Ballast Control Operator’s Course

Prerequisite for a United States Coast Guard Offshore Installation Manager, Barge Supervisor, or Ballast Control Operator license for personnel working on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU)

Course Detail

The “Stability and Ballast Control for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units” Course is being offered Gulf Coast Training Technologies as a prerequisite for a United States Coast Guard Offshore Installation Manager, Barge Supervisor, or Ballast Control Operator license for personnel working on Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODU) This course will teach stability principles of both Jack-up type Units and Semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Units to personnel serving aboard these type vessels.

Goal

Upon successful completion of Gulf Coast Training Technologies aforementioned course, the student will: understand initial stability theory, be able to calculate moments and centers of gravity, calculate draft, list and trim, and understand the concepts of free surface effect. Also, this course will utilize the “Coastal Driller” MOM to emphasize the use of operation manuals in the daily stability operations of a Jackup MODU, and the “Deep Driller” operating manual for operations on board a Semi-submersible MODU. Additionally, roleplaying students will offer insight to effective countermeasures into worst-case and damage Surface Units & Active scenarios for both types of units.

Courses Offered

CERTIFICATES NEEDED FOR MODU

Advance Fire Fighting (AFF).
Proficiency in Survival Craft & Rescue Boats (PSCRB).
Personnel Safety & Social Responsibilities (PSSR).
Medical First Aid (MFA).
Personal Survival Techniques (PST).
Fire Prevention & Fire Fighting (FPFF).
Elementary First Aid (EFA).
Advanced First Aid (AFA).
Helicopter underwater escape training (HUET).

OR

TROPICAL BASIC OFFSHORE SAFETY INDUCTION & EMERGENCY TRAINING (T – BOSIET).
TROPICAL FURTHER OFFSHORE EMERGENCY TRAINING (T – FOET).

ANY ONE OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED CERTIFICATE

AND

PASSPORT
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MODU COURSE SYLLABUS

DAY	TIME	SCHEDULE	SUBJECT AREA
ONE	0.5 HR	0700 – 0730	(0) Registration and Orientation
	2.5 HRS	0730 – 1000	(1) Initial Stability Theory, (classroom lecture/written exercises)
	0.25 HR	1000 – 1015	Break
	1.75 HRS	1015 – 1200	(1) Initial Stability Theory – Continued (classroom lecture/written exercises)
	1.0 HR	1200 – 1300	Lunch
	2.0 HRS	1300 – 1500	(2) Calculations of Moments & Centers of Gravity (Classroom lecture/written exercises)
	0.25 HR	1500 – 1515	Break
	1.75 HRS	1515 – 1700	(2) Calculations of Moments & Center of Gravity /Introduction to Load Form (Continued)
		1700 – 1800	Optional Study Period with Instructor

DAY	TIME	SCHEDULE	SUBJECT AREA
TWO	2.25 HRS	0730 – 0945	(3) Draft, List, & Trim (Classroom lecture, written exercises)
	0.25 HR	0945 – 1000	Break
	2.0 HRS	1000 – 1200	(4) Free Surface Effect (Classroom lecture, written exercises)
	1.0 HR	1200 – 1300	Lunch
	1.0 HR	1300 – 1400	(5) Semi-submersible Operations Manual/Introductory Overview (Deep Driller)
	1.0 HR	1400 – 1500	(6) Deep Driller Lecture/Written Exercises – Hydrostatic Tables, Tank Tables, Piping Systems & Mooring
	0.25 HR	1500 – 1515	Break
	1.75 HRS	1515 – 1700	(6) Deep Driller Lecture/Written Exercises – Hydrostatic Tables, Tank Tables, Piping Systems & Mooring
		1700 – 1800	Optional Study Period with Instructor

DAY	TIME	SCHEDULE	SUBJECT AREA
THREE	2.25 HRS	0730 – 0945	(7) Effect of Weight, Ballast, & Free Surface on Stability (Deep Driller Load Form Exercises)
	0.25 HR	0945 – 1000	Break
	2.0 HRS	1000 – 1200	(7) Effect of Weight, Ballast, & Free Surface on Stability (Deep Driller Load Form Exercises) cont.
	1.0 HR	1200 – 1300	Lunch
	1.0 HR	1300 – 1400	(8)
	1.0 HR	1400 – 1500	(9)
	0.25 HR	1500 – 1515	Break
	1.75 HRS	1515 – 1700	(9)
		1700 – 1800	Optional Study Period with Instructor

DAY	TIME	SCHEDULE	SUBJECT AREA
FOUR	2.25 HRS	0730 – 0945	(10)
	0.25 HR	0945 – 1000	Break
	2.0 HRS	1000 – 1200	(10)
	1.0 HR	1200 – 1300	Lunch
	1.0 HR	1300 – 1400	(11) Storm Survival Preparations – Coastal Driller (Lecture/Written Exercise)
	1.0 HR	1400 – 1500	(12) Storm Survival Preparations – Deep Driller (Lecture/Written Exercise)
	0.25 HR	1500 – 1515	Break
	0.75 HR	1515 – 1600	(13) Damage Stability & Damage Control – Coastal Driller (Lecture/Written Exercise)
	1.0 HR	1600 – 1700	(14) Damage Stability & Damage Control – Deep Driller (Lecture/Written Exercise)
		1700 – 1800	Optional Study Period with instructor

DAY	TIME	SCHEDULE	SUBJECT AREA
FIVE	2.25 HRS	0730 – 0945	(15) Worst Case Scenarios – (Role Playing/Written Exercise)
	0.25 HR	0945 – 1000	Break
	1.0 HR	1000 – 1100	(15) Worst Case Scenarios – (Role Playing/Written Exercise) cont.
	1.0 HR	1100 – 1200	(15) Worst Case Scenarios – “Ocean Ranger Disaster” Video
	1.0 HR	1200 – 1300	Lunch
	1.0 HR	1300 – 1400	(16) Course Review/Instructor Critiques
	1.0 HR	1400 – 1500	Final Examination, Part I – Load Form Calculations
	0.25 HR	1500 – 1515	Break
	1.75 HRS	1515 – 1700	Final Examination, Part II – Multiple Choice Questions