DNV is launching a new training certification scheme for Dynamic Positioning Operatives to training providers in the UK.

The new programme will be rolled out in Aberdeen and London on 21st May and 23rd May respectively and will provide a faster, and more tailored, course option in this field.

In order to develop and implement a new training system, a pilot project together with the Ship Modelling and Simulation Centre AS (SMSC) in Trondheim, Norway, was established. As a result, a new standard, ‘Test Centre for Certification of Personnel’ has been developed. This new standard covers the area of obtaining a DNV approved DP Test Centre certificate that permits the approved centre to issue DPO certificates.

The test centre standard is independent of the course and training activities. “It is important to point out the difference between the training and a test centre”, says Master Mariner Aksel David Nordholm at DNV Seaskill™. “The training centre is where DPO personnel go for training and that is accredited according to our training quality management certification programme. The test centre is where theory and practice is assessed. The test centres are the ones that issue the DPO certificates, not DNV.”

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