-and-gas port cities, yet it supplies many of the people who work offshore. Engineering graduates, technicians and diploma holders from Telangana who look at offshore roles are working towards the east coast around the KG basin or the west coast off Mumbai, and employers and recruiters there commonly ask for an OPITO survival certificate before mobilisation. The certificate does not guarantee a job, but a candidate who already holds it can respond to an opening without a delay for training.
Hyderabad is also a corporate safety market in its own right. The Genome Valley cluster on the city's northern side, roughly 2,000 acres, hosts pharma, vaccine and contract research companies, and pharma manufacturing and bulk-drug units cluster around Patancheru and Pashamylaram. A 2020 CII brochure credits Hyderabad with about 20 per cent of the country's pharmaceutical exports. Plants like these run on permit systems, first aid cover, fire response and chemical handling, so corporate HSE teams here are more likely to look at First Aid, Fire Fighting, HAZMAT and similar courses than at offshore survival.
Warangal, around 145 km northeast of Hyderabad by road, sends a smaller group: students and job seekers who go through Hyderabad for flights and trains. If you are from Warangal, the practical route to Kochi is via Hyderabad airport.
Genome Valley
About 2,000 acres of life-science parks on Hyderabad's northern edge, with pharma, vaccine and research organisations.
Patancheru and Pashamylaram
Industrial clusters west of Hyderabad with a high concentration of bulk-drug and pharma units.
KG basin offshore blocks
ONGC's offshore blocks in the Krishna-Godavari basin off the Andhra coast, a destination for Telangana offshore job seekers.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
At Shamshabad, about 24 km south of the city centre, with direct flights to Kochi.