May/June 2010 - Keppel Offshore & Marine

SPECIAL FEATURE(left), Chairman of Keppel Corporation and Guest-of-Honour Mr Hawazi Daipi (centre) are acquainted with thespecific marine trades at the Keppel Safety Training CentreCore competency and safetyleadership developmentprogrammes, as well as WorkforceSkills Qualifications coursescertified by the SingaporeWorkforce Development Agency,are some of the key trainingmodules conducted by qualified,full-time instructors at the Centre.Mr Hawazi Daipi added, “As weaim to raise our national safetystandards in the marine sector, bigplayers like Keppel and its variouspartners will play a pivotal role ininfluencing those who work foror with them to adopt properrisk management.“Last year, the Keppel O&M groupcommitted to help all itssubcontractors to achieve bizSAFELevel 3 by 2012. I am pleased tonote that 100% of Keppel Shipyard’sresident subcontractors havealready attained this standard,way ahead of the target. As partof Keppel Shipyard’s SE 2015initiative, it has also committedto help its subcontractors developfurther to reach bizSAFE Level 5and put in place comprehensiveWSH management systems.”Joining Keppel Shipyard in creatingan incident-free workplace aresafety partners Exxon Mobil,“The Centre draws on thecombined resources and expertiseof Keppel and our safety partnersto provide critical programmes andinfrastructure to raise the safetystandards of our workforce.”Nelson YeoMDKeppel O&M (Marine) andKeppel ShipyardContinues on page 20...OffshoreMarine May – June 201019