DPO CPD App launched in March in conjunction with Nautical Institute

The Nautical Institute (NI) and IMCA have been working together in recent months and in March launched a Dynamic Positioning Operators (DPO) continuing professional development app. To find out more about the scheme, which is run by NI visit either IMCA’s or the NI’s website for full details including scope, FAQs and outline content.  All applications are made through the NI’s Alexis Platform.

The scheme is designed to help DPOs maintain their technical knowledge of the latest industry practices. The app will expand professional awareness of the latest IMCA/industry guidance; DP safety bulletins; DP exercises and training drills; and assist in improving safety and operational efficiency offshore as well as technical knowledge

The CPD app draws on the long-term commitment to DP and DPOs by both the NI and IMCA. For more than 25 years, IMCA has operated the industry’s DP event reporting scheme by collecting, analysing, and reporting DP data. These reports are published as ‘lessons learned’ for the benefit of the whole industry. Through the work of IMCA’s DP committee a large volume of leading industry guidance has been published and will form a mainstay of the CPD scheme. In addition, the scheme benefits from the considerable efforts by the NI in the creation and regular updating of the DPO Handbook which was first published in 2008.

The scheme is designed to help DPOs maintain their technical knowledge of the latest industry practices. The app will expand professional awareness of the latest IMCA/industry guidance; DP safety bulletins; DP exercises and training drills; and assist in improving safety and operational efficiency offshore as well as technical knowledge.

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