ROV Fundamentals Courses
Coursework and Performance Measurement
This module includes the following:
- What is electricity and basics
- What is atom
- Conductor and insulators
- Voltage and current
- Series and parallel
- AC and DC power
- Magnetism and induction
- Three Phase and High voltage
- What is three phases
- Generation of three phases
- Types of AC motors
- Types of DC motors
- Types of Transformers
- Name Plates
- Three Phase Rectification
- Power Factor
This module includes the following:
- Basic Electronics
- Resistors, Resistivity and color codes
- Capacitors and codes
- Inductors and codes
- Capacitors and inductors in circuits
- RMS Value
- Power and phase differences
- Semiconductors
- Electronic symbols
- Semiconductors theory
- Diodes and transistors
- Rectification
- Zener Diodes and Regulators
- FET and MOSFET
- OP amps
- Thyristors
- Simple Power supply circuit
- Use of Instruments and test equipment
- Test equipment multimeter
- Test equipment Insulation tester
- Test equipment clamp meter
- Verify three phases
- Soldering wires and common mistakes
- Used Devices and accessories
This module includes the following:
- Definition of Hydraulic and pneumatics
- Fluid Power Physics
- Pumps theory
- Actuators
- Pressure control
- Direction Control
- Flow control valves
- Fluid conditioning
- Check Valves
- Accessory Components
- Fluid conductors
- Hydraulic symbols
This module includes the following:
- Personal safety awareness
- Travel arrangement sand crew changes
- Regional security issues
- Personal protective equipment (PPE), upkeep and replacement
- Offshore hazard identification and risk assessment
- Task specific risk assessment
- Toolbox talks
- management of change
- Permit to work’ systems (PTW)
- Working at height
- Manual handling
- Safe working practices on offshore installations
- Safe workshop practice
- Company accident reporting arrangements
- Relevant safety legislation guidance
- Company quality assurance and control (QA/QC) standards
- Emergency response procedures
- Environmental protection
- Awareness of company integrated management system (IMS)
This module includes the following:
- Understanding of the oil and gas industry.
- Understanding of ROV business lines and associated requirements
- The characteristics and appearance of the various types of installation or vessels and the kind of operations
- Instruction on the operational hazards encountered at the different locations and worksites
- The respective roles of the personnel working
- Recognition of ROV system components.
- Duties of the members of an ROV crew including typical qualifications and competence of the ROV crew
- Basic ROV piloting skills
- The use of ROV systems and tools, tasks they can perform, how they have developed and typical ROV operations
- Communications
- Ballast and trim and Environmental factors
- Understanding of ‘competence’
- Dynamic positioning systems
This module includes the following:
- Training on HV
- Test Equipment
- Worksite Safety
- Interpret an electrical schematic diagram for a typical ROV
- Construction of umbilical and tethers.
- Tether re-termination (soft)
- Umbilical re-termination (mechanical)
- Subsea ROV cables
- Splicing with resin and self-amalgamating rubber and liquid epoxy
- Type of maintenance – planned, unplanned, predictive condition based
This module includes the following:
- Overview of ROV survey sensor capacities
- Video and Underwater Cameras
- Sonar
- Introduction to PLC systems as used on ROVs
- Data Communications
- Fibre optics (principles)
- Handling PCBs
- Electrical enclosures maintenance
This module includes the following:
- Integration of ROV work package sensors to ROV system
- Manipulators
- Types and use of hydraulic fittings and seals
- Hydraulic safety and the hazards
- Fault finding processes
This module includes the following:
- Cranes and A-frames
- Umbilical Winches and Tether Management Systems
- Lifting Armoured Umbilical Life Cycle Management
- Understanding of LARS and awareness of risks.
- Types of lifting equipment both fixed and mobile
- Maintenance and operation of lifting equipment
This module includes the following:
- Electrical and electronics components
- How to use instruments and measuring tools
- Splicing cables and termination
- Fiber optic termination
- ROV pilot skills using simulator
