Ian Giddings
Technical Adviser - Marine
Ian Giddings joined the IMCA secretariat as a Technical Adviser in December 2006 from the Nautical Institute, the professional body for qualified mariners, where he worked as Director of Education and Training in a small team dealing with, amongst other things, training standards, accreditation and certification for personnel in dynamic positioning, oil spill response, offshore stability/ballast control and LNG shipping. As part of his role he also kept a watching brief on maritime education and training and represented the institute on a number of related organisations and bodies.
Ian started his career at sea, serving for fourteen years aboard a variety of vessel types and gaining his certificate of competency as a Master Mariner, before coming ashore to work at Aberdeen College within a team delivering courses to the maritime and offshore industry. He helped develop the college's courses, including the installation of various simulators, for dynamic positioning, semi-submersible stability and self-elevating platform operations for the world-wide industry. During that time he had the opportunity to gain experience as a DP operator onboard a semi-submersible accommodation vessel and as a marine surveyor and consultant. As a requirement of his work at the college he gained a further education teaching qualification.
He comes to IMCA with a wealth of experience in the maritime field which will be useful for his work, especially with the IMCA Marine Division, but also in related areas and alongside the other members of the technical team.
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