ROVPR are dodgy chancers
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Another money making (SCAM) sorry scheme by MTCS!!
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Insite Pacific Pegasus Camera Control Software
Insite's website is http://www.insitetritech.com/
Have you tried emailing them direct?
Have you tried emailing them direct?
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Dear Colleagues,
Thanks very much for your feedback and I certainly get the message from you guys on the coalface. I will ensure that the feedback is provided to the IMCA ROV Division Management Committee and I know that they will take these views seriously. Rest assured that the guidance has gone out to members though I cannot guarantee that everyone listens or indeed acts when the information is provided. I hope that you will help by spreading the Info Note out to those in the community who are faced with this obstacle to their careers. Many thanks.
Thanks very much for your feedback and I certainly get the message from you guys on the coalface. I will ensure that the feedback is provided to the IMCA ROV Division Management Committee and I know that they will take these views seriously. Rest assured that the guidance has gone out to members though I cannot guarantee that everyone listens or indeed acts when the information is provided. I hope that you will help by spreading the Info Note out to those in the community who are faced with this obstacle to their careers. Many thanks.
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Insite Pacific Pegasus Camera Control Software
I have emailed them and no reply. Cant seem to find it on the website as well.
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Used T4 manipulator for sale
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BOWTECH LED C-430-DC-350 LED UNDERWATR/ ROV LIGHT
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BOWTECH UNDERWATER CAMERA L3C-650-A4
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Insite Pacific Pegasus Camera Control Software
Have you tried ian Young at EDS?
http://www.eds-ltd.com/
http://www.eds-ltd.com/
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Observation class ROV
If your looking for a vehicle for Hire or to Buy best you try Deep Search .
michael@m-are.com
michael@m-are.com
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An recommendations for accountant
| woody565 wrote: |
| Hi all,
Im currently working out of the uk (offshore) and want to use an accountant to deal with my SED claims. Any recommendations on which company to use? Thanks Dan |
You need not just an accountant but one that is familiar with overseas tax, Seafarers Tax, Norwegian tax etc. etc.
Seatax is a popular choice of company as they have a good understanding of it all https://seatax.ltd.uk/
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ROV FALCON
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An recommendations for accountant
| woody565 wrote: |
| Hi all,
Im currently working out of the uk (offshore) and want to use an accountant to deal with my SED claims. Any recommendations on which company to use? Thanks Dan |
Ive had great service from Darbys at Retford www.darbys.com they have an offshore specialist.
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An recommendations for accountant
Seatax only seems to deal with self assessment. Obviously no use for someone with a limited company but what type of tax arrangement does one have if they use Seatax?
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BOWTECH UNDERWATER CAMERA L3C-650-A4
Hi there,
What's the depth rating on this unit? And is it PAL, or NTSC?
Cheers
What's the depth rating on this unit? And is it PAL, or NTSC?
Cheers
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IMCA INFO NOTE
Many Companies promote staff to suit there needs with out any documents or official letters to say other wise maybe they get the higher rate of pay for that extra shift but receive benefits of the below position if you suddenly left you would be signed of in your owned competence company issued book at the lower position if you had one that is. often companies will supply some sort of Cert package from the office with your name on it but you might not see that.
You could of been a Supervisor suddenly the company goes bust you are working as Senior Pilot again because no comp cert which that company wants for example as you cant show that level.
As this often is signed off by someone who might not even hold themselves such documentation to sign you off other than there official company position made up to ROV Ops Manager themselves.
Working contract one never even goes to these offices anyway.
Also from my understanding its possible should wish to pay MTCS rip of scheme money's and be constantly paying there after as for the 3 year expiry scheme you could buy the paper work sign it of get an agency to counter sign it and get your certificate you want certainly for the lower positions in that scheme.
I don't have any MTCS cert as I refused to pay for a 3 year cert as a contractor under there made up rules.
Now under there rules I wonder what will happen as every one will have an expiring cert but no recent experience and there last agency possible gone down the drain as well due to current times.
So how will they keep there old positions?
As it states I think if no longer work for a year your demoted !!!! something on long those lines I am sure it says or said.
Fort William which sells ridiculously expensive rov course's and milks the system as much as it can government included as well they don't have a scheme why is that they turned down a money making scheme never would those directors do that at FB.
Should a Company require Competence they should except one's trade skills or education and ROV log book and CV most companies do such that over my career anyway.
I have never had such a Cert with 12 years offshore I have worked with many which have been signed off as all sorts though.
Which Payed 300 GBP + for the Cert often so the company can under cut there staff working there already to the benefit of the ops manager to justify there expat status at such under performing company and constantly brining in cheaper labour every 6 months to make themselves look good constantly promoting people who were chancers but mainly as they agreed to work for less maybe due to there homeland status.
MTCS scheme is a paper pushing sign off scheme which allows companies with poor or little HSE departments to use the scheme to say there staff are competent the users don't even know themselves the quality of it.
In my early career the LOG book was often asked for as the years went by it was not asked for just a Competency cert.
It is also possible to end up as a ROV Supervisor or above with such Cert in little time with no other career or experience or education then suddenly.
You have guys who were given Trainee cert from a IMCA operating company as a ROV Pilot 2 or did a course then work through the MTCS scheme all the way up and suddenly there in charge but have no education and skills other than a competence Cert getting the jobs over Apprentice trained Technicians.
That's a serious problem as is a under lying problem with rates of pay now in the industry.
I have been on such jobs were those people have been as well signed off with nothing ok they have learnt some things along there way but who trained them some are making supervisor in 2 years and faking CV's is all too often.
I lost jobs over the last years with the Competency Cert as even some of my main agencies believed in it as well.
One of them is the one you can get your MTCS docs counter signed with as well.
I don't care for that system.
As it just proves it can be signed of and pay someone 300 GBP for the cert of which is worthless really as most jobs don't require it the problem was the agencies all of them believed it was written in stone a requirement.
I hope one day a new scheme is agreed upon some thing like NVQ2 3 and 4 depending were you come from into the industry and also points systems for HNC and HND and City and Guilds and real assessing offshore system were one can be graded a subsea technician first then a grade for operating Pilot side.
this would help keeping standards and pay but the companies wont want it.
Also the main group of subsea ROV operating companies are in bed with IMCA and also MTCS which is a larger problem really operating companies tell Imca what they want and companies are using MTCS as accepted format for employees training and competence that's how its been rolled out worldwide as those main companies used it for them selves allowing MTCS to sell there scheme everywhere.
But if you want one just pay the 300GBP and it yours.
All those customers if 90% continued to pay the cert fees every 3 years its raking in Millions
I don't see the system which has been put in place by MTCS changing very much at all.
The operating NorthSea companies use it for there own personnel, agency staff on the outside of the system will never be able to compete in that system but it can be signed off as the agency is your employer.
I could quite honestly say that my next 50 e-mails regarding ROV work will ask for such Cert at least 49 out of 50 will anyway.
You could of been a Supervisor suddenly the company goes bust you are working as Senior Pilot again because no comp cert which that company wants for example as you cant show that level.
As this often is signed off by someone who might not even hold themselves such documentation to sign you off other than there official company position made up to ROV Ops Manager themselves.
Working contract one never even goes to these offices anyway.
Also from my understanding its possible should wish to pay MTCS rip of scheme money's and be constantly paying there after as for the 3 year expiry scheme you could buy the paper work sign it of get an agency to counter sign it and get your certificate you want certainly for the lower positions in that scheme.
I don't have any MTCS cert as I refused to pay for a 3 year cert as a contractor under there made up rules.
Now under there rules I wonder what will happen as every one will have an expiring cert but no recent experience and there last agency possible gone down the drain as well due to current times.
So how will they keep there old positions?
As it states I think if no longer work for a year your demoted !!!! something on long those lines I am sure it says or said.
Fort William which sells ridiculously expensive rov course's and milks the system as much as it can government included as well they don't have a scheme why is that they turned down a money making scheme never would those directors do that at FB.
Should a Company require Competence they should except one's trade skills or education and ROV log book and CV most companies do such that over my career anyway.
I have never had such a Cert with 12 years offshore I have worked with many which have been signed off as all sorts though.
Which Payed 300 GBP + for the Cert often so the company can under cut there staff working there already to the benefit of the ops manager to justify there expat status at such under performing company and constantly brining in cheaper labour every 6 months to make themselves look good constantly promoting people who were chancers but mainly as they agreed to work for less maybe due to there homeland status.
MTCS scheme is a paper pushing sign off scheme which allows companies with poor or little HSE departments to use the scheme to say there staff are competent the users don't even know themselves the quality of it.
In my early career the LOG book was often asked for as the years went by it was not asked for just a Competency cert.
It is also possible to end up as a ROV Supervisor or above with such Cert in little time with no other career or experience or education then suddenly.
You have guys who were given Trainee cert from a IMCA operating company as a ROV Pilot 2 or did a course then work through the MTCS scheme all the way up and suddenly there in charge but have no education and skills other than a competence Cert getting the jobs over Apprentice trained Technicians.
That's a serious problem as is a under lying problem with rates of pay now in the industry.
I have been on such jobs were those people have been as well signed off with nothing ok they have learnt some things along there way but who trained them some are making supervisor in 2 years and faking CV's is all too often.
I lost jobs over the last years with the Competency Cert as even some of my main agencies believed in it as well.
One of them is the one you can get your MTCS docs counter signed with as well.
I don't care for that system.
As it just proves it can be signed of and pay someone 300 GBP for the cert of which is worthless really as most jobs don't require it the problem was the agencies all of them believed it was written in stone a requirement.
I hope one day a new scheme is agreed upon some thing like NVQ2 3 and 4 depending were you come from into the industry and also points systems for HNC and HND and City and Guilds and real assessing offshore system were one can be graded a subsea technician first then a grade for operating Pilot side.
this would help keeping standards and pay but the companies wont want it.
Also the main group of subsea ROV operating companies are in bed with IMCA and also MTCS which is a larger problem really operating companies tell Imca what they want and companies are using MTCS as accepted format for employees training and competence that's how its been rolled out worldwide as those main companies used it for them selves allowing MTCS to sell there scheme everywhere.
But if you want one just pay the 300GBP and it yours.
All those customers if 90% continued to pay the cert fees every 3 years its raking in Millions
I don't see the system which has been put in place by MTCS changing very much at all.
The operating NorthSea companies use it for there own personnel, agency staff on the outside of the system will never be able to compete in that system but it can be signed off as the agency is your employer.
I could quite honestly say that my next 50 e-mails regarding ROV work will ask for such Cert at least 49 out of 50 will anyway.
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That sounds bad Ray as I think most of the company's that I have worked for over the years has all ways provided a working reference when I have requested one I think the only difference is I am a free lancer and and your salary but that should not make any difference , Because the whole point is to show some future employer that you have the experience . The last time I spoke with Chris he was telling me that you need to be Competence assessed every 3 - 5 years at your current grade .
Now I can see why I have been getting lots of emails regarding Competence Re-assessment letters and if company's are refusing to give you a working reference then your screwed unless you buy one from MTCS but like I have said before MTCS don't know you they have no idea of your work experience only what they find in your log book most senior members of this forum will tell you means very little . The only way to confirm work experience is from previous company's or personnel that you have worked for in the past . Rov work is very thin on the ground at the moment and the last thing you want to hear after landing a job is being told " Sorry you dont have a Competence letter " I think most agency's request for 3 working references from past employers which is fine I would have thought as all your looking for is being able to prove that you are who you say you are .
In the end its down to what the clients will and wont accept .
Now I can see why I have been getting lots of emails regarding Competence Re-assessment letters and if company's are refusing to give you a working reference then your screwed unless you buy one from MTCS but like I have said before MTCS don't know you they have no idea of your work experience only what they find in your log book most senior members of this forum will tell you means very little . The only way to confirm work experience is from previous company's or personnel that you have worked for in the past . Rov work is very thin on the ground at the moment and the last thing you want to hear after landing a job is being told " Sorry you dont have a Competence letter " I think most agency's request for 3 working references from past employers which is fine I would have thought as all your looking for is being able to prove that you are who you say you are .
In the end its down to what the clients will and wont accept .
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Advice needed
Good morning or what ever in your part of the world.
I am looking for advice as to who is still in the industry that supplies small eyeball type ROV capable of carrying Low light camera, scanning sonar, beacon. Thinking of Seaeye, Seaeye surveyor, even small manip would be handy. Working parameters max 30 meters, 1-1.5knots, low viz. watching monitoring task. eazy peazy!!!!
I used to use OT2K years ago but see that they have gone /been taken over etc.
The kicker is that it needs to be in Asia area, Japan, Singapore, Thailand or Air transportable.
So there it is, any help would be appreciated.
Rod B
I am looking for advice as to who is still in the industry that supplies small eyeball type ROV capable of carrying Low light camera, scanning sonar, beacon. Thinking of Seaeye, Seaeye surveyor, even small manip would be handy. Working parameters max 30 meters, 1-1.5knots, low viz. watching monitoring task. eazy peazy!!!!
I used to use OT2K years ago but see that they have gone /been taken over etc.
The kicker is that it needs to be in Asia area, Japan, Singapore, Thailand or Air transportable.
So there it is, any help would be appreciated.
Rod B
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Advice needed
Rodb,
Check out Deep Trekker ROVs. They can be brought as checked baggage on planes. Everything you need is in one carrying case.
The spherical shape is unique and will have no problem in the currents you describe. Manipulators, sonars, lighting etc can all be added.
The batteries are internal, so there is no need for topside power. They last 6- 8 hours on a 1.5 hour charge. If you require more, there is a "hybrid power" option.
www.deeptrekker.com
The DTG2 Worker ROV includes the manipulator, depth rated to 150m and can add on many different options. http://www.deeptrekker.com/product/dtg2-worker/
Let me know if you have any questions! I'm happy to help.
Check out Deep Trekker ROVs. They can be brought as checked baggage on planes. Everything you need is in one carrying case.
The spherical shape is unique and will have no problem in the currents you describe. Manipulators, sonars, lighting etc can all be added.
The batteries are internal, so there is no need for topside power. They last 6- 8 hours on a 1.5 hour charge. If you require more, there is a "hybrid power" option.
www.deeptrekker.com
The DTG2 Worker ROV includes the manipulator, depth rated to 150m and can add on many different options. http://www.deeptrekker.com/product/dtg2-worker/
Let me know if you have any questions! I'm happy to help.
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Advice needed
Either TMS'd or Live boating.
Another way would be to get in contact with Saab Seaeye direct and speak to Mat bates , He will know where all the ROV's are in the world , who owns which and which company
Another way would be to get in contact with Saab Seaeye direct and speak to Mat bates , He will know where all the ROV's are in the world , who owns which and which company
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