OPITO Offshore Crane Operator Standard

OPITO Offshore Crane Operator Standard

Presenter:
Mike Carr
OPITO: Standards and Development
Facilitate: Industry Work Groups in development
of new standards and reviews of existing
standards

OPITO OCO : The Presentation

The Presentation:

OPITO
Purpose of the OCO standard
Why OPITO?
The standard development process
The Industry Workgroup
The challenges
The framework
Progress so far
Uptake of the standard
Questions.

OPITO Meeting the Needs of Industry

OPITO: What we do
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Workforce Development

Purpose of the OPITO OCO standard

Industry gets offshore crane operators that are:
Trained, assessed and periodically reassessed to a globally
recognised standard.
Competent in performing crane operations
Competent in knowledge and understanding of relevant
aspects of crane operations
Competent in response to crane alarms and malfunctions

Why OPITO?
Globally recognised brand
Industry-led
Not-for-profit
Robust standards
development process
Training courses piloted
Training Centres audited
for compliance with
standards
Standards reviewed
periodically to ensure
standards remain fit-forpurpose.

OPITO Standards Development Process

The Standards Development Process

Establish a clear industry demand for the standard

Global Standards Approval Authority approval to start development

Industry Work Group formed to develop Standard

Pilot Course to test the draft standard

Final acceptance of the Standard by OPITO Strategic

Publish standard on OPITOs website
Training Providers apply for OPITO approval to train against the standard
Delegates get standardised training

OPITO Standards Development Process: IWG

Industry Work
Group (IWG)

Duty Holders
Employers
HSE
Unions
OPITO
Training Providers

(at IWGs request)

International
Employer Groups

The Standards Development Process

Initial Review (within 12 months)

Changes to Standard categorised

Full Review (currently 3-yearly)

The Challenges
Right balance of skills in the
IWG
Right balance of representation
in the IWG
The right framework
Getting consensus
Maintaining momentum
Global requirement
Auditability of the standard
Industry take-up

OPITO OCO: Knowing what to do

I can place that load on a sixpence

Performance skills may be good.
Underpinning knowledge & understanding of what they are
doing??
Correctly responding to alarms and malfunctions??
IWG Member: I dont just want my crane operators to able to do lifts, I want them to
understand what they are doing and what do if something goes wrong

OCO Knowledge & Understanding

Relevant
Regulations
Typical offshore
Lifting roles
Typical safe
systems of work
Typical crane ops
hazards
Conflicting
activities

Planning the lift

Inspection
criteria

SWL & RCIs

Dynamic
amplification
factors
Crane safety
devices
Load chart
interpretation

Radio protocols

The OCO Training & Competence Framework

OPITO OCO Training & Competence Framework

Stage3 OCO

Stage2OCO

CertifiedforunsupervisedStage2&over
side(supplyboatorbarge)liftsononeofthe
following:
FixedORFloatingORSubsea

Certifiedfor
unsupervisedinboard(deck)lifts
IncludingHarbourlifts
Novice

Stage1
Initial
Training

Experienced
ONshore
crane
operator

Drilling
Roustabout
Stage1
equivalent

Experienced
certified(non
OPITO)
OFFshorecrane
operator

Experiencedoffshore
craneoperator
alreadyassessedto
nonOPITOstandard

Stage3
Assessment
(onsite)

Stage 3
Supervised
logged
workplace
experience on
a fixed
structure

Stage 2

Stage2

Stage 2

Training

Workplace
Experience
[Logged]

Assessment

Fixed &
Floating

Fixed &
Floating

Stage2Reassessment

Fixedstructures&floating
structures

Stage3
Supervised
logged
workplace
experience
onafloating
structure

Stage3
Supervised
logged
workplace
experience

Subsea
Liftsfrom

vessels

Fixed structure
(e.g. platform)

Stage3
Assessment
(onsite)

Floating
structureLifts

Stage3
Assessment

SubseaLifts
from
Vessels

Stage3
Reassessment

Reassessment
Fixedstructure
(platform)

Stage3
Reassessment

Floating
structuresLifts

Stage3
Reassessment

SubseaLifts
fromVessels

OPITO OCO Standard Progress so far

Stage 1

Training standard draft completed

Stage 1 Pilot completed

Stage 2

Stage
Stage
Stage
Stage

Stage 3

Draft competence framework agreed

Workplace experience log still to complete
Competence assessment - still to complete

2
2
2
2

Training Standard draft completed

Training Pilot completed
workplace experience log completed
competence assessment - progressing

OPITO OCO Standards: Stage 1 Pilot Course Feedback

Delegate Feedback:
Comments include, this is just a snap shot of key points.
Good clear instruction and coaching. Explained learning outcomes well
A small class size of 4 persons was ideal and allowed for plenty of practical experience
change modules 1 and 2 round in terms of running order
being able to access real crane after introduction to crane operations on simulator was invaluable, it
demonstrated a real understanding of doing actual lifts
Table below shows the general scoring as given by the 4 delegates.
Poor
How did you view the course overall?
Classroom theory part of training
Practical part of training
Course duration

Average

Good
4
2

Too Long

Too short

All delegates also confirmed they saw safety as the underlining message.

Excellent
4
2
About Right (4)

Industry Uptake on the new OPITO standard

Ensuring that the offshore crane

industry aware of the new
standard.
o Industry forums/News
letters/Websites

Duty Holders/Employers could

contact Training Providers to
express demand

Questions?