OPITO 9004 · CONTROL ROOM OPERATOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE
CROER simulator
The control room, under pressure.
CROER assesses the Control Room Operator during an emergency. The Poseidon Emergency Management Simulator™ gives the CRO a working control room picture: process variables, alarms, shutdown and blowdown, safety systems and communications, all responding in real time. It is in use by OPITO approved centres delivering CROER.
IN USE BY OPITO APPROVED CENTRES
Audited and approved by OPITO as part of Poseidon Training's approval as an OPITO Approved Centre for MEMIR 7228, OIMCE 7025 and CROER 9004.
Training providers using the simulator to deliver OPITO products need their own OPITO centre approval.
The standard at a glance
- Who it is for
- Personnel deemed ready by their employer for formal assessment in the Control Room Operator role during an emergency.
- Objectives
- Maintaining a state of readiness, controlling critical situations and emergency response coordination.
- Assessment team
- An assessor to learner ratio of 1:1, with enough role players to maintain the reality of the simulation.
- Scenarios
- A minimum of 2 and a maximum of 3 scenarios on the learner's asset type, covering threat to life, to the environment, and to plant and equipment, with up to 3 attempts to pass the 2 scenarios.
- Equipment
- Emergency Response Plan, layout information and equipment listing, company procedures, work permits, audible and visual alarms, telephones, radios, PA, information boards and simulated background noise.
- Outcome
- The employer is notified within one working day and receives a written report within 14 days. No formal expiry, with re-assessment recommended at least every 3 years.
A summary of the OPITO product specification. Always work to the current specification published by OPITO.
How the simulator supports delivery
Live process control
Pumps, compression, pressure, temperature, flow and level, with adjustable set points that trigger LL, L, H and HH alarms.
Shutdown and blowdown
ESD-1, ESD-2 and blowdown with deliberate two-press activation and latching, and safety systems from deluge to emergency power.
Alarm handling
Separate audible, visual, acknowledge and clear states, with GPA, fire, gas, abandon and all clear shared across the session.
Permits and readiness
A built-in permit to work system, with live permits suspended automatically on general alarm and able to be reactivated.
Communications
Multi-channel push-to-talk radio with squelch, telephones with scripted incoming calls, PA and CCTV views.
Familiarisation and justification
Learners become familiar with the facilities before assessment and explain their decisions in a structured debrief, as the standard requires.
The standard allows remote delivery, but the nominated assessor must be present at the assessment location, so CROER cannot be remotely assessed.
Training with Poseidon
Poseidon Training is an OPITO Approved Centre for CROER 9004, with assessments at Ocean Marina, Thailand, or at client sites.
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See it in command.
Book a demonstration at the Poseidon Emergency Command Centre, Ocean Marina, Thailand, or online.
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