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Easy access to savings on board ships - Case Study

Grindrod Shipping, owner and manager of IVS and Unicorn Tankers, has installed OptiSave on board 9 vessels; 7 bulk carriers and 2 tankers and more will follow. The co-operation with IVS goes back to 2009 and the first OptiSave system was installed on board one of the bulk carriers soon after. “We have a great co-operation with DESMI and their automation team. We always look at how much fuel ...

Aug. 8, 2017

By DESMI A/S

Expert Installation Services Soar to New Heights

Along with providing equipment to solve customer’s complex VOC, NOx, and Odor pollution challenges, we also provide installation services. I was on site for the recent “lift” of a new QUADRANT SR-35,000 Thermal Oxidizer (TO). Capital equipment, like a Thermal Oxidizer, is designed to operate for many years; however wear and tear eventually may require the equipment to be ...

Jul. 21, 2017

By Catalytic Products International (CPI)

Valeport Supports Search for New Marine Discoveries

Valeport’s latest CTD profiler is supporting scientists with leading edge research to expand knowledge of marine biodiversity. The fastCTD profiler has been designed to deliver the ...

Aug. 7, 2017

By Valeport Ltd

A Training Manager’s Guide to Tracking Training for Measurable Results

Though some businesses view training as an essential aspect of business performance, others approach it as something they should do; that simply having employees ‘sit in a classroom’ is equivalent to building actual, proven competency, when nothing could be further from the truth. Download this free whitepaper to learn more about the world of contemporary training and how to commit to ...

Mar. 18, 2014

By Intelex Technologies Inc.

`Train`-ing the waste management industry

For the past 15 years, the waste management industry has done a commendable job in responding to public concern over environmental issues, especially the demand for more recycling. However, while waste reduction strategies are crucial, Canada's booming economy has meant increased production of construction and demolition (C&D) and institutional, commercial and industrial (IC&I) waste. As ...

Jun. 30, 2008

By EcoLog Environmental Resources Group

BowTieXP Training

Bow-ties provide a simple, graphical representation of the relationship between the causes and consequences of businessupsets, the control measures in place and the tasks, procedures, responsible individuals and competencies which support and enforce the controls. The diagram demonstrates how the management system provides ongoing control of the risks.BowTieXP* is an advanced software tool, ...

Jul. 16, 2009

By Risktec Solutions

HSE training guidelines for the waste management and recycling industry

This ‘good practice’ guidance was written in consultation with the Waste Industry Safety and Health Forum (WISH). It does not aim to be comprehensive but gives examples of good practice within the industry.It is for managers and those organising training within the waste management and recycling industry.This document sets out guidelines on the basic requirements for training in five key areas:- ...

Aug. 30, 2007

On-Site Servicing: Imperium Training & Asset Management - Case Study

Name of customer: Imperium Training & Asset Management Project title: Onsite Maintenance Contract Location: Nationwide Project description: Imperium needed a team of engineers to carry out a routine maintenance of their clients Health & Safety equipment. The engineers had to be trained and competent in taking the ...

Jun. 28, 2016

By Civil Engineering Safety Ltd

Using ontology-based knowledge networks for user training in managing healthcare processes

The cooperative and collaborative nature of healthcare delivery requires active user participation in healthcare process design/redesign. Hence, there is a need to provide users with reusable, flexible, agile and adaptable training material in order to enable them instil their knowledge and expertise in healthcare process modelling and automation activities. This paper presents a prototype ...

Mar. 27, 2009

By Inderscience Publishers

Teaching the course on "sustainable development" within the "ecology and nature management" profile of training

The history of man-nature interactions shows that, the more advanced the human culture, the better the relations with the environment. With the understanding that the culture of the society is, first and foremost, maintained by the educational institutions, one may consider any real education to be an input to sustainable development. And vice versa: practically all failures in social development ...

Apr. 6, 2005

By Inderscience Publishers

Training and continuing education for quality management and conformity assessment staff for nuclear facilities

Highly qualified staff have always been in strong demand. This also applies to the nuclear industry, especially in its rapid development. Quality assurance as a mechanism to ensure a comprehensive security sector is a priority. Training, retraining and skills development for the management, maintenance and quality assurance for nuclear facilities is a separate system task. The successful delivery ...

Aug. 22, 2011

By Inderscience Publishers

BM Respirometry benefits for activated sludge process management, research and training

A biological process controlled by non-biological measurements? All treatment plant efficiencies are geared to the waste that they receive. The microorganisms found in the waste need food and oxygen to survive, the food is provided as soluble organic carbon in the waste stream and the oxygen is obtained through the aeration process in the treatment plant. Once a treatment plant ...

Apr. 6, 2016

By SURCIS, S.L.

Training for improvisation in emergency management: opportunities and limits for information technology

Skill in improvising enables emergency management personnel to make creative decisions under time constraint, even when risks are high. It therefore complements skill in plan-following, which is particularly appropriate when the current emergency is similar to a past one. This paper develops recommendations on how to use Information Technology (IT) in the design of training programmes for ...

Nov. 15, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

Training of medical teams on-site for individual and coordinated response in emergency management

A system for training of coordination and cooperation of decision makers in emergency management has been under construction for some time. A first prototype of the system was developed in the MUSTER system. The system is being developed modularly with one module for each of the suborganisations involved in the complete preparedness: fire brigade, police, medical team, civil defence, etc. All ...

Jan. 30, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

Avoiding crisis in communication: a computer-supported training approach for emergency management

Crisis management requires stakeholders not only to show strategic, organisational preparedness for crisis events (e.g., by systematising and professionalising coping with work), but also to develop skills in dealing with unanticipated events and other stakeholders involved in the same crisis. They should not only rely on established information flows and behaviour patterns, but also be able to ...

Feb. 12, 2010

By Inderscience Publishers

The impact of age and reading on the desire for training of managers in entrepreneurial ventures

The goal of this paper is to determine the effects of age and reading of popular business periodicals on an entrepreneur's view of training needs for their management staff. This paper uses a sampling of 107 entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 45 who completed a survey that used Likert scale questions. The results are analysed with a repeated measure ANOVA for evaluating the effect of age ...

Jan. 14, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

A case study of information and communication technology in emergency management training

This paper addresses the roles of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in training for effective emergency management and inter-organisational coordination. Collocation can encourage the development of common ground and trust and, in turn, result in greater efficiency and effectiveness. We expect to find communication and artefact use during collocated training that cannot readily ...

Nov. 15, 2006

By Inderscience Publishers

Establishing a Training Academy

ABSTRACTIn the current economic climate, the demands put upon a utility require education to be delivered faster, cheaper and more effectively to a fluid workplace and a mobile workforce. Learning effects must be measurable with a clear line of attribution to business performance. In order to be sustained, learning must be strategic as well as impacting the bottom line. This paper presents how ...

Oct. 22, 2006

By Water Environment Federation (WEF)

Safety Training for an Interactive World

Training is often a hardship for many safety managers. If it is not scheduling conflicts with the trainers, worker illnesses or other untimely and unforeseen situations, often it's training for a multi-language workforce... and let's not forget that costs are always an issue. Company mergers and acquisitions can cause training to be swept 'under the carpet' as well. And whatever the environment, ...

May 1, 1999

Training case studies - UPM

UPM is one of the world's leading forest industry groups. Our vision is to be the front-runner in the new forest industry and to create value by offering competitive products and services to customers worldwide. To deliver parts of our vision we introduced a new combustion process (Biomass and Combined Heat and Power plan) in our facility in Irvine. We appointed SEQM to train our people. The aim ...

Apr. 23, 2010

By SEQM Ltd.

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