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Safe Driving at Work Training Standard

A NEW safety training and competence standard which aims to cut the number of deaths and injuries to oil and gas workers behind the wheel was unveiled by OPITO in 2010. Following a lengthy consultation process with employers and specialist training providers, and a successful pilot course in Doha, Qatar, the Safe Driving at Work Standard was rolled out internationally. The standard has been developed to reect todays working environment and provide, for the rst time, quality assured OPITO-accredited training for those required to drive by their employers. In addition to improving the practical aspects of a drivers ability, the training will also address the attitude and behaviour component of safe driving as driver attitude has been identied as one of the greatest inuences in improving safety. It is hoped that the basic standard will be further developed in the future to encompass specialist standards for desert or off-road driving and transportation by heavy goods vehicles.

Technical Development
Houston, Texas, played host to the Oshore Technology Conference.

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Strength to Strength International Annual Report 2010

Dubai
Ian Laing Managing Director Tel: Fax: + 971 4 4458482 + 971 4 4458481

International Minimum Industry Safety Training

OFFSHORE safety around the world could be signicantly improved and the industry could save millions if safety training is standardised that was the strong message OPITO sent out during the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston in May. Launching the International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) standard to the global industry OPITO acknowledged that in the UK, MIST has brought a consistent approach to basic safety training where every

person on board now has condence that their fellow worker has the same level of safety skills and knowledge as they have. It has also greatly rationalised the myriad induction programmes applied by specic employers. The real step-change is achieved when globally every offshore worker is trained to the same high standards. OPITO aims to roll-out the concept of IMIST across its existing networks in 30 countries. The adoption of IMIST will demonstrate the industrys commitment to make the offshore environment safer, give workers condence that all their co-workers share the same level of safety training and reduce duplication of training.

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Trainee graduates from West Kazakhstan are strengthening a talented workforce.

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Young graduates prepare for new careers

THE Production Operators and Maintenance Technicians Professional Development programme based on the OPITO training standards delivered its second clutch of trainee graduates in September 2010. The scheme provides an opportunity for high performing individuals, who are all from West Kazakhstan, to secure employment as operators and technicians with KPO (Karachaganuk Petroleum Operating). Through tailored theoretical and practical training and on-the-job experience, young graduates are provided with the competencies required to work in the oil and gas industry, thus contributing not only to KPOs success, but also the creation of a talented Kazakhstan workforce able to secure sustained growth, said KPO general director Giuseppe Pasi. The OPITO programme, delivered by Abiroy Technical Training, provides a turn-key solution for the development of a highly qualied technical workforce covering recruitment, selection, training, practical skills development, as well as trainee management and administration.

International Emergency Response Guidelines

OPITO has published a new international guideline document entitled: Guidance for Effective Management of Competence and Training in Emergency Response in the Oil and Gas Industry The guidance document has been created to help provide an understanding of how effective management of Competence in Training and Emergency Response can be achieved using the OPITO standards within a development framework of training, assessment, workplace drills, exercises, ongoing practice and formal assessment. The document sets out a framework for applying the OPITO standards across the spectrum of basic training, to specialist training for those managing an emergency. It demonstrates how the sum of the parts is greater than the whole and how knowledge, skills and competence progress at each level of responsibility. It also shows how each role is integrated and linked within a comprehensive framework. E.g. the person managing and controlling an emergency (Offshore Installation Manager), although assessed to the OPITO (OIM) standard, will be less effective if the basic and specialist competence requirements are not consistent, aligned and veried. Importantly, for the global oil and gas industry, the guidance is applicable to both offshore and onshore facilities such as reneries, gas processing plants and general facilities where hydrocarbon processing and/or storage and distribution occurs.

The document sets out a framework for applying the OPITO standards across the spectrum of basic training, to specialist training for those managing an emergency.
The international guidance document is available in six languages: English Arabic Russian Spanish Indonesian Brazilian Portuguese

Through tailored theoretical and practical training and on-thejob experience, young graduates are provided with the competencies required to work in the oil and gas industry.
Guiseppe Pasi KPO general director

Kuala Lumpur
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2010 Quick Facts

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David Doig.

OPITO Safety and Competence Conference

HUNDREDS of delegates converged in Abu Dhabi in November to attend OPITOs rst ever global Safety and Competence Conference. Set to become an annual conference and exhibition, the event attracted senior gures from national and multi-national oil and gas operators and contractors to share best practice, lessons learned and new ideas with training and education providers from the major oil and gas provinces. A range of expert speakers from the aviation, automotive and energy sectors presented

OPITO travels the globe, helping set standards from Brazil to Baghdad
THE global demand for OPITO to support These meetings helped OPITOs understanding of the local regulated safety training regime that is based entirely on marine regulations and standards to deliver the required workforce training. OPITO has outlined to the Brazilian authorities a training standard framework developed and adopted globally to meet the specic training and competence requirements of working in a hydrocarbon environment. the adoption of industry standards continued in 2010 with meetings held as far aeld as Iraq, South America and Timor-Leste.

Approved Training Providers

Asia Pacic = 35 Middle East, Africa & Europe = 26 Americas = 10

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Iraq
An ongoing dialogue with the Ministry of Oil and key industry players in Iraq culminated in OPITO Group CEO, David Doig, travelling to Baghdad in the summer of 2010. The purpose of the visit was to discuss where OPITO could offer to help with the skills development of the indigenous Iraqi oil and gas workforce, following high level UK and Iraqi government talks where the then UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, committed the UK to help develop the skills and knowledge of the Iraqi people. Discussions during the visit resulted in the development of a Memorandum of Understanding between OPITO and the Training and Development Directorate of Iraqs Ministry of Oil where both parties agreed to work together to create world-class skills and qualications for the Iraq oil and gas workforce. Two of the MOU objectives were: 1. To build a world-class learning infrastructure the Barricades, sought to provide in-depth understanding of the ways in which training is delivered, how it adds value to those operating internationally, the means that are used to measure that value and the signicance for companies of international standards in achieving improved safety and competency. within Iraq to ensure the people of Iraq can gain the skills, knowledge and qualications needed to access jobs within the oil and gas industry for now and generations to come. 2. To establish a t-for-purpose workforce development framework for Iraq based on the global OPITO standards and qualications and others as agreed appropriate.

New Centre Approvals in 2010

Asia Pacic = 8 Middle East, Africa & Europe = 4 Americas = 5

Timor-Leste
OPITO was invited to Dili, Timor-Leste, to meet with government, industry and trade union representatives to discuss the introduction of a framework of common industry standards on training and competence to develop the skills and, ultimately, the qualications of the indigenous workforce.

New Countries in 2010

Canada

Continued growth
2010 was yet another year of positive change for the OPITO organisation. Driven as we are to meet the needs of the oil and gas industry, we reshaped the organisational structure to ensure we could focus across all our businesses and meet the expectations of industry both in the UK

papers relating to the value of global industry standards in ensuring safety and competence. Delegates also heard the results of a major piece of research into common global standards. The study, which was conducted by the Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University, shows that a lack of consistency and variations in regional approaches are barriers to achieving competency and changes in behaviour when it comes to health and safety training. More than 60 senior gures from multi-nationals, national and independent oil companies as well as service companies in Europe, the Middle-east, Africa, Australasia, North America and South America were interviewed. The report, entitled Beyond

Gordon Ballard.

Im proud to say that we achieved many successes in the rst year of this new structure and this report gives a avour of some of our global success.
global success. Id like to thank all those who supported OPITO over 2010; there are some major skills challenges ahead and without the support and commitment from industry we simply cannot get the job done.

Tunisia

Libya

and across our international markets. I myself moved into the role of Group CEO and we strengthened the UK business by appointing David Binnie as managing director for OPITO UK and Ian Laing as managing director for OPITO International. Im proud to say that we achieved many successes in the rst year of this new structure and this report gives a avour of some of our

Ghana

A range of expert speakers from the aviation, automotive and energy sectors presented papers relating to the value of global industry standards in ensuring safety and competence.

Supported by additional OPITO resources in Dubai and Kuala Lumpur

During 2010 OPITO increased the number of staff in Kuala Lumpur and opened a new ofce in Dubai, bringing the internationally based workforce to a total of twelve. Malaysian graduates were recruited as technical trainees and are undergoing a comprehensive development programme to qualify them as OPITO auditors in 2011. Experienced technical specialists joined the international team in both Kuala Lumpur and Dubai to meet the increasing levels of new approval applications and to maintain the quality assurance of the existing approved training provider network across the globe.

David Doig
OPITO Group CEO

OPITOs international business continued to grow signicantly in 2010, meeting the demands of employers globally and supporting the network of an ever increasing number of approved training

have seen the recruitment, training and mentoring of Malaysian graduates who will be the auditing face of OPITO in the years ahead. Their success will provide a template for future recruitment and development of technical resources in the organisation. The growth highlighted in this annual review could not have been achieved without dedication and commitment to the OPITO values by all of the international team and I thank everyone in the organisation for their contribution in 2010 and look forward to similar successes in 2011.

The main barrier to achieving global standards was the variety and complexity of existing standards. Others were culture, language and climatic requirements as well as the confusing number and varying roles of regulatory bodies and organisations. The solution, according to respondents, is to develop an effective global standard that is exible and takes account of local operational environments. Increased communication and awareness, high quality instructors, continual auditing, familiar frames of reference and improving a culture of personal awareness were all cited as ways of overcoming the barriers.

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South America
OPITO participated in a Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) International Conference on Health, Safety & Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In addition to accessing a global audience of HSE professionals at

David Doig outside the Iraq Embassy.

Ian S Laing.

providers; seventeen new centres were approved during the year. I am extremely pleased with the success of the technical trainee development programme in Kuala Lumpur. Under the guidance of Peter Lammiman, our global technical manager, we

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Rita Marcella of Robert Gordon University and David Doig.

the event, OPITO was able to meet with key organisations responsible for the safety training regulation of the Brazilian offshore industry.

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