Qatar Airways has been
recognized by Qatar International Safety Centre (QISC) and the
Engineering Construction Industry Board (ECITB) for training 1,000
employees to date, in the internationally accredited Health & Safety
Passport Programme developed by them.
The airline’s chief
technical officer Kieran James Graham received the award from QISC
business development manager Andy Reid and ECITB main board director
Julian Gammage.
Graham said the efforts of the airline’s technical team were instrumental in this achievement.
“Such
a large number of employees were trained in a short period of time
without impacting the day to day running of the maintenance operations,”
he said.
Qatar Airways’
participation in the Safety Passport Scheme in conjunction with QISC and
ECITB will enhance the safety culture and health and safety education
of the airline’s engineering staff, Graham explained.
ECITB
international business development manager Jason Reily, director Antony
Featherstone, QISC commercial manager Steven Hickey and Qatar Airways
technical training manager (operations) Prasad Kulathilaka, senior
manager (technical training) Abdulsalam al-Aamri, vice president
(quality assurance and maintenance training) Mohamed Talaat Mahmoud,
controller (technical training) Prarthana Shetty, technical training
manager (standards and compliance) and Ajith Samarasena were also
present.
QISC, the only
approved ECITB training provider in Qatar, worked together with Qatar
Airways to ensure that the Health and Safety program would suit and meet
the needs of the airline’s employees.
The program, delivered in
Arabic, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Tagalog, Malayalam and English, is a mix of
behavioural safety and group interaction exercises.
The subjects covered
include safety culture, hazards and risks, confined space, working at
height, scaffolding, manual handling, excavation and trenching.
Source: http://www.gulf-times.com
http://www.qatarairways.com
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