Who has an ROV Competency Certificate

"Competency Packets" fall into the same category as "ROV Training Courses". The value is in the eye of the beholder — maybe worth your baht or not — and these are "FOR PROFIT" ventures. Buyer beware. Certainly, follow the money trail connection to any agency requiring the packet.

As noted elsewhere, it is quite proper for an agency to require your data in their form, an altogether different story if you are asked to do this under the pretense of some bogus "industry standard" that may simply be putting money in the agency coffer.

There are plenty of reputable agencies willing to place qualified candidates without requiring them to purchase "Competency Packets". And a little homework will show they service the same clientele as those which do.

I think the competency scheme is great. I worked really hard for a year to get my supv ticket. It was hard because my technical background was quite specific mending machines in a laundrette. Anyway, I am now able to go out with the respect the ticket gives me and show the old supervisors how things should be done. Don’t you just hate those long-in-the-tooth good ol’ boys who really know nothing and can’t accept new and easier ways of doing things?

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I have a received letter from my company stating my grade and pay rate every time that I have been upgraded. Can this be considered a competency cetrtificate?

I have never seen any other certificate.

ExcavatorDrivers wrote:

I think the competency scheme is great. I worked really hard for a year to get my supv ticket. It was hard because my technical background was quite specific mending machines in a laundrette. Anyway, I am now able to go out with the respect the ticket gives me and show the old supervisors how things should be done. Don’t you just hate those long-in-the-tooth good ol’ boys who really know nothing and can’t accept new and easier ways of doing things?

So do you actually have a competency certificate stating that you are an ROV supervisor? If so, under whose authority was it issued?

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So do you actually have a competency certificate stating that you are an ROV supervisor? If so, under whose authority was it issued?

Yep, issued bt Walt Disney, signed by M. Mouse. It ensures I attain the day rate I request. No questions. Even if I go out as Tech I get Slopervisor rate since that’s what I am (my cert says so) and going out as tech prevents me from earning Slops rate hence my reason for asking for and getting reasonable wonga. Also, agencies/ companies don’t even offer silly rates mentioned on here, you’re suckers if you take them.

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Maybe I’m missing something here. Mind-when-this-was-fields (Couldn’t you just call yourself Bob or something?) wrote:

All joking aside can someone tell me why a competence certificate has a validation date on it?? What happens after the 3 year period?? More money for the competence company as they re-certify you for doing the same job.
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So have you got or seen a competency certificate? Apparantly one with a three year expiry date? Which competency company? Certification under which authority?