May/June 2010 - Keppel Offshore & Marine

SPECIAL FEATUREKeppel Safety Training Centre opensGuided by experienced trainers, the new safety training facilities provides a conducive learningenvironment for the workforceDr Lee Boon Yangsafety aspects ofKeppel O&M took another stridetowards a zero-incident workplacewith the opening of its newintegrated safety training facility,the Keppel Safety Training Centre.Located at Keppel Shipyard (Tuas),the Centre offers a complete rangeof safety training and certificationcourses in both trade-specific andbroad-based skills for its workforceacross all levels.The Centre is one of the keyelements of Keppel Shipyard’sSafety Excellence (SE) 2015 initiative,through which the companyseeks to foster a pervasive safetyculture and impart relevant safetycompetencies to its 14,000-strongmultinational workforce,including subcontractors.The Centre was declared open on10 June 2010 by Mr Hawazi Daipi,Senior Parliamentary Secretary forManpower & Health. He said, “I ampleased to be here to launch thisfirst-of-its-kind centre that is runby a company for its workforce.Centres like this will help to extendthis training to benefit even moreworkers.”Nelson Yeo, MD of Keppel O&M(Marine) and Keppel Shipyard,said, “The Centre draws on thecombined resources and expertiseof Keppel and our safety partnersto provide critical programmes andinfrastructure to raise the safetystandards of our workforce.“Training at the Keppel SafetyTraining Centre will be aprerequisite for all workers atKeppel Shipyard. We will sponsorall our direct and subcontractworkers for the same set ofcourses so as to imbibe in them acommon safety mindset and attaina uniform level of competenciesacross the board. We need to bealigned at all fronts so that no onegets hurt.”18OffshoreMarine May – June 2010