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IMCA's Offshore Survey Division is concerned with all aspects of equipment, operations and personnel relating to offshore survey operations.
Key areas of recent work include competence standards for safety-critical personnel involved in the offshore survey industry, the development of technical standards aimed at enhancing the efficiency of operations across the sector and a concerted effort to raise the profile of the industry. As part of the latter work, it has produced a graphical guide to the sector.
The division's various activities are outlined below and detailed on the pages linked therefrom and in the left-hand navigation panel.
Work Programme
In line with the Association's overall and strategic objectives, each year the world-wide divisional management committee sets out a programme of specific projects and objectives which it will work towards achieving. Click here for more details on the current programme.
Technical Standards and Guidelines
Inter-Vessel Survey Data Standard Telemetry Protocol - With the growing trend towards multi-vessel operations and with offshore survey contractors often using different survey navigation software suites, IMCA's Offshore Survey Division has developed and successfully trialled a protocol to assist the industry, by promoting a level of standardisation in data telemetry. For further details, click here.
Guidelines for the use of Multibeam Echosounders (MBES) for Offshore Surveys - Following extensive consultation on drafts with members and other industry bodies, these have now been published - and this first technical publication from the Division has already been well received, bearing the endorsement of UKOOA's Survey & Positioning Committee. While MBESs have been in use since the 1960s, their use in commercial marine operations is much more recent. Drawing heavily on a number of existing standards and published papers, the document sets out for the first time guidelines specific to use of this fascinating equipment in the offshore survey sector. For further details, click here.
Marine Inspection Checklist for Small Workboats - This document has been prepared to assist survey contractors when chartering, or considering chartering, workboats and enable them to establish whether or not the boat is being operated in a safe manner. For further details, click here.
IMCA's Offshore Survey Division is currently working on a number of other technical documents in areas of common interest to members - see the work programme for more information.
Contracting Issues
IMCA has recently been working on the preparation of guidance which seeks to raise awareness among its members and their clients of contract-related issues in the sector. For full details, click here.
Personnel Initiatives
IMCA's Offshore Survey Division is concerned with ensuring graduate surveyors have received appropriate education in offshore surveying topics and techniques, attracting new recruits to the industry and ensuring the competence of personnel working in safety-critical positions. For full details on the various personnel initiatives undertaken by IMCA for the offshore survey sector, click here.
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