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International Marine Contractors Association
IMCA is hosting its ever-popular Lifting and Rigging Seminar on 27 October 2022 focusing on the technical side of offshore lifting, with an increasing interest in the challenges created in the renewable energy market. This event will be of interest to those involved in both offshore lifting and rigging, both in renewable energy and offshore oil & gas operations.
In the fifth episode of the “Understanding Competence” series, we will briefly look at the IMCA documents relating to the competence process.
Nadine Robinson, Technical Adviser for Environmental Sustainability, reflects on key moments from COP26, their correlation to IMCA’s Recommended Code of Practice for Environmental Sustainability, and next steps for the Marine Contracting industry.
Technical Adviser, Nick Hough brings us the latest Safety Corner in a short podcast
IMCA's Safety Corner is issued in Making Waves and provides an update on all things safety-related that are applicable to IMCA members and their operations.
In recent months, collaboration with other organisations has been a key focus. Take a few minutes to listen to this podcast to find out more.
Stay safe and I’ll speak with you next time!
Nick Hough
Join us for the fourth instalment of our “Understanding Competence” series as Andre Rose, IMCA's Technical Advisor for Competence & Training, looks at the challenges IMCA member companies may come across when implementing a competence scheme and how to overcome them.
The third instalment of our “Understanding Competence” series looks at the challenges IMCA member companies may come across when implementing a competence scheme and how to overcome them.
"Creating a logical and well-organised set of procedures greatly assists in the administration and control of all the elements of a workforce competence scheme."
Join us for part 2 of our competence series as Andre Rose, IMCA's Technical Advisor for Competence & Training, addresses why you should use a competence scheme and which appropriate measures you may require to ensure the scheme is meaningful and valuable.
Have you listened to part 1 yet? Catch it here > Buzzsprout
We encounter terms related to “competence” every day in our work-related activities. “We use a competence-based system” or “Our workforce is fully competent” are common phrases used, but do we fully understand what competence means? Listen to part one of this short podcast on understanding competence and what it means to be competent with IMCA’s Technical Advisor Andre Rose.
AUV has started to play a prominent role in the execution of offshore surveys in recent years. Surveyors use them for such tasks as pipeline inspection, bathymetry, and mapping of the sea floor. IMCA's ‘AUV Audit Guidance Document’ (IMCA S 028) has been developed by members of the Offshore Survey Division Management Committee with a view to promote a common approach to the auditing of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and their associated support systems.
In this podcast, Nick Hough, IMCA’s Technical Adviser – Offshore Survey explains the intended purpose of this document as a framework for offshore contractors to form their own AUV audit document.
IMCA S 028 is available for members to download free of charge on the IMCA website.
IMCA's Nick Hough, Technical Adviser - Offshore Survey introduces listeners to a new guidance document IMCA S 0 27 Guidelines on the use of GNSS for tide calculations.This document explains the use of global navigation satellite positioning systems (GNSS) for tide calculations. GNSS today includes GPS, the Russian GLONASS system and the European EGNOS system and other developing systems elsewhere in the world.
Guidance covers how an overview of how Global Navigation Satellite Systems can assist in more accurate real-time direct measurement of tidal changes.
A short podcast sharing the rationale, approach and key elements of IMCA's new Recommended Code of Practice on Environmental Sustainability with Peter de Bree, Chair of IMCA's Environmental Sustainability Committee and Technical Adviser, Nadine Robinson.
There are two documents on our website associated with this podcast:
IMCA ES 001 - Available in our Publications Library
IMCA Environmental Sustainability at a Glance - available in our Marketing Material
Nick Hough, Technical Adviser, provides an update on all things safety-related that are applicable to IMCA members and their operations.
Technical Adviser, Phil Towers provides a brief introduction to Guidance document IMCA D 066 on Surface Swimmers
Nadine Robinson, IMCA's Technical Adviser on Environmental Sustainability shares a podcast to recognise the 5th anniversary of the historic Paris Agreement.