Last Thursday, RTS had the pleasure of welcoming all 34 students from the Offshore Survey Operations study at Høgskolen på Vestlandet (HVL). RTS is the first company to be visited as part of the students’ practical introduction to the offshore industry.

The day started with presentations about RTS as both a technology developer and provider of subsea survey equipment rental, and the vital services we provide to the industry.

The first session, “From Satellite to Seabed”, gave the students an overview of how different technologies must work together to ensure accurate results in seabed mapping and inspections. They also learned why terms like baseline, offset values, and timestamp are essential in this context.

A detailed walkthrough of multiplexing, including the new RTS Gen 6 Multiplexer, showed why this product has been a global standard in signal harvesting for many years. The importance of inertial navigation (INS) and Doppler Velocity Log (DVL) was also explained through demonstrations of the RTS Nemo.

After lunch, the group was split into three:
In the RTS workshop, David Byrne demonstrated production and testing of the new RTS Gen 6 multiplexer

Hein Inge Wiik presented the RTS Nemo and gave a tour of the quayside, where students saw the custom-built RTS Anglerfish, used for Nemo calibration.

Ivar Ersland spoke on the importance of attitude monitoring during large structure installations and presented the RTS CUBE and RTS CUBE/SDM – systems that have been used globally in more than 300 projects.

It was a pleasure to host such an engaged group of students, and we look forward to following their journey into the offshore industry!