Module 4. Subsea to Topsides Asset and Integrity Management Best Practices
£1,400.00
The Key Objectives & Learning Outcomes from attending this course.
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
Gain a better understanding and appreciation of the various International Asset Regulatory Guidelines, manage variances in environmental conditions, codes and standards along with the efficiencies to be gained through the use and application of more Digitalisation in Asset & Integrity Life Cycle Management using effective AI and machine learning ML tools.
Interpret meaningfully and critically, project and asset information to assist you in each of the key stages.
Use a practical approach to understanding the requirements to obtain a DNV and or other Independent 3rd Party design verification certificate such as those issued by ABS and or Bureau Veritas or Lloyds Register Integrity Management.
The course also covers the regulatory requirements and integrated competence matrices as stipulated by SIGTTO for LNG-LPG assets and risk management.
- Plan, act and do things in a timely manner to maintain your asset’s integrity in a fit for purpose, operating condition.
- Together with increasing ones understanding of Asset Integrity life cycle, risk-based inspection regimes through the use and application of a “Digital Twin” Asset Model Options with elements of AI and enhanced machine learning ML.
- Develop risk and asset management practices based upon “case studies” from different regions and reduce ones ESG footprint.
- Human-Led usage of Artificial Intelligence across subsea integrity management improved planning and enhanced governance across these Digitalised Initiatives.
- Subsea Inspection and Operational Maintenance activities, latest ROV, AUV/AIV, Underwater Intervention Drones (UID’s) to Electric Powered Resident Subsea Drones.
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Those who seek to derive greater understanding of design and through Life Cycle Asset Management of Offshore Energy Assets, Marine Terminals and Floating Offshore Wind (FOW) critical asset infrastructure.
10% Special Discounts on the Training Services will be available to members of the Society for Underwater Technology SUT and/or the Global Underwater Hub or the IMarEST for bookings received and registered in 2026.
Still available is our Group Booking Discount which offers 20% off. Applicable across Modules 1 thru 4 and a new Module 2 syllabus for Marine Robotics Vehicle Training AUV and Subsea Robotics specialists which includes Aquaculture assets.
All group bookings must include a minimum of 12 candidates per course module. Plus there will be an emphasis to help training personnel to work alongside an Operational Digital Twin of your Assets using Virtual Reality (VR) via Headsets to Augmented Reality (AR) modes as part of our SeaFlo iTwin Digitalisation Energy Transition. With an amended Module 4 syllabus taking into account the subsea and marine equipment for Floating Offshore Wind Assets across the Energy Transition Zone we are amidst.
Course Overview
Day 1
Subsea Integrity Management across Offshore Energy Assets and Renewable Transition Sectors
This course focuses on asset and integrity management changes through Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) computational models and the impact on personnel by these transitions. Together with the increased use of Remote Operations Centres (ROC) with Uncrewed Support Vessels (USS) for Operations and Maintenance activities.
4/days (32 hours) of recognised logged training for those wishing to maintain CPD learning and pursue registered subsea professional engineer or Chartered Engineer status. Along with training for existing personnel and those interested in Underwater Engineering to Marine Technologist career paths with the use of increased Digitalisation tool sets across Asset & Integrity Management Life Cycle activities.
- An overview of the latest big data, digital technologies and asset integrity management practices including real time condition performance monitoring. This module will also investigate systems to track, measure and communicate the progress and success of operational risk management, as well as reduced OPEX cost benefit analysis and aligning operations.
- It additionally, recognises the asset management considerations of phased subsea decommissioning and aging asset infrastructures.
1. Intelligent risk, quantifying uncertainty.
- Integrity management has always involved a degree of uncertainty. Some new industry initiatives have the potential to change that. Through AI-powered profiling, scoring and optimisation, Intelligent Risk could transform subjective judgement into quantified insight.
- With clearer visibility of portfolio risk, Operators will be able to prioritise with precision, optimise spend and strengthen decision confidence.
2. Predictive Integrity, seeing degradation before it becomes downtime.
- The future of integrity management won’t follow a calendar. Predictive Integrity could use AI forecasting to pinpoint when and why assets will degrade, enabling condition-based maintenance that prevents unplanned failures and extends asset life. By shifting from reactive to predictive planning, Operators could save millions in vessel days, avoid costly disruption or unplanned subsea interventions and extend the life of subsea assets.
3. Autonomous Eyes, learning from every frame beneath the waves.
- The subsea sector holds decades of inspection footage, much of it underused. Autonomous Eyes has the potential to unlock that data, turning archived video into actionable intelligence.
- By training AI to detect, classify and respond to anomalies in real time, Operators could accelerate inspection workflows, enhance accuracy and enable a new era of unmanned operations.
- This is the vision engine for the autonomous future, where subsea inspection becomes faster, safer and smarter.
4. Digital Engineer, your AI partner in delivery.
- The Digital Engineer could reshape how engineering work is delivered. AI has the potential to automate planning, reporting and documentation tasks that drain time and resource. From campaign planning to scope generation, an AI assistant could take on the heavy lifting, freeing Engineers to focus on innovation, analysis and critical decisions.
5. Learning System, intelligence that never forgets.
- Every inspection, every anomaly and every fix holds lessons for the next operation. The Learning System could ensure those lessons are never lost. By connecting and analysing data across portfolios, AI can identify trends, detect emerging risks and drive continuous improvement year after year.
Day 2
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency MCA issues MGN 702 (M) Amendment 1
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued MGN 702 (M) Amendment 1 (and subsequently Amendment 2) regarding a General Exemption for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASS) under 2.5 metres in length overall (LOA).
This exemption allowed, from 5 August 2024, qualifying small autonomous vessels to operate without formal MCA certification if they meet specific safety and operational conditions.
Key Aspects of MGN 702 (M) Amendment 1:
- Purpose: Provides a proportional, simplified regulatory pathway for the "Mini MASS" sector (unmanned vessels <2.5m).
- Conditions: To be eligible, the vessel must be:
- Unmanned (no persons on board).
- British ships or operating in UK waters.
- Not carrying dangerous goods, not towing, and not fitted with a diver lift.
- Free of open flame appliances or gas installations.
- Not used in commercial sport or pleasure.
- Reporting: Owners must identify applicable regulations, ensure remote operators are trained, and maintain specific identification, with information emailed to the MCA.
- Status: While Amendment 1 was published in March 2025, it was subsequently replaced by Amendment 2 in January 2026, though the core exemption for <2.5m vessels remains in force.
Failure to comply with these conditions invalidates the exemption, requiring full compliance with standard merchant shipping regulations.
Uncrewed Survey Solutions Approved for USV Operations in UKCS, Norwegian North Sea Sector Waters and now moving into international waters.
Uncrewed Survey Solutions (USS) has received MCA acknowledgement under MGN 705 general exemption, enabling its Accession Class USVs to operate within UK waters updated dated 29 Jan 2025;
Uncrewed Survey Solutions (USS) received Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) acknowledgement against Marine Guidance Notice (MGN) 705 general exemption for remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) safe operations.
USS received official acknowledgement that its Accession Class USV (uncrewed surface vessel) can be operated to support users in UK waters, after the MCA released MGN 705 for Mini-MASS craft.
ROUVs between 2.5 meters and under 4.5 meters in length overall may comply with the general exemption set out in MGN 705, permitting eligible vessels to operate without certification issued by the MCA or its delegates.
Vessels subject to this general exemption are expected to be under the constant supervision of a human operator, with the means to take control at any time.
Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs)
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MGN 703 (M) Update:
MGN 703: Information concerning the training and competence of Remote Operators working with Remotely Operated Unmanned Vessels (ROUVs), certified under the Workboat Code Edition 3 - GOV.UK.
SUPPLIER SPOTLIGHT
USS delivers customized marine data collection projects and missions primarily across the hydrographic and geophysical domains. Utilizing MGN 705, the company can now conduct its specialist hydrographic surveying work within UK waters.
Operating under the general exemption allows USS to further assist users in their transition from traditional crewed surveying operations to using compact, uncrewed craft. These can provide turnkey, 24/7 hydrographic surveying and marine data acquisition solutions for both line-of-sight (LOS) and beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) over-the-horizon projects.
“Pioneering business changes across the Energy Transition Zone, USS is at the forefront of supporting the UK as a leader in upholding ROUV safe operations. The MCA’s new general exemption regulations enable smaller uncrewed vessels to be remotely operated in UK waters, in line and together with other stringent regulations including SOLAS and COLREGS.
“Being one of the first to embrace the new Marine Guidance Note mirrors USS’ ethos in focusing on greener, safer, and efficient seagoing operations, together with helping to drive MASS industry innovation, and also supporting the success of UK PLC.”
- An overview of the latest big data, digital technologies and asset Integrity management life cycle practices including automated Agentic AI & machine learning ML computational models, real time condition performance monitoring and much more is to be gained on this course.
- This recognised CPD module will also investigate systems to track, measure and communicate the progress and success of Intelligent risk management decision making with predictive integrity degradation analytics, as well as OPEX cost benefit analysis and aligning operations with improved subsea asset maintenance free operating periods.
- Considers the asset management challenges of phased subsea decommissioning and aging infrastructure across the UKCS North Sea and other global regions. Together with Energy Transition Zone topics across Floating Offshore Wind infrastructures. Highlighting reduced CO2 emissions with improved ESG footprint.
Award: 32 CPD logged hours and certificate of competency (subject to performance)
Module 4 CPD Training Course Primary Objectives
- Discussion & instruction on DNVGL managed Ref- OREDA-SINTEF Offshore Subsea Equipment Reliability Data Base.
- Joint-Operator Collaboration Agreement, updates on equipment reliability data and the asset integrity challenges. Forward planning and determining what the realistic reliability/availability uptime performance factors are in some ageing assets.
- Maintenance Free Operating Periods (MFOP) targets are aligned with the assets actual condition and impact on life cycle OPEX Budgets, management of change considerations.
- Examples of FMECA & RAM analysis applications as per API-RP-17N on DNVGL Maros and Taro software analysis reports and client reporting from subsea applications of asset integrity management, inspection, maintenance and campaign repair records.
- Insight to Digital Twin Subsea and Asset Integrity Management Models and the wider Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology learning efficiency requirements for subsea and marine engineers, technologists to marine asset managers.
- Discussions will take place on realistic Net Zero Targets with reduced ESG footprint applications.
- Discussion and Learnings from Table Example of Safety Case updates.
- Discuss tracked data in your companies AIM database.
- Asset Criticality Levels.
- Planned Subsea IMR strategy frequencies various examples will be discussed from five to three yearly, with annual safety critical element campaigns dependent upon the age of the asset.
- Introduction and Awareness of ISO 55000-55001 for Asset & Integrity Management and ISO 27001:2022 Cybersecurity requirements within cloud based digital data transfers.
- Together with an understanding of ISO 42001:2023 Artificial Intelligence Management (AIMS) certification service:
- As AI adoption accelerates, many organizations face similar challenges: unclear governance, rising regulatory pressure, risks of bias, gaps in transparency, and difficulty proving responsible AI practices to stakeholders. ISO 42001 changes the game: it’s the world’s first standard dedicated to AI management, providing a structured, lifecycle‑wide framework to ensure your AI systems are ethical, secure, explainable, and resilient.Certification turns that framework into action:
✅ stronger controls
✅ reduced incidents
✅ improved decision‑making
✅ higher trust from customers, partners, and regulators. - ISO 20815 covering Production Assurance and Reliability Management of Offshore Assets e.g. This includes from the subsea wells, subsea pipelines, subsea structures to the Topside Host facility, Risers and Controls System, subsea umbilical’s, cables to the key aspects of Life Cycle Asset Integrity Management.
- This course now includes Offshore Floating Wind asset infrastructures across the Energy Transition Zone, and the emerging Digital skill sets from the increasing use and application of Remote Operations Centres. Practical examples on subsea power cables, condition monitoring, integrity management solutions for Floating Offshore Wind assets and Onshore Grid Interfaces.
• Stakeholder Requirements
• Asset Management System Scope
• Asset Management Strategy with the increasing use of AI and Digitalisation tools
• Leadership Commitment
• Asset Management
• Roles, Responsibilities & Human in the Loop Authorities to gain trust, confidence with improved decision making from the use of AI tools
PLANNING AND RISK MANAGEMENT & ASSET IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORT
• Resources
• Competence
• Awareness
• Information Requirements
• Documentation
OPERATIONS
• Planning, Implementation & Control
• Management of Change
• Outsourcing
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROCESS
• Monitoring & Measurement
• Analysis & Evaluation
• Internal Audit
• Management Review
IMPROVEMENT PROCEDURE
• Nonconformity & Corrective Action
• Preventative Action
• Continual Improvement
Duration:
This Module is very comprehensive and can easily lead to between 40 to 60 hrs of continuous professional development (CPD) logged training.
It really depends upon the candidates or individual levels of experience, expertise, skill sets and desire to understand and maintain full awareness of regulatory and or statutory guidelines and life cycle integrity of assets in more detail. Together with a company or organisational understanding and having a clear appreciation that asset management personnel need to keep pace with different regulations and technologies as regulations get updated.
Assessment:
Each course module has its own competence assurance measures that feed into an examination on the final day of the course.
The course additionally addresses ageing asset infrastructure, life extension modelling with safety and regulatory guidance and the regional variances on International Marine Regulations being put into practice.
Module 4 will provide course participants/delegate's an overview of the IMarEST Ocean Aware Programme: