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Week 6: At Sea Operations

Week 6 class plan on at-sea operations

Published onMar 26, 2024
Week 6: At Sea Operations
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2 April 2024

Overview

Building on the foundation of Week 5 where you learned about the things a chief scientist does to get ready for a cruise, this week will focus on the activities that a chief scientist leads (or delegates!) while at sea. We will review the creation of plan-of-the-day, dive plans and associated documents, daily logs and situation reports, dive reports, sample logs, video and photo archives, and cruise reports. We will also discuss how to prepare your team for the various tasks that need to happen pre-, during-, and post-dive or operation, and how to help your team succeed in team work while maintaining physical, mental and emotional health. We will also review things to think about for mobilization and demobilization.

Goals

  • Understand what kinds of planning and documentation needs to be prepared during a cruise (plan-of-the-day, dive plans, reports, etc.)

  • Understand how to prepare a plan that considers the time required for mapping, transit, ROV operations, etc.

  • Understand how to approach assigning shifts

  • Understand how to set the tone for maintaining good team relations and health

Pre-Class Activities

  • Watch this playlist of videos before class to help provide background on planning and preparing ROVs and HOVs for deep-sea research

Getting an ROV ready: Preparing ROV SuBastian for diving (2:44 min, from SOI)

What happens during an ROV dive: Beyond the Wow - Anatomy of a dive (5:28 min, from OET)

Who is part of the ROV team? ROV Pilot Career Profile (3:50 min, from OET)

What does a scientist do during an ROV dive? A scientist’s role during a dive (4:44 min, from iAtlantic H2020)

What happens for an ROV dive: Recovery of the ROV Jason (1:29 min, from Interactive Oceans)

Working with an AUV: How to launch and recover an AUV (9:17 min, from WHOI)

Class Plan & Materials

  • 14:00 (10 min): Welcome and check-in questions

  • 14:10 (30 min): Mobilization, Planning, & Dives, Beth Orcutt

  • 14:40 (15 min): Open discussion: Dream Cruise check in about permitting questions

  • 14:55 (5 min): Break

  • 15:00 (30 min): Reports, Demobilization, Contingencies, & Morale, Geoff Wheat

  • 15:30 (25 min): Open Discussion/Q&A

  • 15:55 (5 min): Wrap-up and Prep for Next Class

Additional Resources

Resource: Presentation by Brian Kennedy about planning for and using telepresence

Class Slides

Post-Class Dream Cruise Project Development

  • Law & Policy Activity: Complete the application for consent to conduct Marine Scientific Research table in your Fellow Project. See the Dream Cruise Project Overview Template for the application for consent table and additional context.

  • Building on what we learned in week 5 about permitting, what questions do you have about completing the UN Standard Form A: Application for consent to conduct Marine Scientific Research (pp 49-65 of this document)?

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