AI Marine Operations Administrator · Australia

The dive is the quick part. The paperwork is the week.

Marlo builds the quote pack from the vessel particulars, drafts approval requests from your own templates, pre-fills the dive pack, keeps the diver and equipment currency register current, and writes up the job afterwards. Your supervisor signs every plan and you approve every submission.

  • Human approval
  • Dive and safety calls stay human
  • Records in your systems
WORKER / SF/24 AVAILABLE FOR AUDIT
Marine operations administrator

Marlo

The job pack for the supervisor who also runs the dive.

ON MARLO'S SHIFT
MON

Build the quote pack from the vessel particulars and berth

CHECK
TUE

Draft the approval requests and pre-fill the dive pack

APPROVE
THU

Check every ticket, medical and certificate on the job is current

CHECK
FRI

Hand off the post-job report, record entry and invoice draft

HANDOFF
MODE HUMAN APPROVALSAFETY ESCALATE

[ THE JOB PACK ]

A complete pack before the dive. A complete record after it.

For every job, each approval, plan and currency check is in the pack or on a dated gap list before the dive date, and the photos, logs, receipts and record entry are filed before the invoice goes out.

01

Quote pack

Build the quote pack from the vessel's length, draft, coating, last clean, fouling condition, berth and access, with every missing particular named.

02

Approval requests

Draft the port, marine-park, owner and agent requests one job needs from your own templates and approval list.

03

Dive pack

Pre-fill the dive plan, risk assessment, SWMS, permit to work and emergency contacts from your templates for the supervisor to sign.

04

Currency register

Check each diver's medical and tickets, each equipment certificate and the vessel's survey dates against the job, and flag any expiry.

05

Post-job report

Assemble the before and after photos, transcribe the dive logs, collate the disposal receipts and draft the biofouling record entry.

06

Invoice and next clean

Draft the invoice from the approved quote and set the reminder for the vessel's next clean.

Excluded work: any dive, safety or environmental decision, any sign-off or certification, any lodgement with a port, authority or vessel owner, any statement of what a regulation requires, and any pricing or subcontractor selection. These stay with your supervisor and director.

[ START WITH ONE WORKFLOW ]

Choose the pack to keep complete.

Read access to your templates, the shared job folder, the inbox the enquiries land in and your crew and equipment certificate copies is mapped at onboarding. A folder and spreadsheet workflow also works.

WORKFLOW / 01PRE-DIVE PACK

Approvals and dive plan

Draft the approval requests and pre-fill the dive pack for each job, with a dated gap list for anything missing.

START
Enquiry, vessel particulars and your templates
DONE
Pack complete or every gap dated and owned
HUMAN
Supervisor signs, director lodges
WORKFLOW / 02CURRENCY

Ticket and certificate check

Check every diver, equipment item and vessel named on a job against the copies you hold and flag each expiry.

START
Crew list, equipment list and certificate copies
DONE
Each item current or flagged with its expiry
HUMAN
Decides who dives and what goes in the water
WORKFLOW / 03POST-JOB RECORD

Report, record entry and invoice

Assemble the photos, logs and receipts into the report, draft the record entry and the invoice, and set the next-clean reminder.

START
Photos, dive logs and disposal receipts
DONE
Report, record entry and invoice ready for review
HUMAN
Approves the report and releases the invoice

[ THE APPROVAL LANES ]

What Marlo does.
What your team decides.

Internal record and drafting work runs within the agreed scope. Anything that leaves your operation waits for a named human. Every dive, safety, environmental and commercial decision remains with your supervisor and director.

GREEN

DOES-IT-ALONE

Internal records and drafts within the agreed workflow.

  • Build the quote pack from vessel particulars and name every missing item
  • Draft approval and notification requests from your templates and approval list
  • Pre-fill the dive plan, risk assessment, SWMS and permit to work from your templates
  • Check diver, equipment and vessel currency against the job and flag expiries
  • Assemble the post-job report, draft the record entry, invoice and next-clean reminder
AMBER

APPROVE

A named human approves before release or external contact.

  • Send any quote, approval request, notification or request for quote
  • Issue any dive plan, SWMS or permit to work for signature
  • Release any post-job report, record entry or invoice
  • Change any template, approval list or register structure
RED

NEVER

Outside Marlo's authority.

  • Decide dive method, depth, gas, team size, weather, capture adequacy or go or no-go
  • Sign, certify or declare any plan, SWMS, permit, record entry or disposal document
  • Lodge or submit anything to a port, authority, marine park, vessel owner or agent
  • State what a regulation, permit condition or standard requires
  • Set a price, select a subcontractor or accept a method on your behalf
  • Direct divers or crew, or make employment or contractor decisions

[ MINIMUM ACCESS ]

Your job records stay yours.

The job folder, templates and registers live in your systems or a client-owned sheet. Marlo keeps no copy of diver medical details or vessel owner information beyond the engagement. Access begins read-only; a register write requires your express grant.

The load audit uses one de-identified past job pack and your blank templates. Live data access and retention are mapped during onboarding.

  1. 01

    Map inputs

    Identify the enquiry inbox, templates, job folder, crew and equipment certificate copies and approval list.

  2. 02

    Set access

    Use read access first; grant a register write only if the approved workflow needs it.

  3. 03

    Test fictional cases

    Test an expired ticket, a missing approval before a dive date, an incomplete disposal record and a safety concern.

  4. 04

    Name approvers

    Name who signs plans, who lodges requests, who releases reports and invoices, and who receives escalations.

[ OPERATING SPECIFICATION ]

Proposed turnaround.
Confirmed at onboarding.

Proposed timings are a quote pack within one business day of the enquiry, the pre-dive pack and currency check ready two business days before the dive date, and the post-job report within two business days of the dive. The delivery team confirms these against your job volume during onboarding.

Example output — fictional job A
Pre-dive pack complete; all approvals drafted and lodged by your director
Example output — fictional job B
Diver medical expires before dive date; flagged to supervisor
Example output — fictional job C
Marine-park request not yet drafted; dated gap with owner
Example output — fictional job D
Post-job report, record entry and invoice drafted for review
Weekly measures
Jobs quoted; packs complete or gapped before dive date
Weekly measures
Currency flags raised; reports and invoices awaiting release
CONTROL / 01ONBOARDING

Start with one past job

Set up read access, load your templates and approval list, rebuild one de-identified past job pack and review it with your supervisor.

CONTROL / 02CAPACITY

Size the seat to the work

The delivery team confirms a range of jobs per month and vessels per seat. Beyond it, narrow the scope or add a seat.

CONTROL / 03ESCALATION

Surface gaps to a person

Escalate every expired ticket or certificate on a job, every approval still missing inside your lead time, and every question about what a rule requires.

CONTROL / 04SAFETY

Immediate human handoff

Any document that appears to involve a diving, vessel or environmental incident goes straight to your named person, outside the standard queue.

Capacity and turnaround are confirmed during onboarding for your job volume, vessel count, approval lead times and reporting day.

[ MARINE LOAD AUDIT ]

Map one job pack.

Bring one de-identified past job pack and your blank templates to choose one bounded workflow and its human approvals.

Book the Marine Load Audit Access is agreed before live work.

[ FROM AUDIT TO TRACKED WORK ]

One workflow.
Named approvers.

STEP 1

Load audit

Review one past job pack and choose the first workflow.

STEP 2

Map access

Confirm templates, folders, certificate copies, retention and register permissions.

STEP 3

Test fictional cases

Check an expired ticket, a missing approval, an incomplete record and a safety handoff.

STEP 4

Review the first pack

Your supervisor checks the pack, the gap list and the escalation route.

[ BEFORE THE AUDIT ]

Questions about the marine desk.

Does Marlo decide whether a dive goes ahead?

No. Method, depth, gas, team size, weather and go or no-go are the supervisor's calls. Marlo pre-fills the plan from your template and names who has to sign it.

Can Marlo lodge a port or marine-park approval?

No. Marlo drafts the request from your own template and approval list. A named human reviews it and lodges it. Nothing reaches an authority, port or vessel owner from Marlo.

Does Marlo tell us what the regulations require?

No. Marlo never states what a rule is. It fills in the approvals and documents your operation has already decided a job needs, and flags when one of them is missing from the pack.

What does Marlo do after the dive?

Marlo assembles the post-job report from your photos, dive logs and disposal receipts, drafts the biofouling record entry and the invoice, and sets the reminder for the next clean. You review and release each one.

Who signs the dive plan, SWMS and record entries?

Your supervisor and director. Marlo pre-fills, flags gaps and records who signed. It holds no authority to sign, certify or declare anything.

How is Marlo different from your permits and approvals worker?

Rowan handles the standing application register for councils, certifiers and utilities. Marlo prepares the per-job marine pack: the approval requests one dive needs, the dive plan, the currency check and the post-job records.

Does Marlo manage our vessel and plant renewals?

Marlo checks that the vessel, divers and equipment named on a job are current and flags an expiry. Wren handles the standing fleet and plant renewal calendar across your whole operation.

What if we are the buyer and need a diver with a capture unit?

Marlo drafts the request for quote to the subcontractors you name and logs the replies. Choosing the contractor, agreeing the price and accepting their method stay with you.

Do we need dive-management software?

No. Marlo works from your existing templates, a shared folder, your inbox and a client-owned register. Access and any register write are agreed during onboarding.

When does something escalate to a person?

Any expired ticket, medical or certificate on a job, any missing approval before a dive date, any document that appears to involve a safety or environmental incident, and any question about what a rule requires go straight to your named person.

[ START WITH YOUR OWN JOB PACK ]

Run the dive. Hand off the week.

Map the approvals, the dive pack, the currency check and the post-job record with each approval assigned to a person.

Book the Marine Load Audit Direct with the founder