IC-ENC Secondment Opportunities
Secondments have been identified as an important scheme for IC-ENC to ensure it remains up to date with understanding the membership, whilst also allowing Members to share skills, knowledge and experiences.
Some key benefits:
Familiarisation: To gain a general understanding of other office processes. To have insight into the inner workings of how a different HO operates.
Skill building: To acquire or advance skills which can later be shared with the Secondee’s HO once the new skills have been practiced.
Networking: Interacting with fellow Members to exchange information and develop relationships.
Knowledge sharing: To share greater knowledge of a topic with the Secondee which can later be shared with their HO.
We believe that this program will not only benefit our Members individually, but also strengthen our global collaboration.
To read more about the scheme’s policy and working practice, please click here.
“The knowledge and skills I have received are crucial not only for my personal development, but also for taking ENHD's quality management initiatives forward.”
- Hassan El-Halawany, Head of Hydrographic Division in the Egyptian Navy Hydrographic Department (secondment within UKHO)
Open Opportunities
Data Validation, Compilation and S-101
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 2 weeks from Monday 20 April - Friday 1 May 2026
Purpose of secondment:
To share IHM knowledge and experience in cartographic data validation, compilation and S-101 production.
Desired outcomes / benefits: This secondment will equip the secondee with the skills and knowledge needed to independently produce their own S‑101 products
Structure: Secondee will sit within Hydrography-Cartography room with Hydrography-Cartography staff.
Secondee requirements:
Fluent in Spanish
Knowledge about processing data with CARIS, HPD and various software required
Pre-work: An MS Teams call will be arranged with the successful secondee before planning begins.
Follow up work:
Online support for the secondee if implementing new methods in their home office
The secondee is to provide a journal/article to IC-ENC sharing their experience. Secondee to share their learnings at IC-ENC Technical Conference or Steering Committee (if appropriate). Any relevant information to be shared with Members via the IC-ENC LMS
Capacity: 1 attendee
Language: Spanish
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th February 2026
Data Processing and S-102 Production
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 2 weeks from Monday 18 May - Friday 29 May 2026
Purpose of secondment:
To share IHM knowledge and experience in hydrographic data processing and S-102 production
Desired outcomes / benefits: Will help secondee to produce own S-102 products
Structure: Secondee will sit within Hydrography-Cartography room with Hydrography-Cartography staff
Secondee requirements:
Fluent in Spanish.
Knowledge about processing data with CARIS, HPD and various software required
Pre-work: An MS Teams call will be arranged with the successful secondee before planning begins.
Follow up work:
Online support for the secondee if implementing new methods in their home office
Secondee to provide a journal / article to IC-ENC sharing their experience. Secondee to share their learnings at IC-ENC Technical Conference. Any relevant information to be shared with Members via the IC-ENC LMS
Capacity: 1 attendee
Language: Spanish
Deadline for applications: Friday 6th February 2026
ESRI Production and S-101 Transition
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 2 weeks from Monday 1 June - Friday 12 June 2026
Purpose of secondment:
Knowledge and expertise transfer
Secondee will gain familiarity with the ESRI production system as they transition to S-101 and S-57 dual fuel production
Desired outcomes / benefits:
To build professional networks across HOs
To enhance understanding and collaboration between different members of IC-ENCs
Structure:
The secondees to work across all of the Office of Coast Survey
Potential to work on survey vessels
Secondee requirements:
Understanding of ENCs and basic Hydrography
It would be helpful for the secondee to bring their own ENCs, but this is not required
Comfortable spending a full day onboard a vessel
Pre-work: One online advisory meeting (1 hour, one week before the secondment)
Follow up work:
Secondee to provide a journal/article to IC-ENC sharing their experience. Secondee to share their learnings at IC-ENC Technical Conference or Steering Committee (if appropriate). Any relevant information to be shared with Members via the IC-ENC LMS
Capacity: 2 attendees
Language: English
Deadline for applications: Friday 20th February 2026
BSH: Example conversion of Lights List into S-125 service with S‑128 catalogue generation
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 2 weeks from Tuesday 2 June - Thursday 11 June 2026
Purpose of secondment:
Development of understanding on how to structure nautical information to make it suitable for further product development, prototyping S-125 and S-128 datasets
Desired outcomes / benefits: Capability to initiate production of S-12X datasets
Structure: The secondee will sit within the The Nautical Editorial Section
Secondee requirements:
Nautical background and knowledge of S-100 Product Specification for nautical publications would be beneficial
Basic programming skills are appreciated but not a must
Pre-work:
An MS Teams call will be arranged with the successful secondee before planning begins
It would be beneficial if the nautical information (test data of the secondee’s national area) is available in English language and in digital format
Preferably (comprehensive) knowledge of the S-12X data structure
Follow up work: The secondee is to provide a journal/article to IC-ENC sharing their experience. Secondee to share their learnings at IC-ENC Technical Conference or Steering Committee (if appropriate). Any relevant information to be shared with Members via the IC-ENC LMS.
Capacity: 1 attendee
Language: English
Deadline for applications: Friday 13th February 2026
To read more about the secondment scheme policy and working practice, please click here
Read about the latest Member to Member secondment here.
IHM (Spain)
S-101 & S-102
Upcoming Opportunities
NOAA (USA)
S-101 & Gridding
Dubai Municipality
Opportunity to be confirmed
SHN (Venezuela)
Opportunity to be confirmed
ENHD (Egypt)
Opportunity to be confirmed
Member Experiences
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Strengthening Collaboration
IHM on the benefits of hosting secondments
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United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
UKHO Quality Management Systems & ISO9001 - 2025
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Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina
Bathymetric Data Processing
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Australia Hydrographic Office
IC-ENC Validation Overview
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Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina
Compilation & validation of S-101 cartographic data
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Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service
S-102 Focus
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United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
UKHO Quality Management Systems & ISO9001
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Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service
S-57 to S-101 Conversion/Validation
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Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency
Transferring Nautical Publications into S-100 products
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Instituto Hidrográfico de la Marina
Technical strengthening in Hydrographic Databases
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One Year on from My Secondment
Reflections, Progress, and What’s Next
We welcome ALL secondment ideas in order to make sure we meet the unique needs and goals of our Members.
If your office would like to host a secondment, please complete the short form by clicking the button below.
“These secondments are an excellent opportunity to collaborate between hydrographic services at such a crucial time for the hydrographic community, transferring knowledge and facilitating the sharing of experience, best practices and technical expertise across different teams or institutions.”
- Lt Cdr Luis Javier Gomez Saavedra, IHM, on the benefits of hosting a secondment