Promoting Onshore Planners' Ability to Address Offshore Safety Hazards

With new generations of Integrated Operation, the number of offshore staff may be reduced and more tasks allocated to onshore staff. As a consequence, onshore planners may increasingly be required to address safety hazards when planning for task performance offshore. The chapter addresses the question of how onshore planners' ability to address offshore safety hazards during planning of maintenance and modification tasks can be promoted by use of visualization technology. The study was performed using the IO Maintenance and Modification Planner. Eight domain experts participated in the study, performing in all thirteen scenarios of 30-40 minutes duration. Data was obtained from system logs, participant interviews, questionnaires, and expert judgments. The outcome of the study suggested that visualisation of planned jobs on a geographical representation of the decks at the installation, in combination with indications of associated safety hazards, served to promote onshore planners ability to address offshore safety hazards.