Falck Safety Services has become the first company in the Middle East to gain approval to deliver a new global training initiative for the oil and gas industry.
The safety training provider’s Abu Dhabi centre is the first to meet the stringent criteria set by learning and skills specialist Atlas to invigilate the International Minimum Industry Safety Training (IMIST) e-learning programme.
This is a global initiative developed to drastically improve safety standards for the offshore workforce worldwide.
Developed by Aberdeen-headquartered oil and gas training standards body OPITO International, IMIST online is delivered in partnership with Atlas via approved invigilation centres.
The Falck centre, in Musaffah industrial city, has the capacity to offer training to around 1,300 oil workers each month. With an estimated 460,000 people in the Middle East currently employed in exploration and production activities, the centre is expected to be used by companies across the region.
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