Curriculum for Offshore Course, Guideline, and Learning Manual

Publication: Report
Citation: Nevejan, Nancy et al. 2021: Curriculum for offshore course, guideline, and learning manual. Deliverable 7.3 of the Horizon 2020 project "Multi-use Offshore Platforms Demonstrators for Boosting Cost-effective and Eco-friendly Production in Sustainable Marine Activities" (UNITED).

The report addresses training and capacity building to ensure safe and efficient ocean multi-use operations, with a focus on societal engagement and educational objectives.

Training Program Curriculum

An educational program is crucial for recruiting skilled personnel for ongoing and future developments in multi-purpose industries. The curriculum presented provides details on facilities and infrastructure (including instructors and requirements for participants), methods and teaching concepts for training, training modules, and learning materials.

Key Training Modules

Training modules cover general aspects of offshore platform operation, environmental regulations, biology of target species, aquaculture technology, handling procedures, land-based support systems, stakeholder engagement, and legislation for special support boats across all pilot projects. Documentation also provides a description of practical implementation of the learning materials.

Developing offshore training: A new training concept prepares specialists for the multidisciplinary requirements in the marine sectors.

Assessment Framework to Determine the Economic Feasibility of Multi-use Platforms

Year 2021

Publication:Report

The UNITED project report "Business Analysis of UNITED Pilots" provides a detailed business analysis of the various pilot projects. This analysis includes an assessment of the economic viability, SWOT and PESTEL analyses as well as a review of the financial aspects of the projects. The aim of the report is to assess the financial attractiveness and feasibility of multi-use concepts in European marine areas, with a particular focus on the synergies and challenges arising from the combination of different maritime activities.

Business Analysis of United Pilots

Year 2022

Publication:Report

The UNITED project report "Current Environmental Assessment and Status of the Pilots" provides a comprehensive overview of the current environmental assessments and status of various pilot projects. These projects included a variety of multi-use concepts in the marine environment, including the combination of offshore wind energy with shellfish and kelp cultivation, offshore wind and solar energy, shallow estuarine aquaculture and kelp cultivation, and tourism. The report looks at the environmental aspects of these pilot projects and assesses their environmental impacts, regulatory requirements and existing environmental assessment results and monitoring capacity.

Revision of the Current Environmental Assessment and Status of Pilots

Year 2020

Publication:Report

This UNITED project report deals with the development of an environmental assessment framework to determine the ecological feasibility of multi-use platforms. This assessment framework is based on the practice of environmental impact assessment (EIA) and applies an integrated cumulative effects assessment (iCEA) in the scoping and identification phases of key impacts. The report aims to assess the added environmental value ("benefits") of multi-use in the marine environment.

Year 2023

Language: English
Authorship: Dr. Manuel Lago

Nancy Nevejan, Eva Strothotte, Annelies Declercq, Thomas Kerkhove, Ioanna Drigkopoulou, Frank Maes, Ivana Lukic, Maria Jaeger, Tim Staufenberger, Roderik Hoekstra, Youssef Zaiter, Manon Berge
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International

European Commission, Research Executive Agency (REA), International
Year: 2021
Dimension: 23 pp.
Project: Multi-use Offshore Platforms Demonstrators for Boosting Cost-effective and Eco-friendly Production in Sustainable Marine Activities (UNITED)
Project ID: 33000
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1. Acronyms
2. Definitions
3. Abstract
4. Executive Summary
    4.1 Objective, approach and outcome
    4.2 Structure of the deliverable
    4.3 Connection with other deliverables
5. Offshore Course Curriculum
    5.1 Facilities and infrastructure
    5.1.1 Teachers and instructors
    5.1.2 Location and infrastructure
    5.1.3 Requirements for participants
    5.2 Training and capacity building
    5.2.1 Method and teaching concept
    5.2.2 Feedback
    5.3 Training modules
    5.3.1 Environment and biology workshop: Including “Environmental regulations related to handling and disposal of wastes in an appropriate manner” and “Basic knowledge on the biology of target species employed and offshore aquaculture”
    5.3.2 Multi-use offshore Operation, Safety and Logistics Workshop: Including “Offshore platform operation”, “Basic knowledge on operational needs for land-based support systems”, “Basic knowledge on legislation and operation for special support boats”
    5.3.3 Technology workshop: Including “Basic knowledge on aquaculture technology employed in marine offshore farming”, “Basic knowledge on operational needs for land-based support systems”
    5.3.4 Law and regulation workshop: Including “Basic knowledge on legislation and operation for special support boats”
    5.3.5 Socio-Economic workshop: Including “Handling procedures and management issues of aquaculture offshore systems”, “Basic knowledge on operational needs for land-based support systems”
    5.3.6 Stakeholder engagement training for pilot leads
6. Learning Material
    6.1 Public deliverables
    6.2 Manuals and guidelines
    6.3 Reports
    Conclusion and Recommendation
    References
    Annex A – Workshop Flyer
Keywords: Coastal + Marine

Economics

Education

Multi-use, regulations and legal requirements, offshore health and safety regulations, types of offshore aquaculture facilities, environmental regulations and offshore aquaculture, impact of offshore conditions on aquaculture performance

North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea

Education, training, offshore training, knowledge sharing, cognitive skills and psychomotor learning, online knowledge tests