The ROV Crew

The ROV crew Generally consists of a Supervisor, Pilot and a Co-Pilot / Manipulator operator. The crew is usually made up of personnel with different technical backgrounds such as Electronics, Electrical, Mechanical and Hydraulic. There is no definitive training available for budding ROV Crew , there are some ROV training schools around but these are not formally recognised as official training facilities by the ROV operations .

I believe that training in the operation and maintenance of ROV's is one of the most important areas of improvement in the performance of the ROV Crew. If the Crew has a good basic understanding of the Operation and maintenance of ROV's the actual operation at hand will go much smoother and trouble free. Unfortunately in general is not a priority to the ROV operating companies at this present time .

The responsibilities of the different crew is as follows:

ROV Supervisor

The ROV Supervisor discuss with the customer making sure the ROV Crew know the job at hand, he also makes sure that the operational conditions are right for the deployment of the Rov such as :

Wind, Waves and Currents.

The ROV Supervisor is ultimately responsible for the safety of the ROV Crew and the ROV equipment.

The following tasks are expected to be performed by the ROV Supervisor:

• General ROV operational experience 4 Years or more
• Knowledge of the Contract
• Plan the operation
• Management
• Complete Paperwork and maintenance logs
• Maintain spares and tools to an operational level
• Pilot the ROV
• Operate / Maintain Sonar
• Operate / Maintain Manipulators
• Operate / Maintain other special tooling
• Repair the ROV and the associated the equipment
• Be able to navigate and the ROV around the seabed and structures with no or very little through water visibility.

ROV Pilot / Co-Pilot

The Pilot and Co-Pilot are expected to perform several different tasks such as the following:

• General ROV operational experience 1 Year or more
• Pilot the ROV
• Operate Sonar
• Operate Manipulators
• Operate other special tooling
• Repair the ROV and the associated the equipment
• Be able to navigate and the ROV around the seabed and structures with no or very little through water visibility.

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