Subsea Engineering Competency Profile
METOCEAN ENGINEERING AND OCEANOGRAPHY FUNDAMENTALS DE-004
This competency demonstrates a subsea engineer has a broad understanding of metocean engineering and its application to subsea engineering.
WHAT THIS COMPETENCE MEANS IN ELEMENT OF COMPETENCE INDICATORS OF ATTAINMENT PRACTICE
Working knowledge of how metocean parameters are Requires that metocean parameters are analysed and Has used metocean criteria in subsea engineering applied in subsea engineering for: presented in a manner which is fit for engineering end analysis or design use ● design Has communicated interpretation of metocean ● installation information to others for subsea engineering application. ● operations (monitoring, fatigue, etc.)
Working knowledge of operational and tropical cyclone Ability to use forecasts when following Offshore Demonstrated ability to interpret weather forecasts for weather forecast products available. Procedures and Cyclone Response Plans. safe operations offshore, and for cyclone avoidance.
Working knowledge of the elements of subsea Ensures metocean risks are defined for subsea Has specified the requirements of metocean data engineering which require metocean input, the required engineering design elements. acquisition programmes, accounting for uncertainties in levels of accuracy and source be it regional, field the metocean site conditions, to satisfy subsea Ensures that metocean data acquisition is available in measured or modelled data engineering requirements on more than one project time at the required level of detail to reduce risks to phase. ALARP.
Awareness of physical oceanography and marine Can explain regional conditions (e.g. cyclones, tides, Has worked with metocean engineers or consultants to meteorology including: eddies, solitons etc) and how these processes are define schedule and / or scope of metocean data likely to impact on site specific subsea design elements acquisition, modelling and studies for subsea ● winds including surface facilities behaviours. engineering applications. ● waves Has demonstrated the ability to address metocean in ● tides and water levels risk assessments and HAZIDs ● currents ● water temperatures
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Subsea Engineering Competency Profile
WHAT THIS COMPETENCE MEANS IN ELEMENT OF COMPETENCE INDICATORS OF ATTAINMENT PRACTICE
Awareness of the limitations of data (measured and Allows for selection of optimal databases and Has assessed available metocean information, modelled), calibration requirements, analysis methods methodology for metocean parameter generation. established knowledge gaps, and identified required and uncertainties including: data to develop relevant parameterization. Understands the confidence interval associated with ● literature review, measurements metocean parameters and the effect on subsequent ● numerical modelling (forecast and hindcast) calculations ● quality control and calibration of models ● database lengths ● the risk of uncertainties in the input
Awareness of methods for deriving extreme and Able to scope metocean requirements for subsea Has prepared fit for purpose design and operational operational metocean criteria including independent engineering application, defining metocean metocean criteria. and joint conditions, methods of response-based measurements, modelling and studies Has scoped metocean requirements for transport, extremes, operability and weather windows analysis. installation and operation. Has included required metocean design criteria in Basis of Design or Design Premise documentation.
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