Surface & Passive Ballast FOI Units Stability

The “Surface & Passive Ballast FOI Units Stability” 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. This course will teach stability principles of both Surface Units and Passive Ballast FOI 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 “Deep Driller” Semi-submersible MOM to emphasize the use of operation manuals in the daily stability operations of a MODU, and also utilize the “SPAR” operations manual for operations on board a SPAR Passive Ballast System. Additionally, role-playing students will offer insight to effective countermeasures in worst-case and Damage scenarios for both types of units.