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HSE OTH 92 374

The selection and training of offshore installation managers for crisis management

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SUMMARY

This HMSO report OTH 92 374 presents the findings from project (P2719) which investigated the selection and training of Offshore Installation Managers (OIMs) with particular reference to their ability to take command during an emergency. There were five main elements in the project.

(i) A survey of 38 operating, drilling and service companies employing OIMs for the UKCS, examined their current procedures for selecting, training and assessing OIMs. (A detailed report of this survey, interim report OTO 92 004 is available from the authors.)

(ii) A survey of nine operating and drilling companies based in Stavanger, employing OIMs for the Norwegian Continental Shelf, examined their current procedures for selecting, training and assessing OIMs.

(iii) In-depth interviews were carried out with 16 OIMs who had managed an offshore emergency to determine what had helped them to cope with the incident and what they had learned from the experience. (iv) Information was collected from organisations outside the oil industry whose staff may be required to take command in an emergency, in order to discover the procedures used to select, train and assess these on-scene commanders.

(v) A psychometric test validation examined the relationship between OIMs' personality and their ability to manage a simulated emergency. It should be noted that this was a relatively small scale validation exercise and the findings should be regarded as preliminary trends which would require replication on a larger scale before more definitive conclusions could be drawn.
On the basis of these studies, a set of 27 recommendations are made which relate to selection, training and assessment of OIMs, with particular reference to their ability to take command in an offshore emergency. These are subdivided into five sections: selection criteria, selection methods, emergency command training, the use of simulated emergencies and formal competence assessment procedures.

This report and the work it describes were funded by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Its contents, including any opinions and/or conclusions expressed, are those of the author(s) alone and do not necessarily reflect HSE policy

Publisher: HSE
Published in: 1992

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