O&M Courses Tailored to Suit Your Business

Gain insights and skills in offshore wind O&M topics directly from leading experts in the field 

Develop your knowledge and improve your problem-solving and decision-making skills through interactive case studies and discussions.

Courses are tailored to your businesses specific requirements.  

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Unlock Practical Insights

 What’s included?

  • Practical Knowledge Sharing: Dive into real-life projects and gain practical insights directly from industry experts. Our sessions are designed to equip you with actionable skills that you can apply immediately

  • Expert Perspectives: Learn from seasoned professionals who bring their wealth of experience to the classroom.

  • Participant Interaction: Engage with peers, share insights, and collaborate on industry challenges.

  • Physical Learning Materials: Take home valuable resources that complement your learning and serve as a lasting reference.

Topic Ideas

Discover the essential elements of O&M Preparations projects, including their scope, structure, and governance. Learn about key success factors and how to navigate common risks and challenges.

Dive into the core components of an effective O&M Strategy. Understand the rationale behind strategic decisions and explore the outcomes they drive. 

 

Explore different O&M logistics concepts and the selection of appropriate O&M harbours for offshore wind farm. Learn about different methods and strategies for Major Component Replacements (MCR).  

Gain insights into methods used to build a comprehensive and robust OPEX budget while optimizing the wind farm availability .

 

Example Agenda

Day 1

  • Introduction to the scope of Operations Preparations  
  • Overview of Operations Preparations Programme 
  • Typical Operations Preparations team and its position within a project team 
  • Introduction to key risks and typical issues 
  • Key success factors 
  • Overview of what an Operational Strategy contains 
  • Deep dive on Operator and Asset Management models and the drivers for and consequences of each set-up 
  • Cost vs risk vs level of involvement – deep dive into outsourcing 
  • Introduction to the procurement quilt and contracting strategies 
  • Portfolio considerations and owner ambitions when developing an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) Strategy 
  • Organisational structures and how they are influenced by operational strategies 

Day 2

  • Typical O&M concepts of the offshore wind industry and the resultant accessibility/seasonality 
  • Key considerations for a successful crew logistics strategy 
  • O&M logistical concepts that we typically work with in projects 
  • Complexities of heavy lift and major interventions 
  • Assess appropriate O&M harbours for the operational phase 
  • Introduction to new O&M concepts used in the industry to become more competitive 
  • Context, structure and methodology of Operational Expenditure (OPEX) and availability modelling 
  • Key drivers of OPEX and availability 
  • Different maturity stages of OPEX as a development project matures 
  • Country-specific considerations and local content the model to calculate local content 
  • Key considerations for cost estimation of SMAs, logistics, organizational set-up, insurance etc.  
  • Introduction to availability and OPEX optimization