Edutech Middle East, a provider of technology-enabled learning solutions, has launched a pilot plant training system for process operator training at ‘Getenergy 2008′, a networking event, exhibition and interactive forum for education and training in the global oil and gas industry, recently held in the UK.
‘On-spot’, the company’s new brand of solutions for process operator training, made its debut to an audience comprising 112 international oil and gas companies and universities.
As one of the most vital economic and industrial sectors in the modern world, the oil and gas industry commands the utilisation of highly regulated processes to ensure plant efficiency and reliability, and continuous growth in production. Operating within this industry puts a massive amount of resources at stake, which makes eliminating operator errors of the essence.
Keeping in mind the importance of minimising operational risks, ‘On-spot’ has been designed to train process operators to apply troubleshooting and optimisation principles.
“There is a growing demand for pilot plants to ensure that students or operators can learn the correct principles and practices of process control and instrumentation, in an environment that emulates a full-scale industrial plant,” said ASF Karim, CEO, Edutech, in a statement.
In addition to the ‘On-spot’ solution is another product from Edutech – ‘PlantMentor’, an online training, simulation and certification suite, which provides an interactive, web-based operations training.
Developed in partnership with RWD Technologies, ‘PlantMentor’ serves as the first step in operator training by introducing the learner to various processes involved in a plant through a suite of online courses.
The performance-based training solution also integrates simulator exercises and simulation learning environment with unique and analysis strategies to enhance operators’ skills, and incorporates formal testing to support a certification program.
“With extensive experience with important names in the oil and gas sector such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell, we are proud to be pushing the boundaries and presenting customers with advanced operator training systems. We believe that our range of on-spot pilot plant solutions along with solutions like PlantMentor will motivate organisations to consider them as a part of their training strategies,” Karim concluded.
