Offshore / Wind Project Mobilization SOP
An offshore and wind project mobilization SOP for Scanel: a hard GWO and offshore safety certification gate, equipment and travel logistics, site safety induction, work execution and a demobilization test-result gate.
What the offshore / wind project mobilization SOP process is
Scanel's Marine Electrical Installation SOP starts from a defined scope of electrical work and moves straight into engineering review and work preparation, because the assumption behind that chart is that whoever is doing the work can already reach the site and is already qualified to be there. That assumption does not hold for an offshore platform or a wind turbine installation, and this chart exists for the gap: before "Prepare equipment, tools and PPE for site conditions" even starts, Scanel has to confirm which technicians are certified for this specific site, get them and their equipment physically out to a location that may only be reachable by CTV or helicopter on a weather-dependent transfer window, and get them through a site operator's own safety induction that Scanel does not control and does not write. Three logistics problems sit in front of the electrical work itself, and this chart is what keeps any of the three from being discovered on the day of mobilization instead of before it.
The two decision points carry the chart's real weight, and the first is the one this SOP is built around. "All assigned technicians hold current GWO and offshore safety certification for this site?" is not a paperwork check run for the file: GWO Basic Safety Training, sea survival, working at height and the site's own add-on requirements (helicopter transfer training for some platforms, CTV transfer training for others) either cover the technician for that specific site today, or they do not, and a gap routes straight to "Reassign a certified technician or schedule required GWO/safety training" with no exception for schedule pressure, a booked transfer slot, or a customer waiting on site. The second decision, "Inspection and testing results acceptable for demobilization?", closes the loop at the other end: a technician does not board the return transfer with an open item, so a fail routes to "Remedy outstanding work items on site before demobilizing" and back through inspection rather than into demobilization on an assumption that it can be finished remotely later.
Every row also carries a named owner and an hours figure through the built-in People and Workload columns. Derek Holt, Scanel's ServiceDesk and dispatch coordinator, owns the travel and mobilization planning, the dispatch step and demobilization itself, so the workload panel can show whether his hours are realistically spread across two jobs mobilizing the same week or quietly double-booked; Tobias Rhodes's HSE hours cluster in the certification gate and the site induction, and Anders Vane's inspection hours sit with the demobilization gate, so the panel can find each specialty's real load. This chart deliberately stops at "Execute scheduled electrical work under site permit-to-work" without narrating how that work is performed; the Marine Electrical Installation, High-Voltage Electrical Work and ATEX/EEx Equipment Service SOPs cover that, depending on what the job actually is, and this SOP is what gets a certified technician and the right equipment to the site and back.
What this flowchart covers
In this template
- Project intake and the run-up to the competence gate, from "Offshore/wind project mobilization request received" through "Confirm site, scope and access requirements against project plan" to "Check technician certifications against site requirements (GWO, offshore safety training)"
- The competence gate itself: "All assigned technicians hold current GWO and offshore safety certification for this site?" branches to "Reassign a certified technician or schedule required GWO/safety training" on any gap, looping back through the certification check rather than mobilizing an uncertified technician on a schedule exception
- Equipment and travel logistics across the "Field Electrical" and "ServiceDesk" lanes: "Prepare equipment, tools and PPE for site conditions" and "Plan travel and mobilization logistics (transport, accommodation, weather window)" before a technician sets foot on a transfer vessel or helicopter
- Site induction and work execution: "Complete site safety induction and permit-to-work briefing" gates "Execute scheduled electrical work under site permit-to-work", so the site operator's own safety rules are in force before a single tool is picked up
- The demobilization gate: "Inspection and testing results acceptable for demobilization?" branches to "Remedy outstanding work items on site before demobilizing" on a fail rather than letting a technician demobilize with an open item
- Named owners and hours on every row via the People and Workload columns, so the workload BI panel can show Derek Holt's dispatch and logistics hours clustering across mobilization and demobilization while Tobias Rhodes's certification and induction hours sit in "HSE / Compliance"
When to use this template
- You're mobilizing technicians to an offshore platform, a wind turbine installation or a remote onshore renewable site and need the certification, logistics and induction steps fixed on one chart instead of relying on whoever is coordinating that week's dispatch
- You want the GWO and offshore safety certification check to be a real, enforced gate rather than something a busy dispatcher assumes was done on a previous job
- A mobilization has been delayed or cancelled at the harbour because a technician's certification had lapsed, and you want that caught during planning instead of at the transfer point
- You're onboarding a new dispatch coordinator or HSE lead and need a reference for exactly which checks happen before travel is booked and which happen before work execution starts on site
- You're scoping a job against Scanel's Marine Electrical Installation SOP or High-Voltage Electrical Work SOP and need to confirm this mobilization SOP is the one that governs getting a certified technician to a remote offshore or wind site and back, while the other SOP governs the work itself
How it works
Replace the lanes with your actual mobilization roles
This chart uses ServiceDesk, HSE / Compliance, Field Electrical, Project Manager and Customer. If a separate travel desk books transfers independently of the dispatcher who confirms the schedule, give it its own lane rather than folding it into ServiceDesk — the handoff is usually where a booking gets assumed done by someone who assumed someone else did it.
Put your own certification requirements on the competence gate
"All assigned technicians hold current GWO and offshore safety certification for this site?" needs the actual module set and expiry rule your sites require, including any site-specific add-on like helicopter or CTV transfer training, not just "checked against the file". Write the accepted requirements into the row's comment field so the person verifying it isn't relying on memory.
Name who has the authority to call Not certified
The competence decision is the one branch in this chart that cannot be overridden by a booked transfer slot or a customer waiting on site. Attach a named role, not just a title, to "All assigned technicians hold current GWO and offshore safety certification for this site?" so there's no ambiguity about who can pull a technician from a mobilization.
Set People and Workload on every row before you rely on the BI panel
The workload panel can only total hours for rows that carry them. Fill in People and Workload for each step as you adapt the chart, using realistic effort hours rather than elapsed time, so a week with two mobilizations booked actually shows up as a busy week for the right dispatcher or specialist.
Decide what counts as a demobilization-blocking result
"Inspection and testing results acceptable for demobilization?" is only useful if the inspector and the technician agree in advance on what triggers the Not acceptable branch — a marginal test reading, an unsigned permit closeout, equipment left uninstalled. List examples directly in "Remedy outstanding work items on site before demobilizing" so the call isn't interpreted differently by whoever happens to be on site that trip.
Frequently asked questions
What triggers the start of the offshore/wind mobilization process?
The process starts at "Offshore/wind project mobilization request received": the customer or Scanel's own project team confirms the site, whether an offshore platform, a wind turbine installation or an onshore renewable site, along with the scope of work and the access window. Certification checks, equipment prep and travel planning all key off this record.
What happens if a technician's GWO certification isn't current for this site?
The "All assigned technicians hold current GWO and offshore safety certification for this site?" decision routes a gap straight to "Reassign a certified technician or schedule required GWO/safety training", and the certification check runs again once that's resolved. There is no exception for a booked transfer slot or a customer waiting on site: a technician without current GWO certification does not go, full stop.
Who has the authority to hold a technician back from mobilization?
In this chart the competence gate sits with the HSE / Compliance role, Tobias Rhodes, not with the dispatcher booking travel or the technician themselves. Naming that authority explicitly is what keeps schedule pressure from turning a certification gap into a risk someone quietly accepts.
Why does the site safety induction happen after dispatch instead of before travel is booked?
"Complete site safety induction and permit-to-work briefing" is run by the site operator, not by Scanel, and it is specific to that site's muster points, comms channels and permit system. It happens after the technician is dispatched because it can only happen once they are physically at the site or the site's onboarding point, but the chart still gates "Execute scheduled electrical work under site permit-to-work" behind it: no tool is picked up before induction is signed off.
How is this different from Scanel's Marine Electrical Installation SOP?
The Marine Electrical Installation SOP starts from a defined scope of work and assumes the technician can already reach the site and is already qualified to be there. This SOP exists for offshore and wind sites where neither is a safe assumption: it adds the certification gate, the travel and mobilization logistics, and the site induction before work execution, and it deliberately does not describe how the electrical work itself is performed.
Does this SOP describe how the electrical work on site is actually performed?
No. "Execute scheduled electrical work under site permit-to-work" is a single row on purpose. The Marine Electrical Installation SOP, the High-Voltage Electrical Work SOP or the ATEX/EEx Equipment Service SOP describe how that work is performed, depending on what the job is; this SOP covers everything that has to happen before a certified technician can start that work at a remote site, and everything that has to happen to get them and their equipment home again.
Where this process fits
In most operations this process hands off to Marine Electrical Installation SOP.
It is one step in Marine electrical.
Step 1: Offshore / Wind Project Mobilization SOP You are here
An offshore and wind project mobilization SOP for Scanel: a hard GWO and offshore safety certification gate, equipment and travel logistics, site safety induction, work execution and a demobilization test-result gate.
Step 2: Marine Electrical Installation SOP
A marine electrical installation SOP for Scanel: engineering review, material verification, work preparation, hands-on installation, a workmanship inspection gate, de-energized checks, documentation and handover to commissioning.