The HUET course teaches you the skills you need to escape a submerged helicopter.
This applies to personnel who regularly travel by helicopter and are required to undertake pre-flight preparation, escape from an inverted and/or submerged helicopter, don and successfully employ a life jacket, deploy safety and emergency equipment, deploy life rafts, and help other survivors.
Once you have the techniques, they can easily be adapted to whatever aircraft you are operating. Every time you, your colleagues or passengers get into an aircraft, you’ll consider your exits, your harnesses, your escape plan, and after-ditching actions. That’s what we teach you and our simulators allow you to develop your practical skills to hone your technique.
Cost
$550 per person – HUET only
Please note prices for courses effective from 14 May, 2026.
HUET: $780
HUET plus HEEDS (EBS): $950
* Note: discount for groups of 5 or more in one booking.
Course Inclusions
All course materials, handouts and personal protective equipment. Morning tea and lunch are provided.
PMAWHS214 Undertake helicopter safety and escape.
Prepare to and Evacuate from a Helicopter
Identify hazards boarding and departing from helicopters
Describe helicopter escape techniques
Perform personal preparation checks prior to flight
Identify helicopter safety and emergency equipment
Follow procedure to egress a ditched aircraft
Personal Survival
Life Raft Management
Rescue Considerations
Students will be given instruction in underwater escape procedures for a variety of ditching situations using a ditching simulator. These include:
Inverted ditching
Night-time simulation
Exits – operation or exit obstruction
Cross cabin evacuation
The HUET training course will be delivered via face to face at our helicopter base at Cape Banks La Perouse.
This course is designed to be completed in one day. It runs from 8.30am to 3.30pm. It is delivered through face-to-face learning and assessment.
Students holding a previous certification for the units of competency and are seeking recognition must supply their credential at the time of enrolment.
Students must have language, literacy and numeracy skills (LLN) to interpret and apply relevant information to commence learning in this program. An LLN assessment may be conducted upon receipt of enrolment application to ensure each student has the appropriate level of skills required to undertake this course.
Students who successfully complete the HUET training course and demonstrate competence will receive a nationally recognised Statement of Attainment under the Australian Qualifications Framework. The certification will be issued by Risk Response and Rescue (RTO 90774).
This unit of competency applies to all persons who regularly travel by helicopter, for example, to any of the following installations or facilities:
- Offshore rig/installation
- Floating facility (e.g., floating storage and offloading (FSO), floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO), and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG)
- Support vessel
Students must wear appropriate clothing and footwear when attending face-to-face sessions.
AVIF0049 Utilise emergency breathing system
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to utilise an emergency breathing system (EBS) in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and national operating standards. Use of this unit in non-aviation related safety roles is to be in accordance with relevant industry and national regulatory requirements.
It includes preparing an EBS for use, operating an EBS and completing EBS post-operational procedures.
This unit addresses aviation technical skill requirements (physical, mental and task-management abilities) related to safety management duties of flight crews and contributes to safe and effective performance in complex aviation operational environments.
Operations are conducted as part of recreational, commercial and military aircraft activities across a variety of operational contexts within the Australian aviation industry. Work is performed independently or under limited supervision within a single-pilot or multi-crew environment.
Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit.
EBS is run in conjunction with HUET.
Cost
$750 per person for HUET + EBS*
*Please note price effective from 14 May, 2026 will be $990.
Students must have language, literacy and numeracy skills (LLN) to interpret and apply relevant information to commence learning in this program. An LLN assessment may be conducted upon receipt of enrolment application to ensure each student has the appropriate level of skills required to undertake this course.
Students holding a previous certification for the units of competency and are seeking recognition must supply their credential at the time of enrolment.
AVIF0049 Utilise emergency breathing.
This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to utilise an emergency breathing system (EBS) in compliance with relevant regulatory requirements of the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and national operating standards. Use of this unit in non-aviation related safety roles is to be in accordance with relevant industry and national regulatory requirements.
It includes preparing an EBS for use, operating an EBS and completing EBS post-operational procedures.
This unit addresses aviation technical skill requirements (physical, mental and task-management abilities) related to safety management duties of flight crews and contributes to safe and effective performance in complex aviation operational environments.
Operations are conducted as part of recreational, commercial and military aircraft activities across a variety of operational contexts within the Australian aviation industry.
Work is performed independently or under limited supervision within a single-pilot or multi-crew environment.
Not applicable.
Face to face at our helicopter base at Cape Banks La Perouse.
Practical training and assessment will be held at a nominated pool.
Elements describe the essential outcomes. Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1 Prepare an EBS for use
1.1 EBS pre-flight inspection is conducted
1.2 Preparations for flight are completed
1.3 EBS defects are reported
2 Operate an EBS
2.1 EBS is fitted in accordance with equipment instructions
2.2 EBS purging techniques are employed
2.3 Breathing techniques are employed during ascent
2.4 EBS malfunctions are responded to
3 Complete EBS post-operational procedures
3.1 EBS after-use inspection is conducted
3.2 EBS after-flight defects are reported
3.3 EBS equipment is stowed in appropriate storage
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment.
*Learning and assessment hours will vary depending on your existing skills, underpinning knowledge and prior experience and your commitment to your learning and practical application of activities.
Students must wear appropriate clothing and footwear when attending face-to-face sessions.
Information about the RTO, courses, units, elements, topics, additional entry requirements,
enrolment procedures, payment and any other course information are available from Risk
Response + Rescue and can be found in the Participant Information Handbook.
Matt O’Brien
Ph. (02) 9694 3100
Mobile 0438 082 629
Next Course Date
Friday, 19 June 2026
Saturday, 5 September 2026
