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Offshore Installation Manager
Which Flag States Recognise a Liberia (LISCR) OIM Certificate?
It is one of the most sensible questions an OIM candidate can ask before paying for a course: if I earn a Liberia-approved Offshore Installation Manager certificate, where will it actually be accepted? Nobody wants to spend the fee and the study time only to be told at the gangway that this particular flag does not count. The honest answer is more useful — and more nuanced — than a simple list of countries. OIM certification does not work the way an STCW seafarer certificate
Rajeev Kumar
3 days ago6 min read
IMO Resolution A.1079(28) vs OPITO MEM: Which OIM Standard Does Your Career Actually Need?
If you have started researching how to qualify as an Offshore Installation Manager, you have probably run into two very different-sounding requirements: an IMO Resolution A.1079(28) OIM certificate on one hand, and an OPITO "Major Emergency Management" or "OIM Controlling Emergencies" assessment on the other. Plenty of candidates assume these are two names for the same thing, sign up for the wrong one, and find out months later that it does not open the door they were aiming
Rajeev Kumar
4 days ago7 min read
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