Abu Dhabi is home to a newly established branch of the Fugro Academy Training Center. The new facility comprises three training suites, an engineering workshop, a simulation suite, a seven-function manipulator trainer and offices. It also has direct access to Fugro’s quayside and equipment within the base area.
The new facility was officially opened with an inauguration ceremony on May 25, led by Samir Al Gharbi, GASOS General Manager, who was presented with a plaque of appreciation by Fugro management.
The Fugro Academy was created in 2006 as a global group-wide standardized training initiative to develop staff and support recruitment. It provides office-based and field staff with both instructor-led practical courses and online hosted e-learning modules on a variety of technical, HSE and business-related topics. To date the Fugro Academy has presented more than 1,500 trainer-led courses, training more than 12,000 staff from the many countries where Fugro has a presence.
“Following the success of the Fugro Academy in Plymouth, which focuses on survey training, we decided to create a subsea training center, to work in partnership with our U.K. colleagues,” explains Subsea Division Training Manager, Darren Walley. “Locating the facility alongside our highly successful ROV training center here in Abu Dhabi builds on Fugro’s close ties with the United Arab Emirates and brings us the benefits associated with an abundance of local specialist personnel and equipment suppliers.”
Fugro said it expects hundreds staff from around the world, along with clients requiring specific training, to visit the new Abu Dhabi facility each year.