FOLLOW US @LEEA_INT ● VISIT LEEAINT.COM ● VOLUME 2 ● ISSUE NUMBER 8 ● MAY-JUNE 2016

IN THIS ISSUE:CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S MESSAGE

TRAINING IN INDONESIA

RIGGER STAGE 3 SUCCESS

GOLF DAY

AND MORE!

The refurbishment of LEEA’s premises in Osprey Court, Huntingdon is approaching on-schedule completion.

As reported in the last edition of The Lifting Engineer, the LEEA administration and executive team have moved from the building to new offices in Ramsay Court, also in Hinchingbrooke Business Park. The site at Osprey Court is undergoing a full-scale refit to turn it into a training centre to provide students with world-class facilities to fulfill LEEA certificates and diploma courses.

John Williams, operations manager, LEEA, said: “The aim is to convert the two units into a dedicated training centre. Currently there are two classrooms fully operational with new break facilities in both units. One of the classrooms can be divided into two independent rooms giving LEEA the capacity to run three separate courses.”

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New world-class training centre will create state-of-the-art environment for students to fulfill LEEA certificates and diplomas.

Osprey Court Refit Nears Completion

Unit 3 rest area

The new LEEA boardroom at Osprey Court

The LEEA CRM

system that we use to manage the business and hold member records has reached the point where we have to upgrade to the latest

version. It was opportune to review and improve its functions and to add new facilities, which should offer better services to members, including a dedicated member portal allowing easier booking of courses, purchasing of publications and other new features. Work will start in the next month or so and we’ll roll out the new features as they become available.

I am pleased to welcome Robert Wilson to the LEEA team as Regional Manager Americas. With over 30 years of industry experience Robert is a valuable addition to our staff. Denis Hogan, who was previously responsible for this region, becomes Quality and Technical Support Manager where, in addition to his technical work, he will play a key role in developing the team of Technical Officers, Regional and Country Managers.

We have just completed a successful exhibition in Bahrain at the National Occupational Safety and Health Conference held by the Bahraini Ministry of Labour. We were happy to be there supporting three other LEEA members who were also exhibiting and made a number of new contacts while raising awareness of LEEA among visitors.

The Bahrain exhibition was followed immediately by Australian members meetings in both Perth and Brisbane, which were well attended and there was great participation from those who attended. Some objectives have been identified in

the region and Mike Williamson will be following these through.

Hot on the heels of these meetings, Kevin Crilly manned our stand at EIC Connect in Abu Dhabi and next week he and I will be visiting Saudi Arabia while other members of the team will man a stand at Breakbulk in Antwerp. Our next UK Roadshow will be in Telford on 7th June and shortly afterwards we will be at Vertikal Days at Haydock Park. This is all part of our strategy to raise awareness of LEEA and its members with equipment end users. The process is having an effect as we are seeing more applications for membership where the motive is “my client has told me to join LEEA”.

All of this means that membership and the LEEA logo has more value and we are seeing many more attempts to forge LEEA certificates and diplomas. One LEEA member has been suspended for presenting false documents to a client

and we are investigating more incidences both from members and non- members. Subject to approval at the AGM any members found doing this will be permanently exclud-ed from membership.

The association has also taken legal action against an Indian organisation styling itself the Lifting Equipment Engineers

Academy, using the LEEA logo and listing our courses. This has now been discontinued and we have written undertakings that there will be no repetition.

We will take firm action to defend LEEA Intellectual Property and trademark rights in order to maintain the value of the brand for members. But we can only do this if members make us aware of infringements, which can easily be done by emailing the office or using the contact form on the website.

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PENDING LEEA MEMBER APPLICATIONS Members please remember to check the list of new LEEA member applications. Follow this link and login to see pending applications: www.leeaint.com/uk/login

FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVEThe association has been busy at headquarters and around the world, with raising awareness of LEEA a priority. Geoff Holden reports.

RISING PROFILEOsprey Court Refit Nears Completion

John Williams continued: “The next phase of the project will include the

completion of another new classroom, thus, raising the capacity for learning without impacting on the overall student experience.”

Williams added that the network bandwidth of LEEA’s dedicated internet line was doubled last month (May) to support the new learning management system and said the increase will bring a better learning environment to Osprey Court.

LEEA is also in the process of developing the capacity for global video-conferencing from the bespoke boardroom in Osprey Court. This will lend itself to a range of new activities emanating from the site and should go live this month (June).

Members are advised to check they have the association’s new postal address at 3 Ramsay Court, Hinchingbrooke Business Park, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6FY, UK.

LiftEx Heads to Aberdeen

LiftEx, the UK’s only exhibition and industry conference dedicated to

overhead lifting and safe work at height, is heading to Aberdeen. Now in its 12th year, LiftEx 2016 will take place on Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 November at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Over 100 trade exhibitors are expected to take part, and the LiftEx Industry Conference will once again bring together an impressive line-up of respected speakers on topics related to safe, legal and efficient overhead lifting.

LEEA has issued a Call for Papers ahead of the conference. Presentations should be non-commercial, technical or advisory and delivered by senior company representatives or lifting industry authorities. Send prospective presentation summaries to emma.foreman@leeaint.com.

WE ARE SEEING MORE APPLICATIONS

FOR MEMBERSHIP WHERE THE MOTIVE IS 'MY CLIENT HAS TOLD

ME TO JOIN LEEA'

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“The Lifting Engineer is designed to give members an update on industry activities, LEEA activities and areas that would be of technical interest to the membership. Whilst we are happy to identify new innovations and technical advances within the industry, we do not see it as a platform for sales promotion or marketing of product launches. Send stories for consideration to john.williams@leeaint.com.” — LEEA

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LEEA recently held a three-week-long combined members training event hosted

by Indonesia-based PT Rigspek Perkasa at its 15,000 square-metre headquarters on the island of Batam.

The event presented an opportunity for member companies in the region to develop and raise their engineers’ knowledge surrounding various types of lifting equipment, while LEEA provided them with information and skills that can be applied to their various lifting activities.

Rigspek Perkasa was established in January 2007 and is part of Carl Stahl Group’s global network of lifting equipment companies. Headquarters includes 4,000 square metres of warehouse space in addition to offices, training facilities and load testing areas. It also has facilities in Jakarta and Balikpapan.

Dave Tucker, LEEA training officer, said: “The facilities provided by PT Rigspek Perkasa were of the highest standard, giving students the opportunity to concentrate fully on the training delivered. Practical sessions on various equipment in varied states of disrepair provided participants with the opportunity to put theory into practice. Students developed confidence in making informed and accurate decisions based on the serviceability of the equipment they were inspecting.”

The event was conducted over a three-week period allowing for a wide range of training to be delivered including the Part One Entrance Certificate, Lifting Equipment General and Lifting Machines Manual Diplomas and two Mobile Crane Examination Diplomas.

Tucker concluded: “The courses were very well received by over 50 delegates, who engaged throughout all training periods showing a clear desire and willingness to develop their individual knowledge and understanding.”

Alexander Silalahi, business development manager, Rigspek recently reported that the government has confirmed plans to invest US$360 billion into a series of projects over the next five years, primarily in the infrastructure and power sectors.

Combined Members Training Event in Indonesia

"THE COURSES WERE VERY WELL RECEIVED BY OVER 50 DELEGATES, WHO ENGAGED

THROUGHOUT ALL TRAINING PERIODS." — DAVE TUCKER,

LEEA TRAINING OFFICER

Courses taken included Part One Entrance Certificate, Lifting Equipment General, Lifting Machines Manual and Mobile Crane Examination.

Practical sessions on equipment in various states of disrepair provided participants with the opportunity to put theory into practice.

A s this issue of The Lifting Engineer was going to press, LEEA was making its debut at the Breakbulk Europe

trade show in Antwerp, the largest exhibition and educational forum in the world addressing the needs of traditional breakbulk and project cargo logistics professionals.

The event presented LEEA with an opportunity to network and connect with over 350 fellow exhibitors and sponsors that provide specialised services. Breakbulk Europe attendees included LEEA members, specialised ocean carriers, freight forwarders, ports / terminals professionals, logistics providers, ground transportation experts, export packers, equipment companies and more.

John Williams, operations manager, LEEA, said from Stand 519H3: “Expectations are for an excellent foot-fall through Breakbulk Europe with a reported 8,500 delegates registered. This being new territory for LEEA, our interest is in testing the waters as most activities throughout will involve lifting operations.”

Williams represented LEEA with events manager Emma Foreman. Certex and Checkmate were among early visitors to the LEEA exhibit.

LEEA Makes Breakbulk Europe Debut

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A class of students from Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic (SPSP) have become the first from the

organisation to receive LEEA Rigger Stage 3 certificates.SPSP was established to meet the needs of the

petroleum industry and to support the Saudisation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It was founded by the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, the Technical and Vocational Training Corporation (TVTC), Saudi Arabian Chevron and Aramco Gulf Operations Company.

15-16 June 2016 Vertikal DaysLiverpool, UKLEEA is exhibiting

29 November-2 December 2016OSEASingaporeLEEA is exhibiting

23-24 November 2016LiftEx 2016Aberdeen, Scotland

7 June 2016 LEEA RoadshowTelford, UK

The successful June 2014 intake are pictured with Saad Al-Shahrani (centre), construction and drilling training centre director at SPSP;

and James Hewitt (white hat, right), LEEA assessor.

John Williams greets Breakbulk Europe visitors in Antwerp.

12-13 October 2016Renewables MarketplaceLiverpoolLEEA is exhibiting

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First Saudi Petroleum Services Polytechnic Students Pass Rigger Stage 3

VISIT www.liftex.org/2016 to register for updates!

LIFTEX IS COMING TO ABERDEEN!LiftEx 2016, the UK’s leading lifting exhibition, will be coming to Scotland for the first time in its history. The 12th edition of the event will take place at the Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre on 23 – 24 NOVEMBER 2016.

Known as the Energy Capital of Europe, and with over forty years experience in oil and gas operations, Aberdeen is established as one of the most influential, innovative and proactive energy cities in the world.

LiftEx has become the go-to event for the lifting industry, comprising of the Exhibition, Industry Conference and Innovation Fast Pitch over the 2 days. The show attracts over 1,500 dedicated industry professionals and end users from a wide range of vertical markets, including oil & gas, energy, road & maritime transport, construction, utilities and manufacturing.

Sponsorship and Exhibition opportunities are available for LiftEx 2016. Please contact Leah Phelps on +44 (0)7795 110646 or at leah@liftex.org to secure a sponsorship packages or a prime position on the exhibition floor.

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