IIMS Certifying Authority spring training


The annual spring training event for CA examiners, but open to any surveyor, will take place on Monday 13 May at Trafalgar Wharf starting at 09.15.


This year the training has a different emphasis on it. We have two sub 24 metre vessels at our disposal in the yard and the aim is to code both vessels working in groups and complete two mocks SCV2 forms.


Once the exercise is completed by mid afternoon, the group will head across the road to the IIMS office to discuss the codings and documentation in more detail.


The cost of the day’s training is £120 and includes lunch. Please reserve your place at the IIMS website at https://bit.ly/2vqyjGP


Marine Surveyor Search App short help tutorial video launched


IIMS has prepared and released a short tutorial video, four minutes in length, to help people get started with the new Marine Surveyor Search App and to show its ease of use. The video can be accessed from the IIMS YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84iPLaYIcBI.


IIMS launched the App for iOS and Android devices in the past couple of months and it makes finding a commercial or yacht and small craft marine surveyor by area or specialisation fast and simple. Not only a key benefit for members of IIMS, it will make the search for a surveyor easier for the boating and yachting public, brokers, P&I Clubs, marine insurers - in fact anyone needing the services of a marine surveyor on an occasional or regular basis.


The App can be downloaded in the usual way from either the Google Play Store or App Store. Just search for ‘Marine Surveyor Search’.


The content is drawn from the current IIMS practicing surveyor membership database, which has been loaded in its entirety into the App – nearly 800 surveyors in over 100 countries worldwide.


Key features of the App include a simple search function by name, by skill set and by location, including the nearest port in the case of commercial ship surveyors. Additionally, the App will allow users to rate a surveyor, store favourites and see recently searches. Communication with a chosen surveyor is simple with contact being made by email or telephone at the press of a button.


Take up of the new App is steady and IIMS is embarking on a marketing campaign to gain further traction. But there is activity taking place. Those who have downloaded the App are browsing surveyor listings and some calls and emails have been made to listed surveyors.


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