World Class Engineering Training Facility Opens In Aberdeenshire

Work on a new oil, gas and engineering training centre of excellence in Aberdeenshire has recently reached completion and global engineering firm Score (Europe) Ltd have now opened its doors for business.

The facility is to be the new headquarters of Score Training, part of the Score (Europe) Ltd of companies, providing expert led valve related training courses to the oil and gas industry. The company’s Essential Valve Knowledge training is a recognised industry benchmark for valve awareness training and a full range of technical training courses provide hands-on experience working with valves, their maintenance and associated equipment. Approved by the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board; the company also carry out critical Mechanical Joint Integrity training and testing.

Score (Europe) Ltd plc run operations in over thirty countries and announced that they had purchased the site of the former HMP Peterhead back in June 2014. Since then the company has invested extensively in a multi-stage regeneration project, ensuring the new facilities will become a global centre of excellence for training in the oil, gas and engineering disciplines. The new location will allow for increased training delivery and an enhanced training experience. Space for hands-on on technical training has increased from one training workshop to five dedicated workshop training areas each fully fitted with state of the art equipment. Specialist equipment includes hydrostatic and gas test cells, a pressure safety valve test cell and a simulated flow-spool, ensuring the highest standard of practical training.

The increased space will allow several training courses to be run simultaneously; including training on a range of valve types, actuators, preventative maintenance and the newly released MJI 10&19 courses for hand and hydraulically torqued bolted connection techniques.

Through the use of the new facilities the company also plan to further develop the training provided to its own apprentices. Over 300 trainees are employed by the Group globally through their award-winning apprenticeship scheme, covering a full range of disciplines from mechanical engineering to administration with over a thousand training sessions being delivered in-house each year. The new dedicated training facilities provide the best possible environment for engineering-based, IT and soft skill tuition. This is intended to enhance the training experiences of both current apprentices and future recruits.

Managing Director of valve services company Score (Europe) Limited and Chairman of Score Training, Conrad Ritchie said: ‘The development of a world class training centre presents the opportunity for a significant increase in the provision of technical training in the North East. It is our intention that the enhanced facilities benefit not only our company but the local community in addition to worldwide oil and gas clients, both existing and prospective. As an employer we recognise the importance of offering apprenticeship opportunities in the local area and through our training schemes in Norway, Denmark, Australia, the USA, Trinidad, Canada and Ireland.

As an oil and gas training provider we appreciate that our customers place the same importance on training, technical awareness competence and safety that we value throughout the Score (Europe) Ltd and as such we look forward to opening up our extensive facilities to training customers travelling from all parts of the world to our global centre of excellence here in the United Kingdom.’

The training facility is phase one of the regeneration project for the site; further phases will see remaining Victorian buildings being upgraded for a variety of uses including the provision of secure storage and creation of a tourism hub with heritage centre.

Score (Europe) Ltd
Tel: 01779 480 000
Web: www.score-group.com

Published: 24th November 2015