Joining Instructions for FOET
Thank you very much for applying to Nippon Survival Training Center (NSTC)
Please read these instructions carefully before joining the training.
◆ ImportantRegistration Health Precautions
The training activities may include physically demanding and potentially stressful elements.
Submit the following documents found with this document in order to ensure your good health.
・Statement of Physical Fitness (must have physician’s signature) ・Training Consent Form
・NSTC Training Medical Screening and Self-Declaration of Fitness Form
・Personal Information Consent Form

Documents must be sent 2weeks prior to the course date.
*If they are unable to be sent by the due date, scan and forward by e-mail or fax in advance; theoriginal documents shall be submitted on the first day of the course.
Please keep yourself in good health for the training day. Drugs and alcohol are prohibited.
Please submit a copy of your current certificate via e-mail when you apply for the training.
Training Gear・Delegates are required to wear comfortable and suitable clothing for the training. Short pants,skirts, sleeveless tops, sandals and beach sandals are not allowed due to safety concerns
・For your safety, accessories are not allowed during the training.
・For your safety, please remove your contact lenses before participating in training at the pooldue to the loss and/or the possibility of infection.
(Please bring your glasses so that you’ll be able to have clear visibility for pool-side explanation.)
What to Bring
・Photo ID(Passport, Driver’s license or Mariner’s pocket ledger) ※Non-Japanese: passport only・Note pad & pen
・Swimwear, water proof bag (to carry wet swimwear after the course), Eyeglasses and contact lenscare set including contact lens solution and case・Statement of Physical Fitness, NSTC Training Medical Screening and Self-Declaration of Fitness
Form, Training Consent Form and Personal
documents were not posted)

Information

ConsentForm(if original

Provided
・Personal Protective Equipment (Helmet, gloves, etc.), shower towels, coveralls, boots, etc.
・Lunch (Provided a lunch box in our lounge.)・Refreshments such as water, tea, coffee, etc. are available in the lounge.
※Smoking area is located on the 5th floor of the facility.
◆Registration
Please arrive at NSTC reception (Nippon Suisan Bldg. 4th floor) by the stated time on the annexedTime Table. Reception will be open 10min prior to the registration time. If there is any chance that you’ll
be late, please call 093-884-2020.
◆Directions
Address：Nippon Suisan Bldg. 4F, 2-6-27Ginza, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan804-0076 (approx.10 minute walk from JR Tobata Station, North Exit)
TEL：093-884-2020（8：30～17：30 weekdays） Mail: book@n-s-t-c.com
Emergency call: 093-884-2024 (24hours/365days)：red arrow shows directionsWakato Ohashi Bridge

NSTC Training Facility
Nippon Suisan Bldg.

Nissui Marine Kaikan

By Shinkansen (Bullet Train)
Get off Shinkansen at JR Kokura St.
Kokura St.→Tobata St.(JR Local Train) App.
10min

NSTC Reception：4F
Elevator at main entrance.

By CarApp. 5～10min from Tobata IC by car.

AEON Tobata
Shopping Center◆Booked Accommodation

By Airplane＜From Fukuoka Airport＞
Fukuoka A.P.→Hakata St.(Subway) App. 10min
Hakata St.→Tobata St.(JR Limited ExpressTrain) App. 40min
Hakata St.→Tobata St.(JR Rapid Train) App.1hour＜From Kitakyushu Airport＞
Kitakyushu A.P.→Kusami St.(Bus) App. 20min
KusamiSt.→Nishi-KokuraSt.→TobataSt.(JRLocal Train) App. 25min
ORCVS
Kitakyushu A.P.→Kokura St.(Bus) App. 35min
Kokura St.→Tobata St.(JR Local Train) App.
10min
JR Tobata St. North Exit

JRTobata South Exit
(undergroundwalkaway to North Exit)(Nissui Marine Kaikan)

・Contact NSTC for any booking changes. 2weeks prior to the course date.

◆About OPITO courses
NSTC courses are carried to meet or exceed standards set by OPITO. During the course the delegate
will be assessed by qualified instructors to ensure that all Learning Outcomes set by OPITO are met.
Delegates will be assessed against the learning outcomes specified below using direct observation andoral and/or written questions as appropriate. If for any reason, one or more of the following outcomesare not met, the delegate will be found not-yet-competent and may need to repeat the outcome so thata certificate may be issued.
For a better understanding of the training and what is expected of the delegate, please visit Youtube toview the OPITO BOSIET Briefing Video.
FOET Module 5; Helicopter Safety and Escape Learning OutcomesTo successfully complete this module, delegates must be able to demonstrate:(1) Donning an aviation transit suit, aviation lifejacket and emergency breathing system equipment (EBS)
and conducting EBS integrity checks.
(2) Deploying, operating and breathing from EBS at atmospheric conditions.
(3) Deploying, operating and breathing from EBS in a pool utilising personal air prior to HUET exercises(delegate to experience positive and negative pressure created by the body orientation in water).
(4) Actions to take in preparing for a helicopter ditching/emergency landing.
(5) Actions following a controlled ditching on water (including deploying EBS and, on instructions fromaircrew, operation of a push out window) and evacuate through a nominated exit to an aviation liferaft.
(6) Assist others where possible in carrying out initial actions on boarding the aviation liferaft, to include
mooring lines, deploying the sea anchor, raising the canopy and raft maintenance.
(7) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a partially submerged helicopter(deploying, operating and breathing from the EBS but without operation of a push out window).
(8) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a partially submerged helicopter(deploying, operating and breathing from the EBS and operation of a push out window).
(9) Escape through a window opening which is underwater from a capsized helicopter (*deploying andoperating the EBS on the surface prior to capsize and operating a push-out window)(10) Following escape from the helicopter (HUET), inflate lifejacket, deploy spray visor and carry out inwater procedures, to include swimming, getting into Heat Escape Lessening Position (HELP), towing,chain, huddle and circle.
(11) Boarding an aviation liferaft from the water.
(12) Being rescued by one of the recognised methods available offshore and survivor actions followingrescue.
FOET Module 6; Firefighting and Self Rescue Learning OutcomesTo successfully complete this module, delegates must be able to demonstrate:(1) Correct use of hand held portable fire extinguishers and which ones to use for different classes offires.
(2) Self-rescue techniques with a smoke hood from areas where visibility is reduced due to smoke.
(3) Self-rescue techniques with a smoke hood from areas where visibility is completely obscured.
(4) Small group escape techniques with a smoke hood from areas where visibility is completely obscured.
FOET Module7; Emergency First Aid Learning OutcomesTo successfully complete this module, delegates must be able to demonstrate:(1) Raising the alarm.
(2)Immediate first aid actions, to include: ABC.

◆Sample FOET Certificate