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Capt. Dejan Mitrasinovic
Capt. Dejan Mitrasinovic

The document discusses DNV SeaSkill's new standard for certifying dynamic positioning operators (DPOs) and the first trainee to obtain certification under this new standard. It describes how the Ship Modelling & Simulation Centre (SMSC) in Norway was the first test center accredited to administer the certification exams. It then provides details of the practical and theoretical exams undertaken by the first trainee, Captain Dejan Mitrasinovic from Canada, who successfully obtained his DPO certificate, making him the first certified under the new standard.

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Offshore Support Journal I June 2013 I 111www.osjonline.com F ormally recognised by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate in 2012, the aim of DNV SeaSkills new standard is to provide a new, more flexible route to achieving certification as a dynamic positioning operator (DPO), and enable trainees to acquire certification as DPO more quickly than using the longstanding Nautical Institute scheme. Over the years, DNV SeaSkill has developed standards to cover DP and a range of other skills, and recently completed a pilot project together with the Ship Modelling & Simulation Centre (SMSC) in order to prove the concept of its new standard, Test Centre for Certification of Personnel. Achieving the standard enables a dynamic positioning (DP) test centre such as the SMSC to issue DPOs with certificates. The SMSC was the first test centre to achieve certification in February last year. The SMSC test centre is a business unit at SMSC that is independent of the companys training activities. It is responsible for ensuring that the theoretical and practical exams taught at the SMSC objectively measure a candidates knowledge and skills in accordance with the requirements issued by DNV SeaSkill. The centre appoints qualified and unbiased examiners for the exams it holds, and represents Det Norske Veritas (DNV) (based on accreditation and audits) as the final authority deciding whether a candidate passes or fails based on the report and recommendation from the examiner. The first trainee to successfully obtain a DPO certificate under the new scheme, having completed the practical and the theoretical exams developed by SMSC in accordance with requirements dictated by DNV SeaSkill, was Captain Dejan Mitrasinovic from Canada. DNVs objective is to safeguard life and the environment. This new DPO certification process is a major step to improve safety and to ensure that the operators are well trained and competent, said Lars Markusson, a project manager at DNV SeaSkill. Captain Mitrasinovic had first to verify his identity by presenting a valid identification document before a photo was taken for use on the DPO certificate. He then drew one of the practical exams that was to be executed on the SMSCs full-mission ship bridge simulator (DNV Class A) and had 30 minutes to familiarise himself with the task to be performed and to organise the procedures and checklists that were made available for the exam. The task at hand was to use DP to manoeuvre a platform supply vessel (PSV), Viking Poseidon, into the south side of the installation Statfjord C, in order to deliver and receive supplies. When the exam started, the vessel was on manual control, located north of the installation and outside the 500m safety zone. This is normally a straightforward task for a DPO. During the exam, Captain Mitrasinovic was accompanied by a passive assistant acting as a junior DPO on the bridge. This role was played by Captain Helge Samuelsen, who is a senior instructor at SMSC. Captain Samuelsens task during the exam was to perform the tasks that Mr Mitrasinovic asked him to carry out, and not to assist the candidate beyond this. Also present was Captain Andor Mikkelhaug, who was the examiner that day. In the simulator control room, Lars Arntzen, who was the candidates instructor during the last course before the exam, was in charge. During the exam, he controlled everything in the environment surrounding Viking Poseidon, such as the weather, other vessels and all radio communication during the operation. At approximately 08.45, the practical exam started. The candidate followed all procedures, and the necessary checklists, and the operation went according to the plan. Viking Poseidon approached Statfjord C on the correct side, and the loading operation started. Without warning, something unexpected happened to the vessel, requiring the candidate to act fast in order to avoid a serious incident. Mr Mitrasinovic kept his calm and manoeuvred the vessel away from the installation to a safe area. Once the practical exam was finished, there was time for a short break before the theoretical exam started. Captain Mitrasinovic was accompanied by an invigilator to the room where the theoretical test was conducted and selected a computer for the test. Fifty questions covering the complete curriculum for a DPO had to be answered in 60 minutes or less, and at least 70 per cent of the answers had to be correct in order to pass. In the meantime, the acting manager of SMSC test centre, Svenn Dahle, had received the examiners report from the practical exam. Once Captain Mitrasinovic had successfully completed and passed both exams, he became the first DPO to have received a DNV certificate. Interestingly, on the same day, candidate number two also passed the practical and theoretical exams at SMSC, and Irene B淡en, from Kongsberg Maritime, received DNV DPO certificate number 2. The SMSC offers DPO training according to requirements of DNV and the Nautical Institute, and intends to continue supporting both schemes. OSJ The first dynamic positioning operator (DPO) trained according to DNV SeaSkills recently introduced standard secured his DPO certificate at the Ship Modelling & Simulation Centres facility in Trondheim, Norway in early March training First DPO certified according to DNV standard Dejan Mitrasinovic on the simulated bridge of Viking Poseidon at the SMSC

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  • 1. Offshore Support Journal I June 2013 I 111www.osjonline.com F ormally recognised by the Norwegian Maritime Directorate in 2012, the aim of DNV SeaSkills new standard is to provide a new, more flexible route to achieving certification as a dynamic positioning operator (DPO), and enable trainees to acquire certification as DPO more quickly than using the longstanding Nautical Institute scheme. Over the years, DNV SeaSkill has developed standards to cover DP and a range of other skills, and recently completed a pilot project together with the Ship Modelling & Simulation Centre (SMSC) in order to prove the concept of its new standard, Test Centre for Certification of Personnel. Achieving the standard enables a dynamic positioning (DP) test centre such as the SMSC to issue DPOs with certificates. The SMSC was the first test centre to achieve certification in February last year. The SMSC test centre is a business unit at SMSC that is independent of the companys training activities. It is responsible for ensuring that the theoretical and practical exams taught at the SMSC objectively measure a candidates knowledge and skills in accordance with the requirements issued by DNV SeaSkill. The centre appoints qualified and unbiased examiners for the exams it holds, and represents Det Norske Veritas (DNV) (based on accreditation and audits) as the final authority deciding whether a candidate passes or fails based on the report and recommendation from the examiner. The first trainee to successfully obtain a DPO certificate under the new scheme, having completed the practical and the theoretical exams developed by SMSC in accordance with requirements dictated by DNV SeaSkill, was Captain Dejan Mitrasinovic from Canada. DNVs objective is to safeguard life and the environment. This new DPO certification process is a major step to improve safety and to ensure that the operators are well trained and competent, said Lars Markusson, a project manager at DNV SeaSkill. Captain Mitrasinovic had first to verify his identity by presenting a valid identification document before a photo was taken for use on the DPO certificate. He then drew one of the practical exams that was to be executed on the SMSCs full-mission ship bridge simulator (DNV Class A) and had 30 minutes to familiarise himself with the task to be performed and to organise the procedures and checklists that were made available for the exam. The task at hand was to use DP to manoeuvre a platform supply vessel (PSV), Viking Poseidon, into the south side of the installation Statfjord C, in order to deliver and receive supplies. When the exam started, the vessel was on manual control, located north of the installation and outside the 500m safety zone. This is normally a straightforward task for a DPO. During the exam, Captain Mitrasinovic was accompanied by a passive assistant acting as a junior DPO on the bridge. This role was played by Captain Helge Samuelsen, who is a senior instructor at SMSC. Captain Samuelsens task during the exam was to perform the tasks that Mr Mitrasinovic asked him to carry out, and not to assist the candidate beyond this. Also present was Captain Andor Mikkelhaug, who was the examiner that day. In the simulator control room, Lars Arntzen, who was the candidates instructor during the last course before the exam, was in charge. During the exam, he controlled everything in the environment surrounding Viking Poseidon, such as the weather, other vessels and all radio communication during the operation. At approximately 08.45, the practical exam started. The candidate followed all procedures, and the necessary checklists, and the operation went according to the plan. Viking Poseidon approached Statfjord C on the correct side, and the loading operation started. Without warning, something unexpected happened to the vessel, requiring the candidate to act fast in order to avoid a serious incident. Mr Mitrasinovic kept his calm and manoeuvred the vessel away from the installation to a safe area. Once the practical exam was finished, there was time for a short break before the theoretical exam started. Captain Mitrasinovic was accompanied by an invigilator to the room where the theoretical test was conducted and selected a computer for the test. Fifty questions covering the complete curriculum for a DPO had to be answered in 60 minutes or less, and at least 70 per cent of the answers had to be correct in order to pass. In the meantime, the acting manager of SMSC test centre, Svenn Dahle, had received the examiners report from the practical exam. Once Captain Mitrasinovic had successfully completed and passed both exams, he became the first DPO to have received a DNV certificate. Interestingly, on the same day, candidate number two also passed the practical and theoretical exams at SMSC, and Irene B淡en, from Kongsberg Maritime, received DNV DPO certificate number 2. The SMSC offers DPO training according to requirements of DNV and the Nautical Institute, and intends to continue supporting both schemes. OSJ The first dynamic positioning operator (DPO) trained according to DNV SeaSkills recently introduced standard secured his DPO certificate at the Ship Modelling & Simulation Centres facility in Trondheim, Norway in early March training First DPO certified according to DNV standard Dejan Mitrasinovic on the simulated bridge of Viking Poseidon at the SMSC