Sommeren er ofte en roligere periode på jobb. For mange bedrifter kan det være lønnsomt å tilby e-læringskurs som den ansatte kan gå gjennom uavhengig av tid og sted - på kontoret eller hytta.
Denne type kompetensetiltak kommer godt med når høsten kommer og aktiviteten på arbeidsplassen igjen øker. Det kan gi din bedrift et konkurransemessig fortrinn!
I samarbeid med ledende aktører tilbyr Mintra HMS-kurs for hele organisasjonen. Alle kursene kan gjennomføres på Trainingportal.
Sommeren er ofte en roligere periode på jobb. For mange bedrifter kan det være lønnsomt å tilby e-læringskurs som den ansatte kan gå gjennom uavhengig av tid og sted.
Denne type kompetensetiltak kommer godt med når høsten kommer og aktiviteten på arbeidsplassen igjen øker. Det kan gi din bedrift et konkurransemessig fortrinn!
I samarbeid med ledende aktører tilbyr Mintra HMS-kurs for hele organisasjonen. Alle kursene kan gjennomføres på Trainingportal.
Det har i mange år blitt spådd en kraftig vekst i markedet for læring på mobiltelefoner, såkalt m-læring. Mintra lanserer nå et m-læringskurs innen Livreddende Førstehjelp. Kurset er utviklet i et samarbeid mellom Røde Kors Førstehjelp, More Mobile Relations og Mintra.
Hvorfor M-læring?
Det er flere grunner til å benytte mobilen som kanal for formidling av lærestoff.
- Den mest opplagte er kanskje mobilens utbredelse, sier Steinar Brændeland, administrerende direktør i More Mobile Realtions, Norway.
På verdensbasis finnes det i dag fire milliarder mobiltelefoner i bruk. Til sammenligning er det ”bare” omkring en og en halv milliarder som har tilgang til Internett via PC.
- Vi ser at de avanserte telefonene øker sin markedsandel. Vi mener at mobilen nå representerer en plattform for læring som vi simpelthen ikke kan overse, sier Brændeland.
Section 7 of the “Safety Regulations for Work and Operation of Electrical Equipment and Installations” (FSE) sets requirements for FSE training for relevant personnel.
Mintra has now lauched two FSE e-learning courses on Trainingportal:
AAK Safety has signed an agreement that gives the company the opportunity to provide the e-learning Course - Fire Preventing During Hot Work. Course participants can order the course through AAK Safety - at the same price as through Mintra.
Through this course, those performing hot work will learn what precautions to take to prevent fires, as well as how to quickly extinguish any potential fires. After completing the course, participants are issued a certificate from the Norwegian Fire Prevention Association.
Aker Well Service and Mintra collaborate on the IWCF-sertification.
IWCF certification is mandatory for all drilling and well service personnel, and the certificate must be updated every other year. This course provides candidates with the knowledge the need to pass the IWCF exam.
“Now that HSE data sheets have been replaced by REACH safety data sheets, Mintra has conducted a comprehensive update of the e-learning course, ‘HSE Chemical Course’. In addition to changes reflecting the new REACH regulations, Mintra has made a series of minor adjustments to make the course better and more up-to-date,” says Kyrre Øygarden, Content Manager for course products on Trainingportal.
Seadrill Offshore has developed an interactive e-learning course aimed at newcomers on the threshold of a working career in the offshore oilfield industry, and personnel who wants an overview of the different petroleum exploration phases.
- The course gives a basic introduction and gives great value for other drilling contractors and operator companies, says Mette Midthun Walde, Training Manager at Seadrill. We have signed an agreement with Mintra that gives us the opportunity to distribute the e-learning course through Trainingportal. This gives both increased quality and reduced training costs for the industry.
Vår globale verden endrer seg raskt og færre og færre virksomheter har stabile rammebetingelser. Den siste uken har vulkanutbruddet på Island vært det store tema, og flere nye ord har over natten blitt innført i vårt vokabular. Et eksempel på et nytt ord er askefast – en betegnelse på det å være forhindret fra å reise med fly på grunn av asken fra vulkanutbruddet.
When Talisman Energy Norway AS (TENAS) upgraded its management system, TENAS Management System (TMS), Mintra was chosen to develop an e-learning course to ensure that all of Talisman Norway’s employees understand the functionality of the new system. Employees gain an understanding of policies, guidelines, and principles through case studies and by solving relevant exercises. After completing the course, users will also be able to find/maintain documents relevant to their areas of responsibility.
“We recommend customers who have chosen Trainingportal as their Learning Management System to use the LMS to complete DataPower Learning’s courses as well.
This will benefit course users, since they can complete all their e-learning courses through one LMS, and it will benefit course administrators who would like to see course completions for DataPower Learning’s courses on reports from their company LMS.
Companies that have integrated their HR system with Trainingportal will automatically have information on course completions for DataPower Learning’s e-learning courses transferred directly to their HR system,” Bernt Gausen, Managing Director, DataPower Learning
Lesson Learned is an application that enables better learning from unwanted incidents.
“We decided to get on board with this collaboration to be able to contribute both internally, in AAK, as well as externally, to the entire energy industry and oil industry, so we can all work together to learn from unwanted incidents,” tells Magny Landre, HSE&Q Manager at AAK Group.
Nosefo - A Norwegian Safety Center has signed an agreement that gives the company the opportunity to provide the e-learning Course - Fire Preventing During Hot Work. Course participants can order the course through Nosefo - at the same price as through Mintra.
Through this course, those performing hot work will learn what precautions to take to prevent fires, as well as how to quickly extinguish any potential fires. After completing the course, participants are issued a certificate from the Norwegian Fire Prevention Association.
Water jetting is performed by practically all personnel in the oil industry. The equipment is powerful and can harm people and cause damage other equipment. It is important to increase consciousness surrounding the use of this equipment.
The Zero Philosophy maintains that accidents don’t happen – they’re caused. In other words, all accidents can be prevented, making our goal zero harm and zero accidents. To achieve this goal, people must be made responsible and take responsibility at every level, with continuous focus on risk control, accident prevention, and learning.
The object of the Trainingportal HSE Award is to encourage and motivate efforts to achieve zero harm to people, the environment, and material assets. The Trainingportal HSE Award will be bestowed on a person or organisation that has made a special contribution to this work.
Læring av hendelser og reell HMS-forbedring forutsetter systematisk og målrettet innsats over tid. Erfaringene viser at det er en stor utfordring å få alle deler i en organisasjon til å ta ny kunnskap i praktisk bruk.
- Jeg har søkt etter, men ennå ikke funnet et godt eksempel på "en lærende organisasjon", sa direktør i Petroleumstilsynet (Ptil) og leder av Sikkerhetsforum, Magne Ognedal, på Sikkerhetsforums årskonferanse 9. juni 2009.
Trainingportal Magazine includes articles covering health, environment, safety and quality. The magazine will also cover more general subjects within training and competence.
On March1, 2009, Mintra will launch a course on “Fire Prevention during Hot Work”. Through this course, those performing hot work will learn what precautions to take to prevent fires, as well as how to quickly extinguish any potential fires. After completing the course, participants are issued a certificate from the Norwegian Fire Prevention Association.
A leading oil and gas operator company in the United Kingdom chooses Mintra to develop an innovative and motivating e-learning course covering the Management of Change.
Section 7 of the “Safety Regulations for Work and Operation of Electrical Equipment and Installations” (FSE) sets requirements for FSE training for relevant personnel.
During the spring of 2010, Mintra will be launching six different FSE courses:
In the years ahead, the energy and oil industries will be working together more and more; gigantic plans for the development of offshore wind farms are the most recent example. It is crucial that these industries incorporate the best aspects of each other. This is the background for the 3rd annual Offshore and Energy HSE Conference, in Stavanger, March 9th-10th, 2010. See the programme at: www.offshore.no/hms.
“Lesson Learned” is an application that facilitates improved learning from investigations of unwanted incidents – across company lines. “Lesson Learned” is already in use at BP Norway, and BP Norway and Mintra are aiming to get other oil industry companies to start using the application – as an industry-wide solution.
In addition, “Lesson Learned” will also be launched for the energy industry, so energy companies will be able to benefit from this unique opportunity to learn from unwanted incidents as well.
BP Norway, in collaboration with Mintra AS, has developed an application that will facilitate improved learning from investigations of unwanted incidents – across company lines.
“We have already started using ‘Lesson Learned’ in our company,” tells BP Norway’s Bjarte Skulstad. “Our goal is to see this application developed into an industry standard for learning.”
Trainingportal vil være utilgjengelig onsdag 3. februar fra kl. 17:00 - 20:00 på grunn av oppdateringer. Vi beklager ulempene dette medfører.
The PSA has adopted a set of main priorities for 2010 where action will have the biggest impact and which call for special attention. These focus on management, technical and operational barriers, preventing environmental harm and groups particularly exposed to risk.
The E-learning Course "the External Environment" supports the PSA priority area preventing environmental harm and groups particularly exposed to risk.
More than 120 HSE experts are already enrollen on the Offshore and Energy HSE Conference 2010. You can now join the Conference Facebook Group and participate in discussions and network before, during and after the HSE Conference!
The Zero Philosophy maintains that accidents don’t happen – they’re caused. In other words, all accidents can be prevented, making our goal zero harm and zero accidents. To achieve this goal, people must be made responsible and take responsibility at every level, with continuous focus on risk control, accident prevention, and learning.
Mintra is a leading provider of training and competence services. We help our clients achieve their organisational and business critical goals.
- We seek to be a catalyst for knowledge sharing across organisations, companies and borders, says Chul Christian Aamodt in Mintra. This is why we have established a network on Linkedin for HSE-personnel. The HSE Network includes about 800 HSE experts worldwide.
During January 2010, Mintra and Vestteknikk offer 25 % discount on Gas Measuring E-learning Course.
The course provides an introduction to the understanding of gas in high risk work situations. It describes real dangers and explains about the most common types of gas, and provides knowledge of how best to protect yourself, and others, using proper equipment.
Are you, as a manager, ready to meet the demands placed on HSE knowledge?
The Working Environment Act, section 3-5, obligates top executives to complete and document HSE training. The content and scope of this training is defined in the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority’s guide, “Employer’s obligation to complete HSE training”.
The E-learning course satisfies the requirements stipulated in the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority’s guide. The object of the course is to provide an introduction to systematic health, safety, and environment work, as well as the Working Environment Act.
The Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) aims to reduce the number of gas leaks in the petroleum industry. One of their most important initiatives is to enhance the competence of everyone who operates equipment on hydrocarbon-bearing facilities on the Norwegian Shelf. OLF has set competence requirements for flange work, valve technology, fittings and process safety.
OLF’s guidelines will be developed for each competence area. So far, three guidelines have been launched.
The PSA has adopted a set of main priorities for 2010 where action will have the biggest impact and which call for special attention. These focus on management, technical and operational barriers, preventing environmental harm and groups particularly exposed to risk.
These areas have been selected as the most pressing of many important tasks on the basis of the PSA’s knowledge of and experience with the Norwegian petroleum industry.
Hva kan energibransjen og oljeindustrien lære av hverandre?
Samarbeid på tvers av disse to spennende bransjene blir stadig mer aktuelt. Britiske myndigheter har eksempelvis gitt Statkraft og Statoil klarsignal til å bygge Storbritannias fjerde største havvindpark 20 kilometer nord for kystbyen Sharingham, og nye prosjekter er under oppseiling.
The collaboration between the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) and the University of Statvanger (UiS) has taken an important step forward through the establishment of an experience-based master’s programme in risk management and safety leadership. The programme is directly based on the PSA’s core areas.
The PSA has collaborated with UiS for several years on formalising prior learning and work experience in the organisation in the core areas.
In November 2009, Telenor mobile operator Grameenphone partnered with Microsoft to increase digital literacy among the rural people in Bangladesh.
The signing of the agreement. From the left: Sandi Thomas, General Manager, Communication Sector, Microsoft Asia Pacific, Feroz Mahmud, Country Manager, Microsoft Bangladesh, Grameenphone CEO Oddvar Hesjedal and Chief Marketing Officer Arild Kaale.
More than 120 people gathered at this year’s Høydekonferanse (Work at Height Conference) in Åndalsnes. The conference is an area for exchanging experience and networking, for work at height, both offshore and on land.
Øyvind Thomassen was one of the presenters at Høydekonferansen. Thomassen is a chief physician at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, and has also worked with Statoil on suspension trauma.
Øyvind Thomassen, chief physician at Haukeland University Hospital
Gassco awarded its annual prize for health, safety and the environment for the personal safety involvement (PSI) programme in ConocoPhillips.
- We want to strengthen and motivate companies to think positively and innovatively in this area, says Alfred Skår Hansen, head of HSE and quality in Gassco.
“What you don’t know won’t hurt you,” is an old adage. This definitely does not apply to potentially hazardous working environments – quite the contrary. In this case, in fact, “what you can’t see, can hurt you” – like, for example, invisible, odourless and life-threatening gases.
Now, with a special rebate offer from Mintra, you can save 50% on hot work and FSE courses. If you place your order by 22 December, you can get Fire Prevention during Hot Work, FSE Offshore – High Voltage, FSE Offshore – Low Voltage, FSE Industry – High Voltage and FSE Industry – Low Voltage at half price! These courses are educationally sound and provide a rich multimedia experience that will both motivate and inspire course users. All five courses satisfy official requirements for relevant personnel. This is a unique opportunity that you and your company simply can’t afford to miss!
The Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) aims to reduce the number of gas leaks in the petroleum industry. One of their most important initiatives is to enhance the competence of everyone who operates equipment on hydrocarbon-bearing facilities on the Norwegian Shelf. OLF has set competence requirements for flange work, valve technology, fittings and process safety.
You can now give free access to HSE Chemical Course to all employees during the whole 2010! Purchase within the 18th. of December 2009 gives the following discounts:
The 2009 Competence Sharing Award went to the fish feed producer, Skretting. “This company actively contributes to research, both internally and externally,” said Oddvar Bakken, who heads up the Camber of Commerce’s Resource Group for Strategic Management and Competence – before he announced the winner at Næringstreffet 2009.
Jostein Soland (left) and Oddvar Bakken (right) presented the 2009 Competence Sharing Award to Viggo Halseth (centre) and Skretting at Næringstreffet 2009. Photo: EGIL HOLLUND
In 2005, 1700 course completions were registered on Trainingportal. In 2006, that number increased to over 20 300 and, in 2007, we had 46 000 course completions. As a result, we put a lot of time and energy into Trainingportal. Now, we are realising the benefits of our investment and, if our 4th quarter estimates for 2009 are accurate, Trainingportal will see more than 200 000 course completions in 2009.
We are currently in the process of putting together the course catalogue for 2010. The course catalogue will include information on both classroom courses and e-learning courses, and will be particularly aimed at:
There is a lot happening with the standardisation and regulations for vertical rope work and work using various rope-based systems and fall safety equipment. Over the course of this autumn, Standards Norway will be completing the Norwegian standard for “Vertical Rope Work (prNS 9600)”, which will cover all vertical rope work. The standard will differentiate between basic and advanced vertical rope work. Offshore work will be classified as advanced, but several types of operations on land, in the energy and construction industries, for example, will also fall into that category.
In the effort to reduce the number of gas leaks in the petroleum sector, the industry has implemented new training requirements for personnel working directly with hydrocarbon-bearing equipment. Certification and recertification must be completed by the end of 2010.
Every company should focus on HSE! Industriskolen’s new course, Basic Working Environment HSE, satisfies governmental regulations for HSE training for safety representatives and members of the Working Environment Committee (AMU). Trond Mostrøm is the Installation Manager at Fabricom and is currently on the Snorre B platform, in the North Sea. He is one of the many who have taken advantage of Industriskolen’s HSE offer.
The first edition of Trainingportal Magazine is now launched. The Trainingportal Magazine is a Mintra Product.
- We are proud of the magazine, and we will now distribute 1000 ex. to our Clients and Partners, says Mr. Chul Christian Aamodt, Editor in Chief of the Trainingportal Magazine.
Date: Friday 13th November 2009, 8.30 am – 11.30 am.
Location: Vinderen Konferansesenter in the GSK building, Gaustad, Oslo (near the Forskningsparken)
Success with innovation, requires a successful project to bring the good idea through to a successful launch. Many good ideas unfortunately never are commercialised due to bad project organisation. Open innovation can increase the probability of success.
Now, you can conduct mandatory working environment training for your safety representatives internally, using e-learning combined with classroom training. The Federation of Norwegian Industries, in collaboration with Mintra, has developed an online course covering the theoretical portion of safety representative training. Customers who choose this solution can also choose to hold internal workshops, based on an instructional outline from Mintra.
Windows 7 is the most recent publicly available version of Microsoft Windows, a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers, including home and business desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablet PCs and media center PCs.
E-learning courses on Windows 7 will be launched on Trainingportal December 2009. Please contact Mintra for further information about training in your company.
In collaboration with Vestteknikk, Mintra has developed an e-learning course on gas measurement. This course provides an introduction to the understanding of gas in high risk work situations. It describes real dangers and explains about the most common types of gas. The course provides knowledge of how best to protect yourself, and others, using proper equipment. The object of the course is to introduce participants to topics that provide an increased understanding of why gas measurement is important, as well as insight into how to use gas measurement devices safely and effectively.
Risk Evaluations and Safe Job Analyses are common to both the energy and oil sectors.
“I believe that it is important to draw on experience from both industries,” tells Leif Røv. Røv manages AAK Safety’s competence centre. AAK is a leading company in fall safety, rope rescue training, and work at height. AAK Safety has one foot in the oil industry and one foot in the energy industry.
Since the end of the 90’s, and until now, suspension trauma, also known as harness hang syndrome (HHS), has developed into a term that is full of uncertainty. There has been a lack of professional judgement and serious critical evaluations of sources. All too often, evaluations are made without involving qualified professionals. So, it is good news that the Department of Emergency Medicine at Haukeland University Hospital has conducted a thorough study of suspension syndrome, now due to be published in international medical journals.
What can the oil industry learn from the energy industry, and what is the business potential of this exchange of experience? This will be a central theme when the Norwegian offshore sector meets the nation’s largest energy companies at the Offshore and Energy HSE Conference, in Stavanger, March 9th-10th, 2010.
The Norwegian Driving School Association (ATL) and Mintra have entered a partnership to develop a comprehensive e-learning course for the theoretical portion of driver training for a Class B license. The e-learning course will supplement the classroom course and provide students with a solid foundation for the theory test.
In order to work offshore, you often need to complete e-learning courses offered by both Working Together for Safety (SfS) and the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF), as well as courses required by operator companies. In addition, a significant number of rig companies and contractors/service companies have their own internal e-learning courses. All these courses are taken through Trainingportal – The Industry Portal for e-learning courses.
New functionality has just been launched on Trainingportal, making it much easier for administrators in contractor companies to produce reports with a comprehensive overview of the status of e-learning courses across the different company portals. In that context, Oceaneering has established their own company portal for their employees on the Norwegian continental shelf.
StatoilHydro has participated in the process to develop common curriculum for training in work at heights. Mr. Rune Roaldsand is Special Coordinator in HSE Learning in StatoilHydros training department. We will give a speak about their requirements for the future when it comes to work at heights.
If you choose to complete day one of the course as e-learning, you can take advantage of this special offer and then attend the remaining 4 days of course. This winter, if you decide to take day one of the Basic Safety Course as e-learning from home, you can take advantage of this special offer (NOK 13 990). All you need is a PC with an Internet connection, a little time and… a cup of coffee.
The Working Environment Act, section 3-5, obligates employers and business executives to complete HSE training. Employers are responsible for providing a good working environment and ensuring that the company adheres to the Working Environment Act. The course, HSE for Managers, specifically addresses how you, as a manager, can ensure you meet your HSE responsibilities as an employer.
There is nothing to indicate that it has become safer to work in the North Sea since the beginning of the 80's, while safety requirements and focus have exploded during the same period. If this focus has not improved safety, what has it done?
The first half of the presentation on the Work at Heights Conference will be a discussion of safety developments in general, and the second half of the presentation will focus on work at height and the enormous diversity of strategies scaffolders and rope access experts use to meet current HSE requirements.
CleanPower AS is an exciting technology company, located in the Dale Industrial Park in Kristiansund. Today, the company has 8 employees and its owners include: Nordmøre Energiverk AS, Norpropeller AS, Bølgen Invest AS and SpareBank1 NordVest. CleanPower AS develops turbines for producing hydroelectric power, primarily from 100 to 2000 kW.
Wind power is a key technology in the drive to develop sustainable energy sources for the future. The Norwegian government has recently awarded a concession to develop Havsul I, a 62 square kilometre area, with 78 windmills bolted to the ocean floor. Offshore windmill parks are going to need a lot of the competence from the Norwegian offshore industry.
Large organisations in oil & gas, banking & finance, and the public sector use e-learning as a strategic competence development tool. Common to all is how e-learning contributes to cost savings. In 2009, approximately 200 000 e-learning courses will be completed on Trainingportal, most of which focus on HSE.
Studies show that a significant percentage of industrial accidents are the result of either inadequate training or that management doesn't properly understand the risks associated with their decisions. At the Work at Hight Conference (Høydekonferansen), we will be asking whether focusing on cost savings and using e-learning as a strategic tool actually contributes to improved safety, or whether focusing on costs rather leads to inadequate practical training for personnel performing hazardous work.
Allen Smith has more than 20 years experience within the oil & gas and renewable energy. As members of DROPS, Mr. Allen Smith facilitate the day to day management of the campaign and plan and deliver DROPS Training around the world.
At the Work at Heights Conference 2009, Mr. Smith will give a presentation of DROPS (Dropped Object Prevention Scheme) global activities and products with specific focus on Tools/Working at Height guidance, hazard awareness and best practice.
Mintra signs a 2-year frame agreement with Songa Offshore. The frame agreement includes Trainingportal - Learning Management Solution, Competence Management and e-learning courses.
- We look forward to an exciting collaboration, both national and international. This kind of collaboration is an integral part of our strategy for providing our customers with added value for comprehensive e-learning services, says Mr. Magne Kristiansen in Mintra AS.
Høydekonferansen aims to focus on Best Practice when working at heights. Serious accidents involving fall or dropping objects are far too common in Norway as well as internationally. Our vision is to address this problem by providing an arena for exchanging ideas, sharing thoughts, and discussing solutions. We are confident that an increase in the collective competence and skills will lead to a decrease in the number of fatal accidents.
OLF has during the last years sponsored the licensee fee for enrolment on the e-learning course Work Permit and Safe Job Analysis. After a strategic evaluation, OLF has now decided the licensee fee to be covered by the course participant or the course participants’ employer.
People are a company's most important resource. How can we hold on to our employees and help them develop personally and professionally – for the good of the company, the employee, and the industry?
In a survey conducted by Universum, 5480 economics, law, IT, and technology students ranked the petroleum and contractor industries high on their lists of dream jobs. According to the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF), many companies in the oil and gas sector are on the list of forward-looking companies. “This survey clearly indicates that students consider the oil and gas sector to be a forward-looking industry,” says Thina Hagen, Competence Manager at OLF.
“In order to improve competence and training opportunities for employees in companies that have been affected by the recent economic decline, the government is aiming to make it easier to get funding for internal company training,” says Minister of Labour and Social Inclusion, Dag Terje Andersen.
- Our goal is to create a magazine that gives inspiration to the important work that is performed every day in the organization, says Mr. Chul Christian Aamodt. Aamodt will be the Editor in Chief in the new magazine.
The Stavanger region Chamber of Commerce is looking for the company that is best at sharing competence in order to strengthen regional economic growth, to receive their annual competence sharing award.
In order to work offshore, you often need to complete e-learning courses offered by both Working Together for Safety (SfS) and the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF), as well as courses required by operator companies. In addition, a significant number of rig companies and contractors/service companies have their own internal e-learning courses. All these courses are taken through Trainingportal – The Industry Portal for e-learning courses.
New functionality has just been launched on Trainingportal, making it much easier for administrators in contractor companies to produce reports with a comprehensive overview of the status of e-learning courses across the different company portals. In that context, Halliburton has established their own company portal for their employees on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Working together for Safety, SfS. has published a new safety film ment for hot work and better respiratory Protection, says SfS-leader Erik Wiig, ”This film are specially ment to throw light on all aspects of this type of work, demonstrate correct use of respiratory masks and give information about how to get an efficient protection against dust and gases, says SfS-leader Erik Wiig. He invites all employees to take a look at the film before starting hot work. The new safety film is available free of charge on www.samarbeidforsikkerhet.no.
Mintra Enters a Framework Agreement with the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency
The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency places continuous focus on improving work processes to achieve cost effective estate and property administration. Naturally, ICT is an important tool at every stage of production and administration.
The Norwegian Defence Estates Agency aims to use e-learning to offer their employees an improved training programme. All e-learning will be administrated through Mintra’s Learning Management System – Trainingportal.
Mintra has won the tender for consultant services for the development and production e-learning courses for employees in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) and has entered a two year framework agreement with the Ministry.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs' competence centre (UKS) is a ministry department responsible for all of the Ministry's courses and training activity. UKS holds more than 500 internally produced classroom courses each year, in addition to various other gatherings, with increasingly more emphasis on e-learning as a tool for competence development.
Mintra has signed a strategic training contract with Beerenberg. The company will use Trainingportal for administration of e-learning for own employees.
An important part of the e-learning strategy in Beerenberg is to provide a tailormade HSE-course for all empoyees in the company. In addition, both managers, safety delegates and safety deputies will also participate on other relevant HSE e-learning courses on Trainingportal.
To securre cost effective training, Beerenberg will also use Trainingportal Publisher for internal production of e-learning courses.
Mrs. Marianne Nilsen joins Mintra, and she will lead the business area Competence Management in Mintra. Mrs. Marianne Nilsen har international experience as Training Manager in GE Oil and Gas Scandinavia and Russland.
Almost 300 oil industry companies use Trainingportal for e-learning courses. In May 2009, Mintra held information meetings for Trainingportal's users. More than 40 companies participated in the information meetings, and feedback has been very positive.
Recently, most actors in the oil and gas sector have tightened control of their expenses. Some actors have also imposed an investments stop to avoid liquidity problems. These decisions are based on sensible evaluations, and the industry as a whole has had increased its focus on identifying potential cost reductions. We are now in a time where the industry is realising significant profits from cost effective e-learning solutions.
In May 2009, Sørco is opening a new training centre in Stavanger, extending its position, with simulators, classrooms, and facilities, to meet the needs of both large and small actors in the petroleum industry.
Mintra has launched a new course on the external environment. The course is aimed at everyone in the offshore industry. The course’s primary objective is to provide participants with knowledge of principles and methods for reducing pollution, as well as regulations associated with the external environment.
Mintra is launching a new e-learning course in ergonomics.
In order to prevent illness and strain injuries, employer and employee need to consider good ergonomics. A mutual understanding of what we mean by an ergonomic mindset, may contribute to reducing the risk of injuries and accidents at the workplace. The course “Introduction to ergonomics” provides a basic introduction to key principles of ergonomics.
Increased unemployment, the financial crisis, and downsizing and restructuring have been popular talking points in 2009; and the discussion continues on vg.no, March 19, 2009:
“Companies hired new people longer than they should have. Now, they have to make big cutbacks. There are too many people and labour costs are too high; this is a non-viable situation, which could lead to the worst levels of unemployment in 20 years. Unemployment will reach 5 % and no market sector will be spared,” states Harald Magnus Andreassen, First Securities.
The HSE Conference for Offshore Contractors was arranged by Mintra, the Federation of Norwegian Industries, and Offshore Media Group, in Stavanger, March 3-4, 2009. Kristian Rudsta Andersen, from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was one of the presenters, and his presentation generated a healthy and important debate on corporate social responsibility. In an interview with Mintra, Rudsta Andersen tells about his commitment to corporate social responsibility.
BP Norway has established a simple, robust and systematic competence management process for its offshore organisation, ensuring them an overview of employee competence, as required by Norwegian regulations for the petroleum industry and by BP Global.
A director of Aberdeen-based management system software supplier MandOS has played a key role in the development of a new body of quality knowledge for the UK. Peter Fraser has produced four of the modules for the updated body of quality knowledge which has just been released by the UK’s Chartered Quality Institute.
AAK Safety has signed a contract for fall-safety and rescue training with StatoilHydro. It is a 3 year contract, with an option for 2 more years. AAK Safety is a specialist in work at height, working actively to develop equipment, methods, and training. AAK Safety has representatives on European and national standardisation committees, and arranges the annual Work at Height Conference.
About 120 petroleum industry professionals were gathered at Stavanger Forum for the HSE Conference for Offshore Contractors 2009. They were presented with relevant challenges and engaged in a lively debate on HSE in uncertain economic times, which overflowed from the conference itself to the lunch break and the evening networking social event.
Pon Power is the first company to receive access to PSK’s competence database.
- “The Centre for Quality Control and Competence in the Petroleum Industry (PSK) has a vision of contributing to improving the level of HSE in the industry through quality control. We at Pon Power support this vision,” tells Henrik Løkling, Training Manager at Pon Power. “We see it as positive that a central body now has responsibility for quality controlling both course providers and course offerings.”
Arild Tjensvold, Managing Director of the personnel agency, Hytech Personnel AS, has well over 100 personnel out on assignment every day; they include motormen, electricians, automation mechanics, and industrial mechanics (professions that must meet strict safety requirements). Contractors are increasingly demanding that their suppliers have a clear HSE strategy, but that gives Arild Tjensvold more pleasure than frustration. “To distinguish yourself in the market, it is not enough just to have the necessary certifications. We are seeing that focusing on good, inclusive HSE work gives us a competitive advantage, through fewer absences due to illness, positive attitudes, and more jobs,” says Tjensvold.
The Norwegian Society of Graduate Technical and Scientific Professionals (Tekna) has, in collaboration with Mintra, developed an exciting e-learning course on ethics, which includes recommendations for its members on how to address ethical concerns.
The HSE Conference for Offshore Contractors is a gathering point for contractors looking to find out where health, safety, and environment developments are headed for the operators and primary contractors on the Norwegian continental shelf. Based on feedback from last year’s conference, certain topics will also address international HSE challenges. Offshore Media Group is the technical organiser, and Mintra is organising the professional content. The conference is in collaboration with the Federation of Norwegian Industries. More than 100 persons has already signed up for the conference.
Analysis has shown that a large number of dangerous shipboard situations arise due to poor communication or coordination, rather than technical failures or lack of skill.
When The Centre for Quality Control and Competence in the Petroleum Industry (PSK) was established, it was decided that a new PSK card would be implemented to replace the old OLF card.
Through written information and presentations at the safety convention in Tromsø, as well as the administration courses run by PSK and Mintra, you have been made aware that we are now introducing a new PSK card to replace the old OLF card. This new card will have a more active roll and will, besides being able to document competence, be used as an ID card at helicopter terminals.
The Norwegian Maritime Directorate moved from Oslo to Haugesund in 2003. The relocation and reorganisation process revealed that the organisation was in need of strategic competence management. Training needs have been, and still are, significant, with a constant stream of new requirements for documented competence. The employees will be the centre of attention, as special development plans, with guidance and follow-up from management, are established.
Mintra has entered a strategic agreement with Spring Energy Norway AS. Spring Energy will be using Mintra’s Learning Management System – Trainingportal – to maintain an overview of competency requirements associated with all of the different positions and roles in the company. Using Trainingportal, Spring Energy hopes to streamline and increase the quality of their work by mapping and verifying competence.
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Sørco and Mintra have entered a collaboration to develop a course on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). The course will be launched on Trainingportal in the spring/summer of 2009.
Norsk Offshore Catering AS (NOC) has chosen Mintra to supply an interactive HSE course. The course will ensure that all employees acquire knowledge of fundamental industrial HSE, in accordance with the NORSOK standard (Topic 3.4). NOC’s goal is to have all their employees complete the course.
Talisman Energy Norway AS has awarded the contract for maintenance, modifications and operational support, for both the Gyda and Yme fields, to Sørco. The contract, which runs to 2012, with an option for renewal, is worth approximately 300 million NOK.
The PSA Award 2008 of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway was presented to the Gas Leak Reduction Project run by the Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF) during a HSE lunch in Stavanger on Thursday 28 August.
The UK offshore oil and gas industry's flagship safety initiative Step Change in Safety is currently creating new, minimum safety training standards for employees working on installations in the UKCS. The new standards are OPITO approved.
Mintra will be represented again this year with a stand at the ONS 2008 Exhibition, in Stavanger, 26-29 August. You will find us in hall H at stand number 847.
On Wednesday July 9, Trainingportal.no was upgraded. The most important upgrade is the re-designed course management system. This includes a new interface to manage courses and to enroll students.
“Capacity and competence are in short supply. At the same time, the petroleum industry is characterised by more and more new companies and many new projects. Work must be postponed when companies don’t have the capacity to complete imminent projects responsibly,” says Magne Ognedal, Director of the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA).
The Course Catalogue for autumn 2008 is now available! The catalogue provides an overview and descriptions of all the courses available on www.trainingportal.no.
ExxonMobil North Sea Production (NSP) has selected Mintra as its supplier for a new interactive CBT course. The course will satisfy industrial and governmental requirements for NSP's land and offshore installations, both in the UK and in Norway. Mintra has also been awarded responsibility for up to 5 years of operations and support for the HSE course, via Trainingportal – The Oil Industry's Competency Portal for E-learning Courses. Mintra won the commission ahead of several international companies.
Since 2001, 47 people in Norway have lost their lives as a result of a fall. Statistics from the Norwegian Labour Inspection Board show that this is one of the most common kind of fatal work-related accidents.
Over the past 11 years, Mintra has been collaborating with industry to develop initiatives and tools that reduce the risks associated with unwanted incidents. Among other things, we are working to reduce the probability of accidents involving falling objects in the construction industry, onshore industry, and offshore.
“The risk of large accident has not gone down enough, in relation to the reduction in the number of personnel injuries and other accidents, over the past few years. The reason is that the seriousness of accidents has increased.”
“Employees experience enormous frustration when they encounter different HSE cultures on a daily basis. Customers can have differing ideas about what is important. That's why we need to work together to generate a consistent culture.”
140 participants from 85 companies met in Stavanger to share their knowledge of HSE in the petroleum industry. The conference spanned two days and included presenters from operators, contractors, and the authorities.
Mintra is launching a new e-learning course on best practices for downhole mechanisms and operations. The course has been developed in collaboration with StatoilHydro, and is available on Trainingportal.
StatoilHydro is combining two prize-winning HSE projects for company rigs. The goal is to make rig safety even better. StatoilHydro's project manager will present the new project at the HSE Conference for Offshore Contractors.
Since its inception in 2003, The Norwegian Oil Industry Association’s Gas Leak Reduction Project has contributed to reducing the number of gas leaks on the Norwegian continental shelf. The project has set ambitious goals for further reductions. One of the implemented initiatives is the Industry Requirement Project, which is aimed at raising the competency levels of everyone operating equipment on hydrocarbon installations.
“To succeed with HSE, it is important that it has a firm foundation in management. Just as important, is a firm foundation in the subconscious,” says Aamodt, the programme committee foreman for the HSE Conference for Offshore Contractors, 2008. The goal of the HSE song, “Falling for Me”, is to get into the subconscious of employees in the industry, offshore and on land.
Competence comes from the Latin, “competentia”, and carries with it the idea of, “to know something”; “to be in a position to”. These days, we use the word in various contexts. The Federation of Norwegian Industries is concerned with competence because competence is exactly what puts industry “in a position to” conduct industrial activities. Vice President of the Ulstein Group, Tore Ulstein, expresses it thus: “Attracting the best “heads” is probably our greatest challenge in the years to come.."
The HSE Conference in Stavanger, May 27-28, has a limited number of profiling opportunities available, including stands, banners/roll-ups by the stage in the conference hall, short company presentations on the big screen, enclosures in the conference folder, and sponsor opportunities for dinner and entertainment.
Trainingportal.no is the Oil Industry’s competency portal for e-learning courses. Since its launch in 2005, the portal has experienced an explosive growth in the number of users. In February 2008, the portal will achieve over 70 000 course completions!
In collaboration with The Norwegian Oil Industry Association (OLF), Mintra has developed an HSE DVD that will contribute to increased safety offshore. The DVD has been developed using high quality 3D animations, ensuring that the content is presented in an inspiring way.
Are you, as a manager, ready to meet the demands placed on HSE knowledge?
The Working Environment Act, section 3-5, obligates top executives to complete and document HSE training. The content and scope of this training is defined in the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority’s guide, “Employer’s obligation to complete HSE training” [only available in Norwegian].
In the current market, management candidates well over 40 are in demand. It is no longer trendy to be young, fast, and stressed. Most of those selected for new positions are over 45. “While two years at any given company was acceptable only a decade ago, now, staying power and the ability to see initiated projects through to completion are in demand. These days, it is both legitimate and advisable to stay with an employer for a five-year period before moving on,” says head hunter, Baard Storsveen, a partner at Capus Executive.
Mintra AS har i samarbeid med StatoilHydro utviklet en interaktiv opplæringspakke innen Beste borepraksis og nedihullsoperasjoner. Målet med opplæringspakken er å øke kunnskapen omkring beste borepraksis og innarbeide gode holdninger til bruk av beste praksis.
After several tragic incidents on the Norwegian continental shelf in the 90’s, both the industry and the authorities called for an update to the NORSOK R003 standard. The NORSOK R003 standard - Safe use of lifting equipment has, since it was published in 1997, developed into the most important reference standard for operating lifting equipment on the Norwegian continental shelf.
Mintra is now launching courses for crane and lifting operations, rigging, and slinging. The courses satisfy the relevant standards and regulations regarding refresher training.
Mintra has signed a contact with Saab Aerotech to develop new documentation and training solutions for the Swedish fighter plane contender, the Saab Gripen. “We are very pleased to be able to contribute to the Swedish effort to deliver new fighter planes to the Norwegian Armed Forces,” says Ivar Viktil, Managing Director of Mintra AS.
Save the Children is a volunteer, member driven, children’s rights organization that is non-party and religiously neutral. Save the Children’s values build on the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child and Declaration of Human Rights.
On Wednesday morning came the news of a large oil spill on the Statfjord field in the North Sea. Close to 4000 cubic metres of oil had poured out as it was being piped from the platform to the tanker, “Navion Britannia”.
The spill happened at the Statfjord A installation on the Statfjord field, about 200 km west of Florø, Norway.
In Report to the Storting no. 2 (2006-2007), Revised National Budget 2007, we can read that the registered unemployment percentage in Norway is all the way down at 1.9 %. In comparison, the percentages were 2.6 % in 2006, and 3.9 % in 2003. In other words, Locomotive AS Norway is heading into 2008 at great speed. Maybe even a little too fast.
Mintra has recently signed a deal with Equalizer International in Aberdeen to develop best practice e-learning modules for their entire range of tools. With Trainingportal, Equalizer International will be able to provide advanced training and support to its distributors, customers, and end-users world wide.
Poor maintenance has been a contributing cause to major accidents, both in the petroleum industry and other industrial activities (Report to the Storting no. 12, 2005-2006), and close to 50% of all work related accidents on the Norwegian continental shelf happen in conjunction with maintenance. Based on this, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway has implemented a project called, “Maintenance as a Means for Preventing Major Accidents”.
November 9, 2007 – Lasse Kotte Titlestad has been hired as a Project Manager for the Supplier Network Oil and Gas (LOG). He starts on February 1, 2008, and will report directly to the General Manager, Anne Grete Svenøy Beinnes.
Mintra is one of several companies participating in the development of an introductory course for new employees in StatoilHydro. The course is aimed at new employees in the company, and will provide an introduction to StatoilHydro's values, organisational structure, and business operations.
DNO has recently signed a deal to use Trainingportal.no to distribute e-learning courses and administrate competence. Trainingportal is the industry portal for administrating e-learning on the Norwegian continental shelf, and the system has been especially adapted for the “duty to see to it”, as described in The Framework Regulations.
Tekna - The Norwegian Society of Chartered Technical and Scientific Professionals - choses Mintra as provider of Learning Management System (LMS). Tekna is the largest society of Technical and Scientific Professional in Norway, with more than 47 000 members.
10th August 2007 - Anne Grete Svenøy Beinnes has been appointed new Managing Director of ”LOG - Leverandørnett Olje og Gass” (Supplier Network Oil and Gas) as from 1st October 2007. She is currently the Administrative Manager of LOG. She will report to the Chairman of the Board, Tove Strand Trana.
LOG is an interest organization for suppliers to the petroleum industry. The organization is a national and industry cross-over supplier network witch is organized as one network focusing on several oil and gas projects. Foreign companies are welcome to register as a member of LOG, but at the moment our web-sites mostly have Norwegian language.LOG cooperates with several operators and nodes (regional project organizations). More than 400 companies have subscribed as members. The member companies are representing both typically main contractors as well as typically sub suppliers. Through LOG the member companies are offered an organized arena of relevant information, close dialogue with operators / oil companies, main contractors and other suppliers.
LOG primarily seeks to focus on development projects on the NCS and in the Barents Sea. The operator agreements entered will decide which projects are included in the portfolio. LOG has already proved itself as an efficient tool to the supplier industry through its work and efforts related to the Ormen Lange project. Based on cooperation agreements between LOG and the project licenses/operators, LOG is, as per today, operating supplier network services for following projects:
Ormen Lange – cooperation with Hydro / Shell
Skarv Idun – cooperation with BP
Gjøa – cooperation with Statoil / Gaz de France
In addition, we monitor the developments in the Shtokman project and publish supplier relevant news on a continuously basis. We provide supplier network services to the Farsundsbassenget project (exploration phase). Both in cooperation with Hydro.
Advantages for members are:
Access to a national network with more than 400 members
Presentation of the company and the company’s products and services (the company can edit it’s own information)
Profiling the company through “News from companies” on the website www.oil-and-gas.net
Newsletters every week/every other week
The database and the network is an organized arena of relevant information and the network also represents an arena for cooperation and alliances
Invited to project seminars with operators and main contractors presenting respective contract scopes, time frames, sub-supply requirements etc
Invited to more general supplier seminars focusing on relevant topics within the oil and gas industry
Trainingportal.no is an official collaborating partner with LOG – Supplier Network Oil and Gas.
By Hege Hovland Skauby
Quality Management is for many organizations synonymous with excess cost and bureaucracy. And to a large extend this is their reality. These companies have not managed to integrate the quality principles into their organization.The Oil and Gas industry has for decades been pushing these principles and are demanding their suppliers to manage their companies according to ISO 9001:2000 standard for Quality Management systems. By doing so they aim to develop highly efficient base of suppliers with strong focus also on HSE.
The Norwegian Oil Industry Association and the companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf use the Trainingportal.no for verification and repetation of competence. Recently, the Federation of Norwegian Industries joined this collaboration and soon you will find courses delivered by this Federation on Trainingportal.no.
The Ålesund Conference 2007 is arranged from the 9th. to the 11th. of January 2007. The program includes speakers from both safetycentres, shipping-companies, rig-contractors, branch organisations, government and operators, all focusing on safety and emergency training.
A course for administrators of Trainingportal.no will be held on Wednesday 14th. of February. The course is for all those who will be administrating Trainingportal.no on behalf of their company, Safety Center etc. Read more about the course content.
Roy Ruså, Vise President Technology in Petoro speaks about "How to keep the NCS development dynamic throug technological and stratetic innovative thinking."
Trainingportal.no is delivered by the e-learning company Mintra AS. The Trainingportal has become the oil industry branch portal and more than 100 companies on the Norwegian Continental Shelf have benefit of the portal in order to keep updated within technical and HSE-related areas. More than 400 course participants increase their competence every day on Trainingportal.no!
The first courses are now ready to be launched on Trainingprotal.no. The industry is invited to a series of seminars for a more detailed introduction to the courses and, not the least, to submit ideas for new course offerings. Find a seminar you can attend.
The Norwegian Driving School Association (ATL) and Mintra have entered a partnership to develop a comprehensive e-learning course for the theoretical portion of driver training for a Class B license. The e-learning course will supplement the classroom course and provide students with a solid foundation for the theory test.
Mintra AS har i samarbeid med StatoilHydro utviklet en interaktiv opplæringspakke innen Beste borepraksis og nedihullsoperasjoner. Målet med opplæringspakken er å øke kunnskapen omkring beste borepraksis og innarbeide gode holdninger til bruk av beste praksis.
After several tragic incidents on the Norwegian continental shelf in the 90’s, both the industry and the authorities called for an update to the NORSOK R003 standard. The NORSOK R003 standard - Safe use of lifting equipment has, since it was published in 1997, developed into the most important reference standard for operating lifting equipment on the Norwegian continental shelf.
November 9, 2007 – Lasse Kotte Titlestad has been hired as a Project Manager for the Supplier Network Oil and Gas (LOG). He starts on February 1, 2008, and will report directly to the General Manager, Anne Grete Svenøy Beinnes.
Mintra is one of several companies participating in the development of an introductory course for new employees in StatoilHydro. The course is aimed at new employees in the company, and will provide an introduction to StatoilHydro's values, organisational structure, and business operations.
