DMT acquires ROV pilot training simulator

Offshore staff

HOUSTON -- Deep Marine Technology (DMT) has acquired a Triton XLS ROV training simulator from Perry Slingsby Systems Inc. The simulator will be used to replicate ROV duties in support of drilling, completion, installation, commissioning, and intervention activities. It will act as a real-time training/mission planning and rehearsal aid for an ROV system. The system also will be used to test vehicle models and control schemes.

DMT says all new hires will be required to log in flight time on the simulator before departure on their first job, which would be part of an initial training curriculum that also includes Safegulf, Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (HUET), and CPR.

"By incorporating the simulator into our ROV Operator Training Program, our clients can be assured that the pilots we are sending out will have experience behind the controls, thereby enabling them to perform work tasks more efficiently," says Mike Gilliam, DMT's VP of ROV/DSV operations.

10/26/2007