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Simian’s involvement in the Shell Prelude in South Korea continues – we first started work on the project back in 2014 to train and mentor local scaffolders to help them reach British and European health and safety standards and prepare for CISRS training. This incredible project is now getting closer to the completion stages and we now have three mentors working on the project as coordinators for the remaining insulation, module construction and water ballast tanks element of the work.

In addition to our work on the Shell Prelude we are also undertaking additional project work with Shell in Iraq – again with the brief of assisting local scaffolders to achieve improved levels of safety.

Earlier this year, work was completed on Africa’s first CISRS training centre and the accreditation audit visit by CISRS took place in February 2016. The centre, in Ipara, Ogun State, Nigeria, has very recently seen Simian’s instructors deliver the first Overseas CISRS Level 3 training course on the entire continent! Attendees on the course came from all over Nigeria and we hope this will be the first of many!

As well as training at our dedicated sites, Simian International offers training on location at sites anywhere in the world to suit the particular needs of individual clients. Training materials are translated and where necessary interpreters are used. We are currently preparing for inspection and supervisor training which our skilled instructors will be delivering in Turkmenistan later this month. We have previously trained individuals from Turkmenistan at our training base in Dubai but this will be the first time we have delivered training in the country.

We are also pleased to report that we have been commissioned to undertake a series of 12 scaffold audits in Oman for the Omani Government.