Technical School of Excellence

Delta SubSea (DSS) is a leading integrated provider of ROV Services and Subsea Solutions. Delta SubSea’s Technology School of Excellence is focused on ensuring that all staff throughout DSS have the knowledge and skills that will enable each individual to complete their tasks and undertake their role in the company to the best of their ability.

DSS has made a commitment to our personnel to ensure they have the necessary tools that will enable them to provide ‘Best in Class’ service to our clients, worldwide; people are the main asset that is held by DSS and they are central to the success of our business.

Through structured training and a blended learning approach DSS are trying to evoke a philosophy of learning through the company that will enhance our reputation and meet our stakeholders’ expectations. Through our framework of training DSS are committing to a long term investment in our personnel that will develop our culture and values to a level that befits a company with our expectations.

DSS understands that Continued Professional Development is a necessity in ensuring we keep abreast of changes and developments within our industry and encourages all personnel to undertake training to develop not only their technical but also their personal skills and attributes.

Primary Contact:

13040 Pearson Rd.
Montgomery, Texas 77356
USA Main Line:
+1 936.597.3044

Career Development

ROV Division

To ensure the sustainability and development of a company you have to ensure that your main asset, the people, feel valued and wanted. To ensure we meet these goals Delta SubSea has implemented a Route of Progression for ROV operatives to ensure they have a career with Delta SubSea rather than just a job. Starting at the bottom rung of the ladder as an ROV Pilot Technician level 3 (Trainee) an individual can progress through to an ROV Superintendent and beyond.

This progression is not without a lot of hard work and commitment from the individual but in return Delta SubSea will provide them with the necessary skills, both technical and personal, to ensure they meet their desired goals. Following the industry recognised International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) guidelines for ROV operatives, Delta SubSea ensures that all personnel have the training and development that assists in achieving the desired competency.

For further information click here: ROV Services

Consulting and Engineering Division

Part of the Delta SubSea family are the Consulting and Engineering Division who’s role is to manage and support clients on offshore projects. To achieve this they have to be qualified to a high level in varying and numerous specialist areas depending on their role. It is in the remit of the Training Department within Delta SubSea to ensure that all personnel in this division have the skills and training required to ensure a fully competent person is assisting our clients in their projects. Due to the fact that personnel in this department are usually very experienced, mature individuals with multi year’s industry experience their training is usually on a refresher basis; however due to industry developments and regulations new skills may be required. All offshore safety certification will be delivered or sourced through the Training Department and subject specific training will be sourced and delivered through Subject Matter Experts (SME) or industry approved training providers.

For further information click here: Consulting and Engineering

Tooling Solutions Division

A recent addition to the Delta SubSea family is the Tooling Division who manufacture and manage subsea tooling within Delta SubSea. In this division we employ industry experienced professionals to undertake the design, development and manufacture of subsea tooling; however to ensure sustainability within our company we also employ new personnel with a technical background. It is the responsibility of the Training Department to ensure all personnel have the required engineering skills to ensure our products meet industry and client project specific requirements. Training in diverse subjects such as AutoCAD, Solid works etc. is provided through third party vendors.

For further information click here: Tooling Solutions

Training

Training Through Blended Learning

Delta SubSea has adopted the Blended Learning methodology to ensure the best form of knowledge retention for their personnel.

These levels cannot be reached without developing the skills required to achieve that aim and our comprehensive training program is designed to ensure our operators are given the tools that will set them up for success.

Through Blended Learning Delta SubSea ensures that all personnel develop their knowledge and skills at a pace that suits their style of development. Each individual who undertakes a learning experience is subject to a varied style of delivery through different forms of media; Traditional Classroom training, Online Learning through our Learning Management System (LMS) and Mobile, or On the Job Training (OJT). These differing methods ensure each individual can excel using the method that suits their style of learning.

Whilst there is a greater emphasis put on our offshore personnel due to the inherent danger associated with their work, the Training Department has a responsibility to ensure that corporate office personnel are afforded the same level of importance to ensure they are competent at completing their role successfully.

Training Program

At Delta SubSea we have a training matrix to align required training with the role the individual will undertake; this applies to onshore and offshore personnel.

On joining Delta SubSea personnel will follow the below process:

Onboarding program with HR
Arrange any external certification that may be required such as medicals, drug testing and any offshore certification such as BOSIET, Safe Gulf etc.
Meeting with direct supervisor to discuss job role and develop a ‘first 90 day program
Induction with the Training Department to cover the Delta SubSea induction program

Offshore personnel will then be given a Training Needs Analysis to discover where they may have a Skills Gap so a training program can be designed to suit their needs.

Delta SubSea induction covering:

Company introduction
QHSE Policy
DSS 12 Safety Measures
Short Service Employee Policy
Introduction to DSS Integrated Management System
DSS HSE Manual
Introduction to ROV Operations Manual
Offshore Operations Documentation

The induction curriculum is the foundation for ensuring all Delta SubSea offshore personnel have the underpinning knowledge and grounding to operate safely offshore.

Simulation

Delta SubSea has invested a substantial amount of money in a State of the Art, FMC Schilling Robotics, ROV Operations Simulator powered by the CM Labs Vortex physics engine. The simulator is an identical layout to the actual ROV Controls in the Control Van and is used to train ROV Pilots on ROV Controls and ROV Operations. By using the simulator for training the pilots get an insight to the operations they will undertake and it is as close as possible to real life operations. The simulator has an additional instructor console that allows the instructor to see the piloting operations in 3D which in turn gives the instructor a view of all angles of operation allowing him to assess the pilot skills.

The FMC Schilling Robotics simulator showing a loaded scenario that would be used to train ROV Pilot Technicians to improve their operating skills.

The FMC Schilling Robotics simulator instructor console. The console allows the instructor to make various inputs to change the operating parameters for visibility, temperature, water density and also to input faults into the system whilst the pilot is flying a scenario.

The simulator used is a Class 1 simulator which meets the standards required to allow 40 hours simulator time to be logged in the ROV Pilot Technicians logbook as operating time.