Monday, April 5, 2010

The Starting Point

The first day of Industrial Training. A total of two students reported for the industrial training in Ombak Marine Group Sdn Bhd. We were then taken into the meeting room for some briefing on the company background and its subsidiaries. Later we were introduced to the staff of the Ombak Marine Group. We were then shown to our station before our supervisor, En Fahidin, assigned us with a few assignments. I was assigned with a study on the procedure of the Anchor Handling Procedure on the Petronas Pipeline Replacement Project. Many detailed procedures and also safety precautions are needed to be taken to ensure the working barge is anchored to the designated place for working purposes. Relocating and also replacing the position of the anchor of the barge need more attnetion and also constant communication among the foreman involved including the winch operator, hoist operator and also the barge master. Some of the consideration that have to be taken during the procedure of anchoring the working barge into the designated place is listed as:

1) Subsea facilities
2) Subsea obstruction

Other than that, the procedure also include the contingency plan and procedures if any problem occured during work progress on the barge is also being discussed. The most important part in placing the working barge on the designated location is listed as:

1) Working barge
2) Anchor Handling Tug (AHT)

More explanation on the AHT were done by Encik Md Noh. He was in-charge in the subsea division in Ombak Marine Group. There were two types of AHT which were the Anchor Handling Tug (AHT) and also Anchor Handling Tug and Services (AHTS). The normal AHT may only be used for the anchor handling processes while the AHTS may be used in the anchor handling process and also be used for the purpose of transferring materials, machineary and also work force from one barge to another. The size of the AHTS is much bigger compared to the AHT.

That is all for the note on the first day. May tomorrow be another educational yet informative day for me.

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