Certification
IMCA plays an important role in helping its members ensure and demonstrate the competence of their personnel, particularly where they are working in safety-critical positions.
As part of this work, IMCA developed its framework of guidance on competence assurance and assessment, detailed elsewhere on this site.
As outlined below, IMCA's role in direct certification is restricted to certain positions, particularly those where there has been an absence of other bodies offering certification where a need for independent oversight has been identified. It has also established certain training schemes, also detailed on this site. However, in general, IMCA develops guidance on suitable training and competence assessment for personnel and refers to other bodies where appropriate.
Offshore Diving Sector
The offshore diving sector is a good example of this position, where IMCA sets out a number of recognised third-party certificates for basic diver training, covers twelve different positions through its competence guidance, with direct training and certification for only three positions and a recognised training scheme for one other. The following links provide more information on this:
- Offshore Divers - the IMCA International Code of Practice for Offshore Diving sets out a number of recognised certificates, which are issued by bodies independent of contractors and training providers, often through national regulatory systems, which have their own mutual recognition arrangements.
- Diving Supervisors - IMCA operates a certification scheme for offshore air and bell diving supervisors, involving preliminary training and recorded experience, followed by an examination which candidates must pass prior to receiving a certificate and being able to act as a supervisor under the code.
- Life Support Technicians (LSTs) - IMCA operates a certification scheme along the same lines as for diving supervisors.
- Diver Medics - IMCA runs a scheme for recognition of diver medic training, but does not itself issue certificates relating to this
Marine (Specialist Vessel) Sector - IMCA's Marine Division has a particular focus on dynamic positioning and the specialist vessel operations dependent on such techniques. As part of this, IMCA works with the Nautical Institute and has guidance recommending the use of its scheme for DP operator training. IMCA has also produced a range of guidance on basic safety and vessel familiarisation training for the wider crew. Click here for more information.
Other Certification
IMCA does not issue any certificates other than those listed above. We would instead refer you to the range of training guidance produced both by the TCPC core activity and the four technical divisions where it relates to specialist training in each sector.
'IMCA' Competence Certificates
IMCA receives a number of enquiries relating to certificates issued relating to its competence assurance and assessment guidance. As suggested above, these are not IMCA-issued certificates and enquiries relating to them should be addressed directly to the issuer or employing contractor as appropriate. This topic is addressed in the set of FAQs relating to the competence assurance and assessment guidance.
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