Project manager overview
What each system does, what limits it, how it affects schedule, cost and risk, and which questions to ask the vessel and the contractor.
Learned on deck, not in a classroom
Every module comes from real work offshore: platform inspections, umbilical replacements, tiebacks and span rectification, from around the world.
1995Our team in the energy industry since
25+Years offshore in our team, across oil and gas and renewables
52Subsea structures our team inspected in one IMR campaign
90 km+Subsea greenfield tieback our team delivered
The programme
Ten modules that give graduate engineers and new project managers a working grasp of vessel-based subsea operations: what the ROV, crane, survey and DP teams do, what limits them, and what you're expected to check.
Subsea Training & Development
Most graduates arrive strong on design and process but new to how a subsea vessel actually works. That knowledge is usually picked up slowly, offshore. This course gets it in place first.
It's built around five real campaigns, anonymised: a greenfield tieback, a multi-scope ROV inspection campaign, integrated commissioning, a pipeline free-span rectification and a North Sea ROV vessel mobilisation. It follows IMCA guidance, LOLER, NORSOK and DNV, and where contractors do things differently, you learn the range, not one company's way.
- For
- Graduate engineers and new project managers at subsea contractors, operators and energy service companies
- Format
- Online and self-paced: case-led video lessons, branching scenarios, downloadable job aids and tools
- Depth
- A project manager overview or an engineer technical path in every module
- Time
- About 1.5 hours (PM) or 2.5 hours (engineer) per module
- Launch
- Module 4, ROV systems, is in pilot. The other nine follow, and the waitlist hears dates first
- Price
- $750 launch price for waitlist members (save $250), then $1,000. $150 per module
Two depths, one course
Same modules, same case studies. Pick the depth that matches your role.
Engineer technical
Everything in the overview, plus optional deep dives into how the equipment works, the standards behind it, and worked examples.
Ten modules, one journey
Vessel and client context first, then the equipment.
Context
Subsea project lifecycle
How a subsea project runs from award to close-out, what “ready” means, and how the Go/No-Go decision is made. Includes a downloadable readiness tracker.
Vessel considerations and SIMOPS
What a vessel can and can't do: deck space, weather, crewing, who holds which authority, and running simultaneous operations (SIMOPS) safely.
Assurance and audit
ROV system audits (IMCA R006), vessel inspection (eCMID), DP trials, crane and lifting audits, and the client's fit-for-use check.
Equipment
ROV systems Pilot module
Vehicle classes, how a work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is built, what it can and can't do, and resident and hybrid vehicles.
Launch and recovery
Launch and recovery systems (LARS), tether management systems (TMS) and tether handling: getting the ROV in and out of the water, and the sea states that stop it.
Lifting
Subsea cranes, load charts and weather limits, with LOLER as the baseline alongside NORSOK, DNV and IMCA guidance.
DP and positioning
Dynamic positioning (DP) systems, ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic positioning such as HiPAP, and survey grids.
Operations
Survey and inspection
Visual inspection, non-destructive testing (NDT), cathodic protection (CP), photogrammetry, laser and 3D models for integrity assessment.
Tooling and IWOCS
Intervention tooling and skids, and the vessel interfaces for a hosted installation and workover control system (IWOCS) spread.
What's next
Uncrewed, autonomous and remote operations Add-on
Uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) deploying ROVs, remote operation centres, comms loss, AUVs and resident ROVs, and the regulation catching up.
From the ROV camera
Lessons are illustrated with stills from real subsea work, cleaned of anything that identifies the asset.
How each module works
Built for use back at work, not just completion.
- Case briefStart inside a real, anonymised campaign.
- Five to seven lessonsShort lessons, with optional engineer deep dives.
- Capstone scenarioMake the calls in a branching scenario.
- Spaced follow-upShort recall checks after the module ends.
- Workplace taskApply it at work, with a guide for your manager.
Try one offshore decision
Three calls from the module 4 capstone. About two minutes.
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How the course is checked
Nothing is released on one person's say-so.
Built from real campaigns
Every module is built around anonymised work our team has run offshore, so the situations are ones you'll actually meet.
Two reviews before release
A technical review against current offshore practice, then sign-off by an independent subject matter expert.
Tied to the standards
IMCA guidance, LOLER, NORSOK and DNV, and where contractors work differently, you learn the range.
Pricing
Launching self-paced and as a company licence. Cohort groups to follow.
Individual
$1,000$750
Save $250 as a waitlist member
- Launch price for the full course (modules 1 to 9), for waitlist members in the first 30 days after launch. One place per person, then $1,000
- 12 months' access, both depth paths, job aids, tools and a certificate of completion
- Single modules $150 each
Module 10 add-on
$120
- Uncrewed, autonomous and remote operations
- $120 with the full course, $250 on its own
Company licence
- 1–9 learners
- $1,000
- 10–24 learners
- $800
- 25–49 learners
- $700
- 50+ learners
- Site licence, quoted
- Per learner, per year
- Runs in your own learning system (SCORM, xAPI, cmi5), with completion reports and updates
- Founders price: 25% off the first year for the first three companies
Prices are in US dollars (USD). Individual prices include any VAT or sales tax due at checkout. Company licences are invoiced directly.
Lock in $750 now
Plus a free one-page job aid: “What the ROV team means when they say…” Eight ROV reports and the question to ask for each.
More than a course
Subsea IC is growing into a home for offshore learning. Here's what comes next.
Live campaign debriefs
Webinars that walk through real projects step by step: what went right, what changed on deck, and why.
Supervisor-ready cohorts
Small-group programmes for engineers and technicians stepping up to supervisor and client roles.
Independent expert review
Experienced offshore and subsea specialists to help you plan, sense-check and verify scopes of work, procedures and project plans before you mobilise.
Voices from the ROV cabin
A podcast with offshore crews, from pilot technicians to client reps and vessel masters.
Be first in at launch
Get the $750 launch price (save $250), launch dates first, webinars and the podcast.
Free when you join: the one-page ROV job aid “What the ROV team means when they say…”