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Course Description

The target group for Major Emergency Management Initial Response (MEMIR) training is personnel who are either designated as being in charge of, are members of, or provide support to an emergency management team in an emergency on an OFFSHORE facility.

Facilities available for simulation and training include;

  1. Fiel Alpha: A single platform oil and gas production installation
  2. Fiel Bravo: A mult-platform oil and gas production installation
  3. Fiel Charlie: An FPSO
  4. Jack-up 3; A three-legged jack-up drilling rig
  5. Semi-1: A semi-submersible Drilling Rig

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Why choose this course?

Delegate Performance Appraisal will be judged in a minimum of two emergency scenario simulations per delegate. As a minimum, each delegate must role-play the Emergency Manager (EM) in at least two of the emergency scenario simulations.

Evaluation of delegates will be by continuous observation of their performance during their tenure as EM, each based around a major incident chosen from the following:

  1. Type A - a major emergency that is readily controllable if managed appropriately.
  2. Type B - a major emergency which could escalate if not controlled.
  3. Type C - a major emergency that the EM is unable to control leading to a full evacuation of the facility.

The range of emergency scenarios specified above must include an appropriate combination of the following elements:

a) Injured personnel

b) Multiple casualties

c) Missing personnel

d) Loss of containment

e) Loss of communication

f) Loss of evacuation, muster points or temporary refuge

g) Stressed personnel h) Extreme weather conditions

i) Loss of essential facilities j) Loss of key personnel

k) Rapidly developing situation leading to information overload

l) Evacuation of the facility

m) Environmental concerns and effects

Following the training, the delegate will receive a Major Emergency Management Initial Response certificate and a performance appraisal of the delegate’s knowledge and performance gaps that are identified during the training programme. Following completion of the training programme, identified performance gaps should be met by further training and workplace drills and exercises, at the delegate’s company’s discretion.

Certification has no expiry and retraining in Major Emergency Management is at the discretion of the employer.


Who is the course for?

The optimum contact time for this training is 26 hours, which is to be delivered over 4 consecutive days. The contact time is based on the maximum number of delegates undertaking the programme.

Approximately 35% of the course will be classroom-based, including pre-scenario briefings, and 65% is spent on running the scenarios and debriefing.


What certificate will i receive?

This course can be delivered at any one of our training centres or ONSITE at the clients facility.

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IMPORTANT NOTE: ONSITE training may not be eligible for OPITO certification. Please contact us for more information.

What can the course lead to?

MEMIR Simulator, handheld communication devices, IMS Boards.

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How is the course assessed?

₹ 282300.00 INR

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Course info

  • Certificate

  • Delegate Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for the MEMIR training programme.


  • Duration

  • Training contains physically demanding and potentially stressful elements. All personnel who participate in such training must be medically fit and capable of participating fully. Delegates must either:

    1. Possess a valid offshore medical certificate; or
    2. Possess an Operator approved medical certificate; or
    3. Complete a GSS medical screening form prior to attendance

  • Who is it for

  • The aim of the MEMIR Training is to equip personnel with formal training in command, control, communications and stress-related factors in the management of major emergencies. In addition, this programme also provides initial emergency management training for personnel who are undertaking a training and competence programme to progress to the role of an emergency response manager.

    The objectives of the MEMIR Training are that delegates will be able to:

    • Understand the key factors of preparing for, responding to, and maintaining control throughout the development or escalation of an emergency situation.
    • Learn how to manage communication, emergency-related information and put into place predetermined plans at the point when the emergency alarm has been raised, to the point when the emergency manager is assured that the emergency is over.
    • Understand how stress can impact on individuals and team performance during emergencies.
    • Have the opportunity to role-play as the emergency manager in a minimum of two specific types of emergency scenarios. This is a key element of the training programme, and is backed up by constructive feedback from the course instructional team.

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