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
BSH Source to Service: an exemplary process of a S-1XX production
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 2 weeks from Monday 4 May - Friday 15 May 2026
Purpose of secondment:
Development of understanding on how to process and structure sources (e.g. nautical information, bathymetric surveys, wrack information) to make them suitable for further S-1XX compliant product development
Establishing S-1XX data production methods
Visualisation
Desired outcomes / benefits: Capability to initiate production of S-1XX datasets
Structure: The secondee will sit within the The Nautical Information Service
Secondee requirements:
Nautical, cartographic or IT background is necessary
Knowledge of several S-100 based Product Specification for would be beneficial
Preferably (comprehensive) knowledge of the S-1XX data structure
Beneficial if test data of the secondee’s national area are available in English language and in digital format
Pre-work: An MS Teams call will be arranged with the successful secondee before planning begins.
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 16th January 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