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30 Maritime Professional 3Q 2011OSC continually upgrade the software in the BOURBON simulators, ensuring that the systems are always cutting edge, and so that ?we are not stuck with something thatwill become completely outdated.? The escalation in workforce has stayed solid, even as the global economy has soured. It is a strategic initiative laid out in BOURBON?s Horizon 2012 strategic plan, which sought to double the number of employees between 2008 and 2011. Despite the economic downturn, BOURBON maintains its plan laid out in its Horizon2012 strategic plan which sought to double the number of employees between 2008 and 2012. ?We are on target,? Dambrin said. ?At the end of 2010 we have 8350 people (from 70 countries; 81% are seafarers), and last year alone we recruited 1,500.? INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE While proficiency is an obvious benefit of the simula- tion training, Dambrin sees the value as a bigger pictureinvestment in its employees. ?It is one of the ways to improve the overall safety of the operations,? he said. ?One of the very positive conse- Anti-Piracy Training Offshore Simulator Center (OSC) Offshore Simulator Center AS (OSC), headquarter in Ålesund, Norway, delivers offshore simulators and training concepts. OSC was founded in 2004 based on a market need for more efficient training of personnel involved in demanding offshore operations, and is owned by: Rolls- Royce Marine AS, Farstad Shipping ASA, Aalesund University College(Høgskolen i Ålesund), and Marintek. Based on operational knowhowfrom the Norwegian maritime cluster, advanced computer technology and mathematics, OSC provides some of the world?s most advanced sim- ulators for Anchor Handling and Platform Supply Vessel operations. Top- of-class 3D graphics display and a simulator core that can be interfaced with all required vessel systems and equipment makes the simulatorexperience very realistic. Together with Norway?s Aalesund University College, OSC implemented a unique training concept for team-basedtraining of offshore vessel crews. OSC can also provide complete train- ing center design & layout services, using modern 3D visualization soft- ware and applying professional artistic/design skills. In 2010 OSC introduced advanced crane simulation, with a specialfocus on lifting operations related to subsea operations, said Monsholm.?Using intelligent software and interfaces we are able to produce solu- tions where we can change the vessel?s environment including altering the weather, winds, waves and time of day at the touch of a button,? said Monsolm. www.offsim.no Arne Monsolm CEO, OSC?In 2011 we will finalize the world?s biggest offshore simula- tor center in Australia.? Bridge room of the AHTS simulator in the BOURBON Training center Asia. (Copyright: BOURBON)(Copyright: BOURBON)Deck room of the AHTS simulator in the BOURBON Training center Marseille. MP #3 (18-33):MP Layouts 8/17/2011 4:12 PM Page 30