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A Skill Set We Will Lose? Annual Meeting Agenda New Divers From NEW DIVERS FROM SWEDEN ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA A SKILL SET WE WILL LOSE? Page 2 Bez nazwy-1 1 2019-07-10 20:57:44 Page3 Dutch National Diving Organization has now moved to a new building a few kilo- meters away, and that IDSA’s desk has FROM THE moved with it and it is now fully opera- tional. There have, however, been some disruptions, not least being the upgrad- CHAIRMAN ing of the administration’s computer over Editors: Alan Bax the last few months, As anyone who has been through a similar process will know, and Jill Williams such changes are fraught with difficul- Art Editor: ties and so, although we have done our Michael Norriss best to check, we do ask that Members also check their own entries in the list of members at the end of this issue – any International Diving omissions and corrections should be sent as soon as possible to Alan Bax who will Schools Association be responsible for such entries in his new 47 Faubourg de la role of Membership Manager for the As- Madeleine sociation. 56140 MALESTROIT Another thing which has hampered our planned programme has been my FRANCE need to have surgery in June. I am Phone: pleased to say I am now feeling much +33 (0)2 9773 7261 better and seem to be well on the road to recovery – but of course this has meant e-mail address: that a number of our planned activities info@idsaworldwide. had to be postponed. We hope to catch org up with them during the autumn and win- web address: ter, especially activities such as school inspections and visits. Meanwhile, thank www.idsaworldwide. you to Members for their good wishes for org Dear my speedy recovery. Looking forward to the Annual Gen- Articles and photo- eral Meeting in Oslo, I am hoping that graphs to be consid- Members there may be an opportunity to look at ered for publication the tasks undertaken by members of the should be submitted I should like to welcome new committee. It is clear that as schools to the editors at the members who have joined the Associa- change so too do the roles of committee address above tion since the last issue of the ‘News’. members and it is always useful to review They are: Associate Members: the contribution which individual mem- Darya Koosh Co (Re-joined) Iran bers can make, where more or less time becomes available. Port Academy for Maritime & Tech- nical Studies Saudi Arabia Similarly, Revision 6 of the Standards is still ‘a work in progress’ It has taken BG Dive Solutions Ltd Bulgaria some time to collate all the changes, and Ocean Force Marine Ltd India some have had to be re-written. It must be remembered that we are an Interna- Industrial Member tional organization and that Standards Subservices S.I.Spain sometimes require students to have knowledge of procedures/equipment A number of things have happened which is not used locally. which have altered our planned pro- gramme for the summer. Whilst these I look forward to meeting you all in are not permanent, members may Oslo at the Opera Hotel on Monday 16 find an explanation useful if they were September expecting certain events or changes to happen – we always try to keep you in the picture where possible! After several months of planning I am pleased to say that the office of the Bez nazwy-1 1 2019-07-10 20:57:44 Page4 Instructor and students from NYD Monday 16th September Page5 Time Subject Location Responsible 1800-2000 Registration and drinks Restaurant Lars W Tuesday 17th September The meeting will be opened by the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries Harald Tom Nesvik Introduction of delegates, apologies for absence Leo , Carin Chairman's report Leo Acceptance of minutes from the annual meeting. Leo not Carin Trebeurden 2018 Matters arising from the minutes not included in the Leo not Carin agenda 0900-1130 Meeting room Carmen Administrators report Alan Financial report Leo "Election of excecutive board members: Carin, Current board members willing to continue: 1130-1230 Lunch Restaurant Status of Offshore diving in Norway - The Government Olav Hauso, PSA 1230-1345 perspective Meeting room Carmen Offshore Diving in Norway - The Contractor Perspec- Øyvind Loennech- tive en, TechnipFMC 1345-1400 Coffee break Fish Farm diving in Norway Victor Jensen, 1400-1600 Meeting room Carmen Abyss Meeting session Wednesday18th September 0915 Arrival at NYD Fagerstrand Lars W Presentation of NYD Lars W 0930-1200 Tour of NYD's facility NYD Dag 1200-1300 Lunch Classroom NYD Lars W Battleship Blücher and the German invasion in 1940 Arnfinn Moland 1300-1530 Blücher Oil removal operation Classroom NYD ASkild Moe R&P matters NYD, 18.30 Pre-dinner drinks Restaurant Lars W 19.30 Association Dinner Restaurant Lars W Thursday 19th September Meeting session Meeting session 08.30. Any other business the chairman may allow Meeting room Carmen Leo 11.15 Next year’s annual meeting Carin 11.15.11.30 Summary and closure of the annual meeting 2019 Meeting room Carmen Leo 11.30-2.30 Optional lunch Restaurant Lars W NOTES The above programme is subject to such changes as are necessary for it’s smooth running. All meeting sessions will take place at the Hotel Opera Transport will be provided from the Hotel and return as necessary throughout the meeting. Break times are approximate. Page 6 Page 7 YRGO COMMERCIAL DIVER TRAINING IN GOTHENBERG Seventeen new Commercial Divers are awarded their certificates Yrgo, in Gothenberg, is a Polytechnic with one of the wid- est ranges of course work that Sweden has to offer. Every year, more than 1,700 students enroll to train in these courses and the graduates are highly sought after Leo Lagarde, the chairman of IDSA awarding the students in the labor market. their IDSA certificates. This year Yrgo has trained another 17 talented professional divers who will take their places in the (Continued on page 8) Swedish and European commercial diving markets . Page 8 YRGO (continued from page 7) The goal at Yrgo is to make sure that all students will move on to a job in the area they have studied imme- diately after they have com- pleted their education. This means that Yrgo not only has to maintain close links with industry but also has to pay close attention to the needs of industry. Therefore it runs and develops it’s courses in close collaboration with private companies, public enterprises, industry organizations and other colleges. All the courses are in areas where the business sector and the public sector have said that they need more competent and committed employees. Yrgo also organises tailor-made courses specially designed to aid companies that want to develop their business. One of the many faculties in Yrgo is the CommercialDiv- ing School of Gothenburg. This year on the 5th of June,Yrgo examined the commercial diving class 2017-2019 on a sunny sum- mers day in Gothenburg. The examiner was Leo Lagarde the President of IDSA. Two years is a long time for students and instructors to spend together. So a close bond is often established between the two. This exami- nation meant that their time together was coming to an end so it was a particularily emotional time as well as a happy one . Page 9 The The Association of Inshore Diving Supervisors Manual Diving Contractors (Second Edition – Issue 6) (October 2016) www.adc-uk.info Now available for purchase [email protected] £27.50 inc VAT and postage Page 10 Page11 COMMERCIAL DIVER or keeping current with today’s latest industry guidance – safe practices – or maintaining their own skill sets as a TRAINING diver or as a diving supervisor. Commercial diver training, diving supervisor training have also been on an all-time low, with closures of com- Is it a skill set mercial diving training centres in UK and Australia adding to the challenges faced by the commercial diving indus- the industry try. “Wherever there is a nega- tive – if you dig deep there will will lose? always be a positive!” The Commercial Diving Industry By KBA Training now needs to look at several factors; embracing up-to-date technology ith the recent years of pertaining to learning; embracing up- Wdecline across all offshore to-date technology for maintaining and oil and gas sectors, one of the demonstrating competence; estab- most serious considerations, lishing alternative means of training, if not the most serious con- such as collaboration between training sideration that is now raising providers and approving bodies. Ad- concerns is the competence ditionally, adopting a long term vision of personnel and returning to by investing in training that will yield a work management. higher return of investment rather than The commercial diving industry is the short term perspective that is so no different. In fact, it is at the higher evident in today’s industry. end of the risk management considera- Failure to act now will certainly lead tions as the operational hazards have a to a greater skill set loss; Failure to im- direct impact on the safety of the diver. plement robust Return to Work policies There is always the argument within the pertaining to retraining and assessment risk management process and hierarchy of skills will lead to personal injury and of controls to ‘not dive’ and conduct the project failure. The question is – ‘What work by other means. However, human are you doing about developing your interface in many subsea operations is skills to enhance employability or as always required and that requirement is a company, what are you doing about not going away anytime soon.
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