International Marine Contractors Association

The IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association) runs a self regulation competence assurance and assessment scheme (IMCA, 2003) to enable contractors to facilitate and improve safety in the offshore industry. This excellent framework enables contractors to assess and demonstrate to others the competence of safety-critical personnel. It also includes competency measmes for client s representatives. While it focuses on the offshore industry this is very relevant to coastal and maritime works. Further details including guidance, guidance for assessors, logbooks, etc. can be obtained fi om www.imca-int.com. 

International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), Carlyle House, 235 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SWIV lEJ. 

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) is an international association representing offshore and marine engineering companies. IMCA has two core activities, one focusing on health, safety, and the environment and the other on training and competence. These activities are divided into the four technical divisions of marine vessels, diving, offshore survey, and remote systems. Within these areas, IMCA publishes safety guidance documents, technical reports, and fact sheets for the marine contracting sector. It also collects and reports data on... 

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The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) collects, analyzes, and shares data on industry incidents from work in offshore construction. The reports developed by IMCA contain descriptions of incidents, near misses, and potential hazards and give the apparent cause (or causes) of the incident and any actions taken to prevent a recurrence. 

IMCA, 2009. Common Marine Inspection Document. International Marine Contractors Association. London. 

IMCA, 2013. Guidance on Using the eCMID and the CMID Inspection Report Database. London International Marine Contractors Association. 

Guidance to do with the development and implementation of an offshore SIMOPs plan is provided by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA 2010). 

International Marine Contractors Association. Transfer of Personnel to and from Offshore Vessels... 

Hendershot, D., 2006. An overview of inherently safer design. Process Saf. Prog. June. IMCA (International Marine Contractors Association), 2010. Guidance on Simultaneous Operations (SIMOPs). 

IMCA (2003). Competence assurance and assessment - guidance document and competence tables All divisions. Guidance document on achieving competency in marine construction. International Maritime Contractors Association. 

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