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
NLHO S-101 preparation / S-104 and S-111
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 4 consecutive days in March 2026, with dates remaining flexible to suit the applicants schedule.
Purpose of secondment: To enhance operational readiness, working on customising conversion mappings to ensure seamless integration and data integrity. Gain hands-on experience with the production workflows for S-104 (Water Level Information) and S-111 (Surface Currents).
Desired outcomes / benefits: Opportunity for NLHO, other Members and IC-ENC to improve practices, build technical proficiency and support strategic goals of digital transformation.
Structure:
S-101 preparation:
The secondee will work with members of the NL internal S-100 team on preparing (source) data to be able to produce both S-57 and S-101 ENCs. Or S-101 from S-57 ENCs.
Experiment with our S-101 tooling, possibly using your own data. Convert from S-57 to S-101.
Review Conversion and build knowledge and experience with customization of mapping (S-57 to S-101 Conversion).
S-104 and S-111:
Secondee will be introduced to the production of S-104 and S-111 by NL tidal expert and senior software engineer.
Experiment with NL S-100 tooling, possibly using your own data.
Discuss strengths and weaknesses.
Share findings and/or recommendations with the wider IC-ENC community.
Secondee requirements:
Experience with IC-ENC.
Experience with CARIS HPD / CARIS S-57 Composer.
Good communication skills in Dutch or English.
Qualifications for nautical cartography.
Optional: Bring your HO’s S-57 ENCs or S-57 Data(.HOB) as well as water level en currents data.
Pre-work: Online initial conversation is appreciated and could be part of the approval process.
Follow up work: NLHO will be available for consultations following the secondment. 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: Up to 2 attendees
Language: English or Dutch
Deadline for applications: Sunday 30th November 2025
To read more about the secondment scheme policy and working practice, please click here
Read about the latest Member to Member secondment here.
UKHO Quality Management Systems & ISO9001 familiarisation
Dates and timeframe: The secondment will take place across 2 weeks in January, with dates remaining flexible.
Purpose of secondment: To share experiences of UKHO’s approach to managing quality, its quality management system, and ISO9001 accreditation
Desired outcomes / benefits: The secondee will be given the opportunity to gain a formal qualification as either a ISO9001 Internal Auditor or ISO9001 Lead Auditor (course dependent on secondee experience). The successful applicant will then be able to apply the learning within their home office in order to develop own quality management practices. Content will include: ISO9001 principles and practical application, internal auditing, governance, management reporting, continuous improvement.
Structure: During week one, the secondee will be enrolled onto the Bywater ISO9001 course which will conclude with a formal exam. During week two the secondee will be embedded within the UKHO Business Assurance Team and have the opportunity to visit multiple functions across the organisation to see how ISO9001 principles have been adopted in practice. The secondee may have opportunity to do some of their own work when time allows.
Secondee requirements: This opportunity would suit a managerial level individual who is responsible for departmental/HO outputs, with authority to recommend/implement improvement activity. Secondee will need to bring their own laptop.
Pre-work: Familiarisation with ISO9001 Standard. Online sessions with UKHO team.
Follow up work: Online support/mentoring from UKHO team if secondee is setting up own quality management system. 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: 1 attendee
Language: English
Deadline for applications: Monday 28th October 2024
Read about the first Member to Member secondment, hosted by UKHO in August 2024 - Click here
To read more about the secondment scheme policy and working practice, please click 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