23 February 2023         News

Develop Training provides bespoke training programme for Phoenix Natural Gas.

One of the unique offerings we provide at Develop Training is our on-site bespoke training. In this, we can both adapt and deliver our courses to be precisely relevant to a company’s facilities, staff, or systems. Recently, Phoenix Natural Gas reached out to Develop Training looking for a way to prepare their staff for the eventuality of a serious incident, and we got to work designing them a bespoke training programme.

With considerable experience delivering exactly this kind of programme to companies throughout the gas industry, we felt our knowledge of the potential for plausible incidents involving gas transmission could be of particular use.

As such, we arranged and delivered two sessions at a location in Belfast, catering for 24 people from their side who were based in either incident procedure or safety. At the helm of this was Develop Training staff members Jim Donnelly, Tech ISOH Senior Trainer and Chris Parker, Health and Safety manager.

These sessions utilised role play to reproduce incidents that Phoenix Natural Gas wished to tackle, with a team from Develop Training using comms to monitor and direct their changing crisis scenarios from another room. Following the scenarios, feedback was given in conjunction with a screening of relevant interviews from members of HSE (Health and Safety Executive) media, police, and community representatives.

A further breakdown was then delivered to confirm how the group’s performances would translate to real life scenarios, and to analyse the timeline of their actions. This was followed by a practical discussion over the overall management of the scenario. Upon the conclusion of the programme, we were pleased to hear that Phoenix Natural Gas reported the sessions were incredibly useful.

It was of delight to us that Phoenix Natural Gas followed this feedback with the request that we return and run a similar programme for their executive management. Being able to deliver our training, guidance and support at multiple levels of a company ensures long-term improvement, and is something we are proud to conduct at an esteemed company such as Phoenix Natural Gas.

   21 June 2022         News

Develop Training announces a new and improved Network Construction Operations course for gas practitioners.

Leading provider of Compliance, Technical and Safety training, Develop Training has released a more expansive Network Construction Operations (NCO) course for gas network operatives, which can be completed in two weeks.

The Network Construction Operations Gas Level 1 programme also includes the Street Works Excavation in the Highway qualification (NRWSA LA, O1 and O2).

Candidates must hold Safety Health and Environmental Awareness (SHEA) Gas certification prior to enrolling on the course. Upon completion candidates can go directly to work on the gas network on both construction sites and the highway.

Topics covered on the course include:

• Emergency First Aid
• Fire Control
• Manual Handling
• Breathing Apparatus
• NRSWA Location Avoidance
• NRSWA Signing, Lighting & Guarding
• NRSWA Excavation in the Highway.

The entirety of the qualification, which can be completed over 10 days across a two-week period, is available at Develop Training’s sites in Derby, York, Brentwood, and Scotland.

Daryll Garavan, Operational Training Manager at Develop Training said:

We’re pleased to be able to offer this new course for those looking to explore a career in gas. By delivering this course at a Develop Training centre, candidates can complete the qualification and join the Energy & Utility Skills Register in a much quicker process than going down the traditional route of a combination of classroom and on-site learning.

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   15 February 2021         News

The Safe Control of Operations (SCO) training programme is an initial training programme for individuals new to SCO and a renewal training programme for those individuals with existing and current SCO registrations whose registrations are nearing expiry.

EUSR have recently updated the SCO programme to a new modular scheme, and with this have changed the course codes and content.

SCO courses are now modular

There are 5 modules in total, and each module is delivered as a separate registered course. The candidate sits the required ones to achieve their Competent Person (CP) or CP/Authorising Engineer (AE) status. There are also two renewal courses available.

SCO Modules Explained

All learners must sit Module 1: Core. Following this learners will also need to sit Module 5: ‘Form of Authority’ if they require registration as a CP or AE to issue/receive Form of Authority for access to operational sites to carry out non-hazardous work.

If individuals need to apply for registration to give or receive permits to work and/or forms and authority as per the previous SCO 1 & 2 registration then they must sit Modules 1, 2 and 5 – AE’s will sit a different assessment to CP’s for Module 2 but can still attend the same course.

For any CP or AE candidates wishing to be registered to authorise or prepare and/or receive Routine Operational permitry, they must complete Modules 1, 2, and 4.

For any CP or AE candidates wishing to be registered to authorise or prepare and/or receive Routine Operational permitry and Non-Routine Operational permitry they must complete Modules 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Individuals will also need Module 5 Forms of Authority if they are going to need to issue as an AE or receive this permitry as a CP.

Converting current SCO registrations to the new SCO Scheme

Holding an in-date SCO 1 and 2 means an individual is eligible for:

• SCO Renewal Module 1: SCO Core, Module 2: PtW and Module 5: FoA.

Holding an in-date SCO 4 means an individual is eligible for:

• SCO Renewal Module 3: NRO.

Holding an in-date SCO 5 means an individual is eligible for:

• SCO Renewal Module 4: RO.

N.B. where the existing registration is not in date, or if the individual wants to add an endorsement, then they will have to take the initial programme, not a renewal.

Eligibility for SCO Renewal Modules 3 and 4 assumes an individual is holding an in-date SCO 1 and 2 as well as SCO 4/5.

The following table explains the changes: