Q14. Thinking about the high-performing and busy IIMS website - www.iims.org.uk - how often do you visit it?


I am an infrequent visitor to the site


I visit the site a couple of times a month


32%


I visit the site perhaps once a week


47% 16%


Comment: It is of concern that almost half the membership (47%) are infrequent visitors to the website. There is work to do to persuade members of the value of the website.


4%


I pop on most days and have a look


I never visit the IIMS web site


1%


Q15. Staying with the website for a moment and, assuming you use it, which areas are of most interest to you?


News articles and current maritime affairs


Accessing the Report Magazine and/ or monthly News Bulletins


41% 52%


My


membership page and account


34%


Browsing what’s on - forthcoming IIMS and other marine events


34%


Browsing the dozens of marine resources and links


23% 22%


22%


Comment: The obvious ‘candidates’ topped the survey, but looking down the list, browsing what’s on (34%), browsing marine resources (23%) and browsing safety briefings (23%) all made a good showing.


Browsing the databank of copyright


5% 4%


free images offered by IIMS


None of the above as I do not visit the IIMS website


Booking online seminars and training events


Accessing the surveyor search engine


Browsing the databank of safety briefings and accident reports


21% 19%


65%


Q17. When you have had contact with the IIMS head office, how helpful and efficient have we been in dealing with us?


Always very efficient


Usually quite efficient


contacted head office


25% 7%


Comment: The head office team were given a resounding vote of thanks with 90% saying the team is always (65%) or usually quite efficient (25%).


I have not


Difficult to deal with


2% 1%


Not very efficient


Q18. When you think about other marine surveying (or similar organisations) that you belong to, or know of, how highly would you rank IIMS?


CPD App web version login


I rank IIMS higher than most other similar organisations


I rank IIMS higher than some other similar organisations


44%


15% 24%


I have no opinion


16%


I rank IIMS no better and no worse than other similar organisations


Comment: The overall approval rating for IIMS was high with 68% stating they ranked IIMS higher than most (44%) or some other organisations (24%). Surprisingly 16% had no opinion.


I rank other 1%


organisations higher than IIMS


Q16. At this time IIMS does not recommend any specific report writing software. But we are interested to know your thoughts on this subject.


It is something I am considering over the next year or two


Nope not for me - I prefer to write and present my reports just as I have done for years


45%


6% 31%


Great and modern way to write a report and I am using report writing software


18%


I have tried it but it was not for me


Comment: This question drew some interesting verbatim comments about report writing software. Still the majority are considering it (45%) with a further 31% saying it is not for them. However, 18% are actively using software.


“ 38 | The Report • September 2022 • Issue 101


Mike Schwarz, Chief Executive Officer, shares his thoughts on the findings in the following statement.


Firstly, a big thank you to all those who took time to complete and return the survey. It shows that there is strong member engagement with over 250 making time to do so. My initial


thoughts having seen the results and studied the verbatim comments at length are that there is a lot of love and respect for IIMS, and acknowledgement for the effort my team and I put in to create an innovative forward- thinking organisation befitting its members. Whilst that clearly is the case, there can be no room for complacency and still more is to be done to further the credentials of the Institute and its members to the wider maritime world. We have the desire to further improve what we do for our members and how we do it.


One or two findings surprised me. Although not a massively high score, to know that members are using the IIMS network to move surveying jobs round to other


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