Shell Exploration & Production Company Implements Custom Safety Program
Industrial Training International (ITI) developed a tailored training program for Shell’s North American lifting and hoisting activity that gave the energy producer and supplier the tools to communicate with crane and rigging sub-contractors.
Health, safety and environmental (HSE) personnel working for a company like Shell must have a very broad knowledge of safety issues and the ability to assess work in progress and communicate with a variety of specialty contractors.
“I was initially attracted to ITI’s services because they are LEEA [Lifting Equipment Engineers Association]-accredited and have superior recommendations, but the deciding factor was that they could deliver a quality, custom training program more quickly than I could develop one myself,” said Kenneth Reynolds, lifting and hoisting SME, Shell Exploration & Production Co., Houston, Texas.
The training programme, which incorporated 48 HSE professionals, comprised two customized training programs in three-day sessions. The courses took place at ITI Training Centers in Edmonton, Alberta and Woodland, Washington, covering:
- Rigging inspection
- Rigging applications
- Lift planning
- Mobile crane operations
- Mobile crane assembly and disassembly
“When it comes to crane and rigging work, primarily conducted by outside contractors, our HSE personnel needed to know enough about rigging and lifting to be able to ask the right questions,” said Reynolds.
Reynolds initially considered developing his own training program for use in Shell’s North American operations, based on the company’s recent amended Lifting and Hoisting Standard. The updated standard was developed by committee representatives from Wells, Projects, and Production groups in March 2014. In fact, Mike Parnell, technical director and CEO of ITI, received a request from Shell to serve as a subject matter expert on the re-write committee.
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