Press release date: February 7th 2015
Worldwide Tank Services has expanded its service reach into Europe by forming an “industrial strength” alliance with a leading safety training provider in the UK.
Ivor Paul Wilden, company director of WTS, confirmed the new link with Reynolds Training Services Ltd.
“The association between the two companies enables us to take our range of oil and gas safety courses to high hazard sites across the UK and Europe,” explained Mr Wilden, speaking from WTS’ headquarters in Australia.
Announcing the creation of WTS Europe Ltd, he added: “This marks part of our strategic growth plan to expand the outreach of courses in American Petroleum Institute subjects, along with ASME and AWS subjects and certification opportunities.”
Expert instructors from WTS Europe Ltd will deliver courses across Europe and direct from Reynolds Training Services’ world-class training facilities at HCF CATCH, Stallingborough.
WTS’ presence is already felt in Australia, New Zealand and Asia. Mr Wilden said the alliance with Reynolds Training Services “now enables us to take that all important first step into Europe”.
The safety exchange
The accord between the two companies will also see Reynolds Training Services take its range of courses, training and consultancy services to Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.
As part of the two-way deal, Reynolds Training Services is set to run a range of courses through WTS including operations training, tanker discharge, occupational health and safety and fire safety training.
John Reynolds, the company’s managing director, believed the association marked “good news” for high hazard sites both in his homestead of Europe and WTS’ many regions around the world.
“WTS shares our passion and, indeed, knowledge when it comes to safety on petrochemical sites. After all, when things go wrong on these types of plants the consequences can be all too catastrophic.”
As such, Mr Reynolds expressed “confidence” that the two-way partnership would create a medium through which a wider range of key skills and knowledge could pass direct to sites.
“Thanks to this association, Reynolds Training Services as with WTS, now has access to a wider range of course material,” he said. “But the real value is that the organisations we serve across our respective parts of the world will also have access to this greater depth of knowledge.”
This, considered Mr Reynolds, would imbue high hazard sites and their workers with qualifications which enable them to demonstrate wider competence.
Note to Editors
More about WTS
Specialist Training in American Petroleum
Worldwide Tank Services delivers specialised services in integrity testing and the project management of building and refurbishment of bulk storage tanks in the oil and gas industry.
WTS, which operates in South East Asia, the Middle East, Australasia, the USA and now Europe, is a regular contributor of technical papers on the process to the Australian Institute of Engineers’ gatherings and tank conferences run by NACE in the USA.
For more information visit www.worldwidetank.com.au or email admin@wtseurope.co.uk
More about RTS
Industrial Strength Health and Safety
Reynolds Training Services is a bringer of training and consultancy solutions to industrial sites and workplaces. The company, which works with brands such as Inter Terminals and BP, does this to manage risks which are central to businesses’ prosperity.
Training packages and custom courses are accredited by NEBOSH, PAAVQ-SET, IOSH and CIEH.
For more information visit www.reynoldstraining.com or email admin@reynoldstraining.com
