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Meeting complexity<br />
with quality<br />
Thanks to its cutting edge risk management expertise and international<br />
role in the oil and gas industry, Safetec is well equipped to face the future.<br />
By: Bjørnhild Vigerust<br />
bjornhild@magnetmedia.no<br />
Safetec has been delivering risk management<br />
services in the areas of safety, emergency<br />
preparedness and reliability since 1984 and<br />
is currently one of Norway’s largest service providers<br />
in these fields. Early in 2012 the company<br />
became part of ABS Group, a subsidiary of the<br />
leading classification society American Bureau<br />
of Shipping. One year after the takeover, Safetec’s<br />
CEO says the company has been strengthened<br />
as a result.<br />
“We have been able to draw upon a strong pool<br />
of expertise and to work across disciplines and<br />
geographical locations. This has improved our<br />
comprehensive approach to safety. Our international<br />
projects will also see an upswing with<br />
ABS’ presence on all continents,” says Jan Morten<br />
Ertsaas.<br />
Read more at: www.safetec.no and www.abs-group.com.<br />
Safetec’s solid expertise is essential to improve<br />
safety and avoid major accidents.<br />
“In order to meet the complex and large-scale<br />
challenges we are working on, we require cutting<br />
edge expertise and the ability to see all minor,<br />
underlying causes as part of a bigger picture<br />
before analyzing the situation as a whole – drawing<br />
conclusions and giving advice to our demanding<br />
clients. Our input helps our clients manage both<br />
technical and operational risk, and what we do<br />
have huge impact on project quality, cost and<br />
safety. This means quality and integrity is of the<br />
utmost importance,” says Ertsaas, who recently<br />
was named head of ABS Group’s offshore oil<br />
and gas solutions, giving Safetec an even more<br />
prominent role within the oil and gas industry.<br />
A safe choice<br />
BIKS is a provider of industrial safety courses to the oil and<br />
gas industry. “Qualified staff help create a safe working<br />
environment,” argues the general manager of BIKS.<br />
BIKS’ office in Bergen includes large training areas where course participants can put theory into practise.<br />
Read more and see a complete course overview at www.biks.no.<br />
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By: Tore Friestad<br />
tore@magnetmedia.no<br />
“It is important to the oil industry that the<br />
operators on the rigs know what to do to<br />
maintain safety levels. Our experienced<br />
and competent course tutors have professional<br />
backgrounds in onshore and offshore<br />
industries along with solid expertise in health<br />
and safety,” explains general manager Bjørn<br />
Tore Vindenes at BIKS.<br />
A problem solver for the industry<br />
BIKS is a certified training company that<br />
meets normative industry standards and<br />
issues approved documentation for all its<br />
courses. The courses offered are based on the<br />
Norwegian Working Environment Act and<br />
adapted for the R-003N and R-005N standards.<br />
The courses offered include rigging,<br />
hydraulics, cranes and lifting.<br />
“Being able to use work equipment safely is<br />
mandatory, and we want to work closely with<br />
the parties in the industry and to stay one step<br />
ahead of the industry’s internal health and<br />
safety standards. BIKS aims to be a problem<br />
solver for the industry, addressing the needs<br />
of individual companies in terms of improving<br />
skills in the use of work equipment.”
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