Subsea resourcing and coaching specialist DRIFT Offshore has entered into a brand new partnership settlement with UHI North, West and Hebrides, to assist handle the worldwide abilities scarcity within the subsea {industry}.
UHI NWH’s Fort William Campus, Loch Linnhe, Fort William
DRIFT Offshore has established formal hyperlinks with the UHI companion to develop and ship an introductory coaching course centered on the operation of remotely operated automobiles (ROVs), trenching and subsea gear.
The partnership presents a brand new alternative for DRIFT Offshore to use its specialist coaching experience and sources to handle the worldwide abilities scarcity going through subsea corporations, which help a variety of offshore industries together with the renewables sector.
“That is an thrilling new initiative that capitalizes on UHI’s superior services to ship sensible workout routines, and can immediately assist guarantee the supply of competent, expert subsea personnel,” stated Kyle Pitman, Founder and Director at DRIFT Offshore. “There’s an acknowledged {industry} scarcity of such personnel, who’re completely key to the secure and profitable supply of offshore initiatives.
DRIFT Offshore’s Meghan Bowers, Managing Director, and Kyle Pitman, President, Americas
“It is a difficulty which is especially pertinent to power transition. It presents many new alternatives to the subsea sector but in addition makes new calls for – not least by way of requiring the precise folks, with the precise abilities, to help it.”
An introductory course can be delivered by the skilled DRIFT Offshore staff and managed by UHI North, West and Hebrides at their Fort William campus on Loch Linnhe.
The course content material can be based mostly partially on the prevailing DRIFT Offshore ROV coaching course, the 101 fundamental fundamentals of an ROV system, and can replicate the prime quality and well being and security requirements related to UHI North, West and Hebrides.
Kyle provides: “The course provides a brand new dimension to the subsea coaching setting, reflecting a wider precept that informs our strategy at DRIFT Offshore. We advocate a holistic strategy to creating and sustaining the talents our {industry} wants. We imagine it is essential to work with people – from these beginning out to essentially the most skilled personnel – to map out their careers and guarantee they’ve a plan to equip them with the talents and hands-on expertise they want for the longer term.”
“We’re delighted to be partnering with {industry} specialists to ship high-quality subsea coaching that immediately responds to sector wants,” added David Campbell, Director of Enterprise Enterprise and Improvement at UHI North, West and Hebrides. “By combining DRIFT Offshore’s experience in delivering industry-recognised coaching with UHI North, West and Hebrides’ shoreside services and tutorial excellence, we’ve created a strong collaboration that helps the talents pipeline for the subsea {industry}.
Collectively, we’re dedicated to offering efficient, career-focused coaching that helps people at each stage of their improvement. By aligning with each IMCA and SQA requirements, we are able to supply a sturdy, quality-assured path to competence, offering confidence to trainees and reassurance to employers.
Our preliminary course is designed for these looking for a pathway into the sector, equipping them with the core information and sensible expertise that may put together them for fulfillment throughout the {industry}.”