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

There are no upcoming events at this time.


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


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