IESTA Expands Capability with New Members
By Webmaster
April 23, 2010
International Energy Skills & Training Alliance (IESTA) today announced the expansion of its capability with the addition of three new members. Falck Nutec, Spex and Mintra have all signed up to the alliance which brings together Scottish training expertise and promotes it overseas.
The alliance now represents a collaboration of 15 of the best Scottish education and training providers to offer a one-stop shop for skills solutions to the global energy industry.
Neil Harkin, chairman of IESTA said: “With our membership portfolio representing some of the best energy sector training, we continue to evolve and broaden our expertise to ensure that we become Scotland’s leading international player in skills development for the energy industry.
“As an alliance offering training and education excellence, the diversity and range of skills within our portfolio is key to our success. In welcoming our newest members we reinforce this collective capability and look forward to building our global marketshare.”
Falck Nutec, the world’s largest provider of safety training for the offshore industry, Spex, specialists in explosives training and Mintra, a leader in innovative e-learning are the latest members. They join other recent new members - 2020 Business Insight, Enterprise Ways and MacDonald Energy - who have also chosen IESTA to help them realize their international sales objectives.
UK managing director of Falck Nutec, Graham Gall, commented: “We have recently invested £250,000 in a state-of-the-art Helideck which is the only of its kind in Scotland. This, alongside the other products within our portfolio sees us continue to take innovative steps forward as the world’s largest provider of safety training for the offshore industry.
“Our affiliation with IESTA will allow us to collaborate with businesses, universities and colleges, further enhancing - and sharing - our knowledge and capabilities in order to see Scotland become the world leader in energy industry training.”
IESTA’s training portfolio is founded upon technological excellence, proven best practice and the highest operational and HSE standards. Members include; Angus College, Learn-it, SQA Oil and Gas, Banff and Buchan College, CEPMLP, Dundee College, Enterprise Ways, 2020 Business Insight, Petrofac Training, EP IT, ESD Simulation and MacDonald Energy.
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