Maximising the accessibility of data

The operator of self-propelled jack-up vessels says managing and sharing data has become a ‘real issue’, which is also true of offshore and marine organisations where locations are spread across the seas.

Qualify, developed by The Acclaimed, is designed specifically for the managing and sharing of training and competency information across a number of sites and vessels, ensuring personnel have suitable certification.

“The Acclaimed has provided a custom-built, cost-effective solution, suitable for utilisation in our head office, on remote sites and offshore on our vessels, said Ian Robertson of Seajacks. “The new system has never let us down and has passed audits from clients and certification authorities successfully and effortlessly.”

The Acclaimed says with the system it’s simple to check and assign the required competencies of personnel, with a second tier of competencies known as ‘selective’ for training which is desired but not mandatory. Personnel information and copies of certificates are stored within the system and an export button provides the option to export the screen to a spreadsheet.

Reports are also said to be easy to produce to establish upcoming training requirements, due dates, check actual certificates and to ensure that personnel have received adequate training, whether provided externally or in-house, for the purposes of QHSE and to satisfy the requirements of clients and external auditors.

Qualify offers high security levels across multiple sites with customisable settings, administrator rights and individuals have their own user logins for easy tracking of user input. Under administer rights, new clients or staff can be added or removed simply or their security access levels upgraded and reset.

The easy-to-use graphical display can be adapted for touch screen functionality for use by handheld devices – so a single database can be live on offshore vessels, onshore bases and handheld devices where there is an internet connection.

“We’re also pleased with the graphical interface,” added Mr Robertson. “There are many benefits of the new system, such as its simplicity to use, its robustness and reliability – but essentially it solves a problem where there are no obvious market alternatives.”

The Acclaimed says Qualify is developed for training data, but the same technology can also be used for other purposes. Data such as marine reports, QHSE and personnel data or transfer information can be shared instantly between the vessel crews, onshore management and the project client.

Seajacks owns and operates four of the world’s most advanced and capable harsh environment self-propelled jack-up vessels – Kraken, Leviathan, Hydra and Zaratan – with a fifth, Scylla due to join the fleet in 2015.

By Rachael Doyle