MTCS Ltd have been working with Integrated Subsea Services LTD (ISS) who are leading the way in companywide competence management. ISS Management believe that investing in the development of their people is the key to achieving business objectives, retaining valued personnel and providing an assured service to their client base.

ISS are a rapidly developing service provider in the subsea market, supplying saturation and air diving as well as observation and workclass ROV spreads from a fleet of 22 systems. Survey Services are also provided through the wholly owned subsidiary – Andrews Survey. ISS also have on long term charter the DP vessel Normand Tonjer, providing air diving, ROV and Survey services from permanently installed spreads.

ISS are committed to ensuring the competence and development of our personnel. Early in 2008 we began the development of new companywide Training and Competence Management Programmes to meet this objective.
ISS contacted Maritime Training and Competence Solutions (MTCS) Ltd to support the new Competence Management Programme. Ian Herd, Managing Director, said “We approached MTCS because they have an excellent reputation in the industry and we have been very satisfied with the service they have given in the past. Together we have developed and delivered a Competence Management Programme which provides a structured approach in which our supervisors and managers have a key role as Assessors and Internal Verifiers. We are pleased with the expertise and support MTCS have provided in building the programme and we will benefit greatly from their support in its ongoing maintenance and improvement. In addition MTCS who are accreditated by EAL will provide the external verification of the Programme. ”

Phase 1 of the implementation of the programme started with the training of 100 ISS supervisors and managers as Assessors, 20 of whom continued their training to become Internal Verifiers. Next all personnel provided a portfolio of evidence to prove competence at their current grades as a baseline from which they will be able to work through the grades as they achieve the experience and evidence required.

Richard Warburton, Managing Director of MTCS Ltd commented “We are delighted to have been able to help ISS to implement their Competence Management Programme. Our Senior Consultant, Ian Durrell has worked very closely with Phil Bradbury, the ISS SHEQ Manager, and Bill Sandison, the Training and Competence Manager along with the ISS line managers, while building the programme.  The cooperation between experienced operational personnel from ISS and Competence Management expertise for MTCS has resulted in a very successful project. Many companies provide training for personnel but very few are committed to ensuring their personnel are fully competent. ISS have invested in their people and I am sure that this investment will pay dividends in the future.

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