The Liebherr BOS2600 crane located above the quarry at the Aberdeen training centre simulates the offshore lifting environment

Training & Competence Assessment

If you want to satisfy yourself, a client or a regulator that your lifting personnel have been appropriately trained and have demonstrated

Aerial view of Sparrows Training Centre in Aberdeen

competence in their role, the courses and assessments offered by the Energy Cranes and Sparrows Offshore Training Centres represent a gold standard benchmark unrivalled anywhere in the world.

Energy Cranes is the world’s leading provider of crane and lifting services training, at our Sparrows Training Centre in Aberdeen (UK) and Energy Cranes Training Center (part of the Shell Robert Training and Conference Center in Louisiana, USA) - and through secondment of our training instructors to deliver courses and assessments on client premises and offshore installations world wide.

Training & competence assessment services are available for:

• Crane Operators (on & offshore, pedestal, gantry & knuckleboom cranes)
• Crane Maintainers
• Hydraulics Maintainers
• Riggers
• OPITO-approved Slinger & Banksman training
• Personnel transfer (FROG capsule)
• LOLER (E-learning package)

The Sparrows Training Centre in Aberdeen is also equipped with a Kransim 600 crane simulator (left), creating a virtual training and competence assessment environment in which both routine and emergency situations can be replicated and procedures practiced.

Whilst standard courses are offered, all can be tailored to meet specific client requirements relating to, for example, operating environment, equipment in use, or specialist applications.

Courses are designed to meet all the requirements of LOLER (Lifting Operations & Lifting Equipment Regulations, UK, 1998) and to reflect best practice in the industry. Courses are accredited, variously, by OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation), SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) and EAL (EMTA Awards Ltd) and are developed and delivered within the company’s quality management system to ISO 9000.