1 OPAL NEWSLETTER October 2016 www.opaloman.org Issue 16 NEWSLETTER A PRODUCTION OF COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT ■ Editor: Azza Al Hilali ([email protected]) ■ Supervisor: Abdullah Al Harthy ([email protected]) “Another hectic month for the OPAL team. We got pulled in into the nation’s “Tanfeedh” pro- gram in the last minute. It seems the OPAL name was being touted as a best example of Sector repre- sentation and its duplication in other sectors was thus proffered as a firm proposal. Our role in bring- ing together the sector in building of HSE, Occupational and train- ing standards was recognized as best practice!. On the practical front, work has started in earnest to bring the Seeb VTC to UK regulated standards. If you recall in last month’s news- letter we reported that an agree- ment was reached to utilize the Seeb VTC to run our programs for Welding & Fabrication and Electrical and Mechanical Main- tenance skills. We have engaged with a professional body to work with the centre in enhancing their administrative processes to ob- tain the centre approval. In the meantime, SEMTA, another pro- fessional body is working on the formal assessment and subsequent development of the VTC training staff. During the month, we signed an agreement with OLNG for the funding to train for employment for some of our members 35 Omanis in 2 trades costing OMR 82,660. anks OLNG for the opportunity. On the HSE front, work is on- going to reach consensus on a common road safety standard for the sector. is will encompass agreement to have common vehi- cle inspection standards and RAS Stickers, Defensive Driving train- ing, common consequence man- agement etc., scheduled for com- pletion by the end of the year. e month also saw us participating in the ROP Road Safety Exhibition with an OPAL Booth which was well received. Given recent developments we are in the process of reviewing the CVC process and as such you may be approached for your views in due course and I would appreciate your input in this regards. Please give a thought to your par- ticipation in the 2016 OPAL Best Practices, in the 4 categories “Hu- man Resources Management”, “HSE”, “Operational Excellence” and “Small Business Develop- ment”. Awards will be presented to the Winners in each of these cat- egories. e event is scheduled to take place on 7th December 2016 under the auspices of H.E. Salim Al Aufi, Undersecretary Ministry of Oil and Gas. We have extend- ed the final date of submission to 7th November 2016. We welcome your participation. Until then...” Musallam Al Mandhari OPAL IMechE MOU Signing & Networking Reception The British Embassy Muscat, Sultanate of Oman 13 th November 2016 UPCOMING EVENTS MESSAGE FROM THE CEO OCCI TO EXPLORE SOUTH KOREAN EDUCATION MODEL A delegation from the Education Commit- tee at Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) has visited South Korea to explore vocational and higher educa- tion experiences. The delegation was led by Dr. Hilal bin Ali Al Hadhrami, Chairman of the OCCI Education Committee, and also included a number of committee members rep- resenting colleges, universities, schools, institutions, owners of educational center, OPAL and other officials. Abdullah Al Sinani, OPAL Human Resources Executive Manager, stated that South Korea is one of the most developed countries in Asia and has assumed an advanced status on education. We have been able through this visit to achieve the desired objectives, namely to see the Korean experience in the field of education and training, the process of linkage between them and how to connect the output in the labor market.
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1 OPAL NEWSLETTER
October 2016 www.opaloman.org Issue 16
N E W S L E T T E RA PRODUCTION OF COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT ■ Editor: Azza Al Hilali ([email protected]) ■ Supervisor: Abdullah Al Harthy ([email protected])
“Another hectic month for the OPAL team. We got pulled in into the nation’s “Tanfeedh” pro-gram in the last minute. It seems the OPAL name was being touted as a best example of Sector repre-sentation and its duplication in
other sectors was thus proffered as a firm proposal. Our role in bring-ing together the sector in building of HSE, Occupational and train-ing standards was recognized as best practice!. On the practical front, work has started in earnest to bring the Seeb VTC to UK regulated standards. If you recall in last month’s news-letter we reported that an agree-ment was reached to utilize the Seeb VTC to run our programs for Welding & Fabrication and Electrical and Mechanical Main-tenance skills. We have engaged with a professional body to work with the centre in enhancing their administrative processes to ob-tain the centre approval. In the meantime, SEMTA, another pro-fessional body is working on the formal assessment and subsequent
development of the VTC training staff.During the month, we signed an agreement with OLNG for the funding to train for employment for some of our members 35 Omanis in 2 trades costing OMR 82,660. Thanks OLNG for the opportunity.On the HSE front, work is on-going to reach consensus on a common road safety standard for the sector. This will encompass agreement to have common vehi-cle inspection standards and RAS Stickers, Defensive Driving train-ing, common consequence man-agement etc., scheduled for com-pletion by the end of the year. The month also saw us participating in the ROP Road Safety Exhibition with an OPAL Booth which was well received.
Given recent developments we are in the process of reviewing the CVC process and as such you may be approached for your views in due course and I would appreciate your input in this regards.Please give a thought to your par-ticipation in the 2016 OPAL Best Practices, in the 4 categories “Hu-man Resources Management”, “HSE”, “Operational Excellence” and “Small Business Develop-ment”. Awards will be presented to the Winners in each of these cat-egories. The event is scheduled to take place on 7th December 2016 under the auspices of H.E. Salim Al Aufi, Undersecretary Ministry of Oil and Gas. We have extend-ed the final date of submission to 7th November 2016. We welcome your participation. Until then...” Musallam Al Mandhari
OPAL IMechE MOU Signing & Networking Reception The British Embassy Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
13th November 2016
UPCOMING EVENTS
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
OCCI TO EXPLORE SOUTH KOREAN EDUCATION MODELA delegation from the Education Commit-tee at Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI) has visited South Korea to explore vocational and higher educa-tion experiences.The delegation was led by Dr. Hilal bin Ali Al Hadhrami, Chairman of the OCCI Education Committee, and also included a number of committee members rep-resenting colleges, universities, schools, institutions, owners of educational center, OPAL and other officials.Abdullah Al Sinani, OPAL Human Resources Executive Manager, stated that South Korea is one of the most developed countries in Asia and has assumed an advanced status on education. We have been able through this visit to achieve the desired objectives, namely to see the Korean experience in the field of education and training, the process of linkage between them and how to connect the output in the labor market.
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AL-GHALBI HOLDINGS initiated with strategic plan for Hospitality Man-agement and succeeded with a fruitful result by starting with “AL-GHALBI Awaifia PAC” at Awaifia with intention to benefit clients including PDO, Oxy, BP Khazzan, OO-CEP etc. who are having
operations in concession areas and as a part of Business Diversification. Main reasons prompted to initiate this idea are the shortage of PAC in the local-ity the difficulties of local community due to the absence of PAC in nearby localities. AL-GHALBI Awaifia Motel, is around 45 km from Fahud, and the initiative and completion is fully in line with the Government strategies for In Country Value (ICV). It have 31 furnished rooms in two floors, fully furnished 6 VIP Apartments, recreation facilities including gymnasium, play grounds, prayer halls, spacious mess halls, clinic, ambulance services, minimal shop-ping provisions etc. Total area of the camp is more than 8500 SQMTrs and can accommodate up to 120 Guests.
AL-GHALBI HOLDINGS INITIATED WITH STRATEGIC PLAN FOR HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
MEMBER NEWS
Newrest Wacasco, one of the leading industrial caterers in Sultanate of Oman has been awarded OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System) certification by the ISO accredited certifi-cation body TUV Rheinland. This milestone achievement reinforces Newrest Wacasco’s commitment to achieving excellence in health and safety performance and provides a framework for constant improvement and also will benefit in regularly eval-uating the hazards and risks from our activities, products and services and will certainly help us to continually improve our health and safety practices.Newrest Wacasco also holds certification to ISO 9001:2008 (Quality Management System) and ISO 22000:2005 (Food Safety Management System).
GlassPoint Solar, the leading supplier of solar to the oil and gas industry, recently participated in the SolarPAC-ES 2016 Conference that was held in Abu Dhabi from October 11-14th. GlassPoint took home the “Technology Innovation Award” for its enclosed trough technology, which is being de-ployed at gigawatt scale on an oilfield in the Oman desert. GlassPoint designed a first-of-its-kind solar thermal solution that brings the solar col-lectors indoors to reduce costs and overcome operating challenges.Hosted this year by the Masdar Institute and the UAE Ministry of Energy, SolarPACES is the leading symposium for the concentrating solar power (CSP) industry. The SolarPACES executive committee, comprised of inter-national solar researchers, recognized GlassPoint for its innovations and cost breakthroughs that are helping accelerate the solar power industry.Dr. Chiaki Treynor, Vice President of Technology at GlassPoint, spoke on a plenary session explaining how GlassPoint’s novel solar thermal design has overcome the environmental challenges of deploying solar in harsh deserts oilfields.
GLASSPOINT'S GIGAWATT SOLAR THERMAL PROJECT WON THE PRIZE
TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING INSTITUTE LLC (TATI) AWARDED ISO 9001:2008 CERTIFICATION
Technical and Administrative Training Institute LLC (TATI), a key constituent of the Oman Trading Es-tablishment (OTE) Group and one of the largest DD, HSE, Technical, Plant and Equipment Operator training providers in the Sultanate of Oman, has been awarded the ISO 9001:2008 certification for quality management system, after being officially assessed by AIB Vincotte International. The ISO 9001 certificate is accredited by BELAC which is a Belgium based accreditation board.The certification of the ISO 9001:2008 standard
recognises Technical and Administrative Training Institute LLC (TATI)’s quality driven processes to provide consistency in the provision of DD, HSE, Techni-cal, Plant and Equipment Operator trainingservices.
