Health, Safety & Environmental Training
Employee Training Programs
Our ongoing training programs demonstrate our commitment to targeting zero accidents and minimizing the risk of accident or injury. We provide our employees with the information they need in a timely and effective manner so that safety is always at the forefront of people’s minds. We are committed to continually raising standards.
To enable employees to be competent and safe in their roles, teams from all our sites participate in a variety of site-specific training courses each year. In 2024, we introduced a number of new courses including ‘ISO 50001 Internal Auditor Training’, ‘Accident and Incident Investigation’, ‘JTZH Pressure of Work’, ‘Stress Management’ and ‘Safety with Explosives and Nitrocellulose’. Altogether we logged over 33,000 hours of internal and external training.
Our core courses include:
- Risk assessment
- Emergency response and firefighting
- Dangerous goods transport
- First aid
- Permit to work
- Process safety management
- Confined space
- Personal/respiratory protection and hearing conservation
- Manual handling, working at height, and fall protection
- Wildlife training
- Waste management
Safe Driving Campaign
Our Oilfield Services business operates a large fleet of over 300 company vehicles and many employees also drive their own cars as part of their daily work-related activities. Collectively, we estimate our people cover nearly 10 million miles every year on company business.
To keep everyone safe and minimize the risk of accidents, we invest in safe driver training for employees using company vehicles or driving on behalf of the company. Course participants study classroom materials before taking part in hands-on driver training delivered by safe driving instructors. We have set up a refresher training schedule, so employees are retrained every two years.
Since the program was launched in 2023 our Oilfield Services employees have completed more than 2,300 hours of safe driver training, and in 2024, we recorded a 47% reduction in vehicle accidents compared to the previous year.
Behavioural Safety
All sites have an annual objective to develop and maintain an ongoing behavioural safety training program. The program, targeting all personnel, focuses on actively promoting hazard identification, personal safety risk assessments and reinforcing the ‘safety comes first’ principle.
Our Journey To Zero Harm
In 2017, we launched a new corporate behavioural safety improvement program, Journey To Zero Harm, setting out our expectations in a clear and consistent message and providing the tools to help everyone focus efforts on achieving our goal of zero harm to people, the environment and our assets. The focus of the program is ‘Embracing Safety Together’ and sets out a shared commitment to delivering a positive safety culture.