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Training ROV Personnel for Safer, More Effective Operations
Steve Ham General Manager
Subsea UK ROV Conference September 2015
• How has it developed • Where we are now • Safety & competence
Modernising ROV Training
• Industry led solution – Address looming skills and personnel shortage – Industry supply some of the hardware – The Underwater Centre set up and deliver the training – Aim
• Replicate offshore environment • Basic and advanced training • Greater number of skilled personnel • Shorten time to reach senior roles
• 5 week course
A New Way
A Paradigm Shift
Digital Edge Subsea
• Contextual Training – Vessel based – Operational WCROV system – Equipment
• New material, New delivery, New end result
• Engagement & Participation • Assessment • Development route
A Paradigm Shift
• Bottom of the cycle – Postponed jobs – Vessels moving out of service – Budget pressures – Lose some of the best people
• Where does that leave training?
Where Are We Now?
• Becomes cyclical – For companies – For individuals
Impact on Training
ROV Demand by Activity Type
• Safety & Competence? • Rates • Countercyclical? • Discretionary?
Impact on Training
• IMCA ROV TSG • Modernised courses • Equipment Supplier participation
– Some advanced training options
Where Are We Now
Digital Edge Subsea
• Cater for – New entrants – Existing practitioners wanting to increase
competency – Self funded – Company sponsored
Where Are We Now
Premium ROV
ROV Pilot Tech
ROV Operations
High Voltage
Fibre Optics (OTDR)
Titan 4 Working at Height
• ROV-contextual electronics module
• ROV Pilot Tech
• High Voltage • Fibre Optics
(OTDR) • Titan 4 • Working at
Height • VMAX
Simulator • 7 weeks
• Foundation level training for new entrants to the ROV industry
• Covers background to industry, engineering & technical, & operations
• 3 weeks
• Vessel based operational training using work class ROV, obs ROV & positional acoustic system
• 2 weeks
• Competency based training for electrical safety including HV
• 2 days
• Experiential training in fibre optic technology & testing
• 3 days inc. OTDR
• Extends FMC Schilling Level 1 includes operational practice
• 2 days
• Entry level safety training ROV-specific
• 1 day
Hydraulics 2 Levels
Data Comms 2 Levels
Subsea Acoustics
Sensors & Multiplexers
• Incorporates BFPA/ NFPA syllabus with ROV-specific context
• 3/ 2 days
• Networking (Comp TIA based, TCP/IP, ethernet, IP addressing, RS protocols & others)
• 5/ 5 days
• Introduction to subsea acoustics (instrument., positioning, operational practice)
• 1 day
• Interfacing & data protocols
• 3 days
Where Are We Now
• More aware, assessed new entrants • Short modules • Whole package • Fit with competency schemes • Non-English • Online learning – especially numeracy • Standard/Bespoke • On site • Community of practice
The Road Ahead
Cost effective way to address the safety
& competency challenge