Project and construction managers
Offshore programmes need site visits at hook-up, commissioning and handover.
Course snapshot
CourseBasic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training with EBS (BOSIET with EBS)
OPITO code5700
Duration3 Days
Fee₹35,000
Validity4 Years
OPITO code5700, BOSIET with EBS
Duration3 days
Fee₹35,000 per person
Certificate validity4 years
Riyadh to DammamAbout 405 km by road
Time differenceKochi is 2 h 30 min ahead
Why Riyadh-based staff find themselves needing an offshore induction
Saudi Arabia's Gulf offshore work is run from the Eastern Province, but the people who plan, inspect and approve it are spread across the country. Many head offices, consultancies and project management teams sit in Riyadh, and some of their work ends at a platform. The fields they visit are large. Zuluf was discovered in 1965 in about 36 metres of water and has produced since 1973, with a current capacity of 800,000 barrels a day of Arab Medium and an expansion adding 600,000 barrels a day of Arab Heavy, according to NS Energy. It has more than 270 producing wells, and stabilised crude goes to Ju'aymah and gas to the Tanajib plant.
Marjan, found in 1967, is the other big name. Offshore Technology records that its increment adds 300,000 barrels a day of crude, processes an extra 2.5 billion cubic feet a day of gas and recovers 360,000 barrels a day of ethane and NGL, taking production to 800,000 barrels a day after expansion. Programmes at that scale involve design reviews, inspection visits, commissioning and audits long after construction ends. The person who signs a document in Riyadh may then be asked to see the equipment for themselves.
The honest picture is that many Riyadh jobs never go offshore. An office-based planner can do an entire career without a helicopter transfer. If a visit is possible but undecided, ask your manager whether the visit is a firm part of your role before spending three days and a flight on a course. If it is, the question changes from whether to train to which version to take.
Zuluf field
Discovered in 1965 in about 36 m of water; over 270 producing wells; capacity of 800,000 bpd, with an expansion adding 600,000 bpd.
Marjan field
Discovered in 1967; the increment adds 300,000 bpd of crude and 2.5 bscfd of gas processing, taking output to 800,000 bpd.
Ju'aymah and Tanajib
Zuluf's stabilised crude goes to Ju'aymah and its gas to the Tanajib plant.
Riyadh to the coast
404.5 km by road to Dammam, about 3 h 32 min; a route planner lists a train of about 4 h 10 min.
Riyadh-based roles that may be sent offshore
Engineers and discipline leads
Mechanical, electrical, instrument and process engineers verify installations in person.
QA/QC, inspection and integrity staff
Even a short visit to a platform needs the full induction.
Consultants, auditors and insurance surveyors
They visit several clients' facilities, so a version that most operators recognise is attractive.
Procurement, logistics and supply-chain managers
They inspect vendor packages and laydown yards and may join the first lift or transfer.
Training and HSE managers
They assess crews' certificates, so they should know what each one involves.
BOSIET with EBS or T-BOSIET: an honest comparison for a mobile career
Both courses take three days at ₹35,000 and last four years at iMost. T-BOSIET is the tropical version: 19 guided learning hours, sea survival without an immersion suit. BOSIET with EBS is the standard version: 21 hours, with helicopter escape using the Emergency Breathing System and drills in aviation suits. Saudi Gulf waters are warm, so a client may well accept T-BOSIET, and for a Riyadh engineer who works for one Saudi operator and has the client's wording in writing, it can be enough. Choose BOSIET with EBS when your employer or client names it, when you consult for several operators, or when you may be seconded to cooler waters. A bridging product (5704) exists for people with a valid tropical certificate, but it adds a course and a trip, so decide before you travel.
Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (T-BOSIET) →
Your client confirms in writing that the tropical version is accepted and you will work only in warm waters.
Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (Digital Delivery) →
You want to finish the theory online before a short practical visit to Kochi.
Basic H2S Training →
Your visit is to a sour-gas platform and the client asks for H2S awareness.
Further Offshore Emergency Training with EBS (FOET with EBS) →
You already hold a BOSIET with EBS and are nearing the OPITO four-year limit.
The five modules, for someone who has not been offshore before
OPITO sets 21 guided learning hours for BOSIET with EBS, with the safety induction taught entirely as theory and the rest split roughly 40:60 between classroom and practical work. Medical fitness has to be shown before the practical exercises, through any of OPITO's accepted routes. If you are nervous in water, tell the instructors on day one.
- 01
Safety induction
Risk management, safety laws, offshore hazards and incident reporting. For an office-based professional, this is the first time the language of a platform is explained to you.
- 02
Firefighting and self-rescue
Handheld extinguishers, smoke-filled environments and self-rescue on a fire ground.
- 03
Sea survival
Pool drills: donning a lifejacket, climbing into a life raft and staying alive in the water.
- 04
HUET safety and escape with EBS
Helicopter ditching drills, controlled descent and use of the Emergency Breathing System, the module that separates this course from the tropical one.
- 05
Hands-on pool drills
Simulated emergencies wearing aviation suits, lifejackets and the EBS, which pull the other modules together.
For Riyadh contractors, consultancies and training managers
In Riyadh, the buyer is often a head office or project team that sends people to the Eastern Province. A training manager there keeps a certificate matrix that must cover people who are in Riyadh most of the year and offshore for a week, so the cost of a wrong version falls on the project that needs them.
Standards that shape training in Saudi Arabia
Operator and project induction rulesEach operator sets which survival course it accepts, so confirm the OPITO code with the project team.
OPITO BOSIET with EBS (5700)21 guided learning hours; the maximum interval between BOSIET and the FOET refresher is four years.
OPITO bridging course (5704)For holders of a valid tropical BOSIET or FOET who need the standard certificate; five guided learning hours.
Medical entry ruleProof of medical fitness, by certificate, equivalent or centre screening, before practical exercises.
What employers commonly ask for
| Course | Requirement note |
|---|---|
| Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training with EBS (BOSIET with EBS) | Named by operators who want the standard version and a sensible default for people with no fixed client. |
| Tropical Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training (T-BOSIET) | Often accepted for warm-water work, but confirm the client's wording in writing. |
| Basic H2S Training | Sour-gas facilities commonly ask for H2S awareness as well. |
Planning a group booking
- Register the company at portal.imostacademy.in/register to receive team logins, contract rates, group bookings, invoices and statements, and expiry tracking.
- Send each person's offshore medical date, current certificate expiry and travel dates with the request.
- Fees are in rupees. Agree the invoice currency and the remittance route from Saudi Arabia before the first booking.
- Purchase orders are accepted, with credit offered only after an assessment.
Operators and clients set their own requirements; confirm with your contract or HSE department.
Riyadh to Njarakkal: one flight, or train and flight
Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport (RUH) is about 3,540 km from Kochi in a straight line. Flight sites list direct services to Cochin International Airport (COK) of roughly 5 hours 30 minutes, though availability changes, and connections via Indian cities are common. The campus is on Vypin island, around 40 km from the airport.
Riyadh (RUH) to Kochi (COK)
Confirm direct schedules with the airline. One listing shows one-stop options via Bengaluru or Mumbai at roughly nine hours.
Train to Dammam, then fly
A route planner lists the Riyadh to Dammam train at about 4 hours 10 minutes and the drive at 3 hours 30 minutes. Dammam to Kochi is a separate flight, so compare the whole day.
Airport to the campus
From the airport, a prepaid taxi to Puthuval Road, Njarakkal, takes the Goshree bridges.
Plan your visit from Riyadh
Planning around home leave
Allow five to six days: a day to arrive, three course days and a buffer for the return. If you are going to Kerala on leave anyway, take the course at the start or end of the break.
Visa and entry
No visa is needed for India on an Indian passport. If yours is a different one, confirm the e-Visa category through the official portal or the nearest Indian mission.
Costs and payment
Fees are in rupees, per person. Agree the payment route from Saudi Arabia with our team before you transfer.
Six days, door to door
- 1
Confirm the visit is firm
Ask your manager whether the offshore trip is part of the role and when it is planned.
- 2
Get the OPITO code in writing
Ask the client or project team whether it names 5700 or 5501.
- 3
Check the medical
Choose which of OPITO's medical routes you will use and gather the paperwork.
- 4
Pick a batch
Tell us the week you can spare through info@imostacademy.in or WhatsApp +91 8075 787307.
- 5
Days 1 to 3
Induction and fire ground, sea survival, then the helicopter escape and pool exercises.
- 6
Return and file
Give your HSE team a copy and note when the four years end.