Pisys 3- and 4-Leg Jack-Up Training Simulators provide a highly realistic environment for training and assessing personnel involved in Rig and Barge jacking operations.

Real Scenarios, Better Results

Used globally to assist in training & assessment programs, the simulators allow Rig Operators, Barge Engineers and Jacking Control Operators to experience an unlimited range of marine operations scenarios without exposing personnel, equipment or assets to real-world risk. Learn more simulation-based training in the energy sector.

The Jack-Up Training Simulator is part of the wider Pisys range of operator training simulators for offshore operations, control room training and emergency response.

Jackup vessel status

Replicates Actual Jacking Panel Hardware

Realistic instrumentation and control panels replicate the layout and operation of actual jack-up systems, allowing trainees to practise decision-making in an environment closely aligned with real operations.

Instructors can alter operating conditions, introduce faults and events, monitor trainee actions and record complete exercises for subsequent assessment and debriefing.

Training exercises can also be paused at any stage, allowing instructors and students to review the situation, discuss available options and plan the next course of action before continuing.

High Realism

Students can be challenged with varying seabed and soil conditions, preload operations, stability issues, changing weather, Rack Phase Differential events, punch-throughs and complete rig move scenarios.

Jacking operation

High-Fidelity Engineering Simulation

The simulator uses dynamic mathematical models to continuously calculate the forces acting on the jack-up structure and elevation system.

These include drag and inertia forces generated by vessel movement, current, waves and wind.

Site-specific bearing-capacity curves can be configured to represent different seabed and soil conditions beneath each leg. These are used to calculate the vertical forces acting on the legs as the vessel is elevated from the water to its required air gap.

Critical events such as uneven leg loading, leg inclination and unexpected punch-through can therefore be recreated in a controlled and repeatable training environment.

Addressing the major gaps in Jack-Up training

  • Practice High-Risk Operations safely

    Many critical jack-up operations offer very limited opportunities for real-world training.

    The simulator allows operators to practise complex and potentially hazardous tasks without placing personnel, vessels or equipment at risk.

  • Recreate Complex Seabed and Environmental Conditions

    Real operations can be influenced by soil strength, seabed friction, waves, wind, current and vessel movement.

    The simulator recreates these conditions dynamically, allowing trainees to understand how changing environmental and seabed conditions affect the behaviour of the vessel and its legs.

  • Reduce Training Cost and Operational Downtime

    Simulator-based training allows organisations to develop and assess operator competence away from the operational asset.

    Personnel can practise procedures and emergency responses before mobilisation, helping improve readiness while reducing the cost, downtime and risk associated with training on live equipment.

  • Improve Assessment and Debriefing

    Instructors can monitor trainee actions throughout an exercise and record the complete operation for structured debriefing and competency assessment.

    Exercises can also be paused to review developing situations, discuss decisions and explore alternative actions.

  • Operate in both Imperial and Metric units

    A single-switch option allows the complete simulator to toggle between Metric and Imperial units, making the system suitable for operators and training organisations working to different regional standards.

Simulation Capabilities

  • Afloat to Air-gap & Air-gap to Afloat operations.
  • Stability control and leg inclination
  • Configurable seabed / soil conditions under each leg
  • Variable load movement and changing centre of gravity
  • Punch-through events
  • Tank and spud-can preloading
  • Seabed friction and freeing of “sticky” legs
  • Motor over-current conditions
  • Jacking brake overheating
  • Changing wind, wave and current conditions
  • Rack Phase Differential (RPD) events
  • Single-chord jacking
  • Fire and gas detection systems
  • Firefighting systems
  • Rig Move scenarios
  • Mooring deployment
  • Tow-line operations
  • Anchor Handling Tug (AHT) management

Built for Training, Assessment and Competency Development

The Pisys Jack-Up Training Simulator gives instructors the freedom to create repeatable exercises ranging from routine jacking operations to complex abnormal and emergency scenarios.

By allowing personnel to experience events that would be difficult, expensive or unsafe to reproduce offshore, the simulator helps organisations develop better-prepared operators, improve decision-making and reduce operational risk.

What Our Customers Say

A Fantastic Tool

The Pisys simulator has been excellent. It’s a fantastic tool, the customer service has been exemplary, and any project management we’ve needed has been superb.

John Morgan Qatar International Training Centre

Configurability

One of the strengths of the Pisys Training Simulator is that it is easy to change it, add to it, and improve it.

Trevor Riley 3T

Huge Business Benefits

Overall the Pisys OTS simulator is a massive benefit to our business and we're really excited about the new opportunities we're getting as customers find out what we can offer.

Peter Preece FMTC

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