International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) will stage a Competence and Training (C&T) Seminar in Aberdeen on Wednesday, September 2, 2015.
The theme of the seminar, which is to take place at Marriott Hotel, is ‘Effective competence solutions’, and it is aimed at C&T representatives and their offshore personnel as well as oil company representatives and providers of C&T solutions.
“Competence & Training is an IMCA core activity, and the our competence assurance and assessment guidance provides members with a framework for creating their own in-house schemes for assessing and recording the competence of people working in safety-critical and other roles,” explains Jane Bugler , the association’s Technical Director and Acting Chief Executive.
“Our regular competence seminars around the world with their mix of presentations and round-table discussions on competence-related industry topics help participants gain an insight not only to the IMCA framework, but on how other organisations address this increasingly important issue. This insight is invaluable for supporting companies in developing new competence schemes or improving and refreshing existing schemes.”
According to Bugler, one key objective is to raise the profile of demonstrating competence in the offshore and subsea sectors offering companies tools and solutions to develop effective competence management schemes and systems.
Bugler further said that the first speaker on the day will be industry consultant Gavin Smith , IMCA’s C&T Core Committee Chairman.
“He will be highlighting something that we feel strongly about, adding value but not cost and highlighting efficient L&D (learning and development) solutions in a challenging economic climate,” Bugler said.
The association’s Technical Director added that Smith’s introductory remarks will be followed by a group exercise to demonstrate that the seminar is an interactive event where those attending will have the chance to contribute their views.
IMCA provides that the packed day includes nine other presentations, and opportunities at the coffee and lunch breaks for networking.
Members and other interested parties can attend the full day event free-of-charge, but need to register at IMCA’s website .
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