Reynolds Training Services returned to StocExpo at Rotterdam Ahoy and had an amazing time!
StocExpo is the leading event for the international bulk liquid and gas storage sector. All the major players were there, so it’s right and proper that the world’s leading provider of competency management and safety training was there too, to renew old acquaintances and introduce our training programmes to new potential clients.
The theme of the event was ‘The Future of Tank Storage’ which is something we, at Reynolds Training, are involved with every day!
The Future of Tank Storage
As you know, everything we do at Reynolds Training is geared towards future-proofing our industry by equipping all of our graduates with the tools they need to thrive in a transitional fuel future and forge a career.
StocExpo was a great chance for us to spend some quality time with the businesses at the cutting-edge of our ever-changing sector. We discussed how the market is evolving, how regulations are changing nationally and internationally, and what strategies are in place to deliver a more sustainable non-fossil-fuel-dependant future.
We also saw some of the incredible pioneering technologies being deployed to transform the way we work in this sector.
This will help all-concerned to create a more joined-up approach to competency management process and safety training.
It’s a chance for us to have our say when it comes to influencing the future of training and developing sustainable career pathways – by giving us a chance to learn exactly what business needs now from their staff and will need in the future.
Rotterdam, Ahoy!
The great benefit of a live event like this is not only the opportunity to demonstrate what great innovations we at Reynolds Training are bringing to our sector, but to meet, learn from and be inspired by industry leaders and pioneers from across the globe.
For example, we enjoyed a fascinating conversation with Jean Paul Crouzoulon, President of Kemiwatt. We talked about the future of Flow Energy utilising Bulk Storage Tanks to store liquids and generate electrical energy. We also covered future fuels, new technology, existing infrastructure and enveloping skills. It was great to touch base with someone of a like mind.
Other highlights included meeting the team behind Forza’s hydrogen-fuelled racing car which has already proven that hydrogen-electric race cars can beat fossil-fuel cars. Where next? Is hydrogen the future of road transport?
We’ve seen the future and it will work!
Our four big takeaways from the event…
🟥 Future Planning. We saw inspirational speakers from all corners, discussing the path to 2030 and 2050. And we need to be planning that future now! There were some great key visions and the expo was a fabulous forum to underpin that discussion and potential routes forward.
🟦 Future Fuels. No, as an industry, we don’t yet have all the answers, but we are inspired whilst working towards a common green goal and maintaining the supply of legacy fuels.
⬜️ Future Terminals. What will they look like? What do we need to start building now, to service society’s needs in 10, 20, 30 years? Which direction are respective governments and world leaders pushing? What about investment, where will it come from and in what will it be invested? So many variables to consider and we have to be aware of them all!
🟨 Future Skills. Career pathways will increase in importance if we are to fill the gaps created by skilled and experienced workers departing the sector. This pathway needs a clear future vision, led constructively with knowledge and skills at its core, building on the experience of others and of those joining the sector. We need to challenge old methods, champion inherent safety and be willing to work towards change.
Those are our four future-focused takeaways from StocExpo 2023.
The Future According to Reynolds Training
Being aware of industrial developments and innovations is especially important as our businesses change & evolve. Industry needs competent, safe, trained workers and we are the training provider who will make that happen.
That’s why we, at Reynolds Training, are constantly evolving and improving our own offering and widening the career pathway within the sector.
Let’s take a look…
Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers
We at Reynolds Training were proud to pioneer the UK’s first Bulk Liquid Storage Apprenticeship.
As a registered apprenticeship training provider, we continue to adapt and improve that pathway into the sector, ensuring it continues to deliver the finest, most relevant training opportunities for apprentices and provides the strongest foundations for their career development.
You can learn more about our Apprenticeship provision here.
If you’d like to know more about the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers, you can read all about it here, at Gov.UK.
Improving the NCPM
We’re expanding the learning facilities at the UK’s leading fully-operational tank farm and process plant training facility. The National Centre For Process & Manufacturing is our revolutionary and unique hands-on training facility, developed in association with CATCH.
Our new on-site training room offers direct access to the NCPM Tank Farm and Process Plant. This enables us to continue raising the bar in respect of hands-on practical training for apprentices and experienced learners alike. It also underpins the theoretical aspects of the wide scope of training we develop and deliver.
The new room is also equipped with direct access to the Honeywell Entis Experion and Emerson Automation Solutions Delta V DCS, improving the knowledge and understanding our learners can develop. Both of these systems can also be accessed remotely anywhere in the world (utilising military-grade encryption) and providing remote operational access.
We have further supported this remote access with full CCTV coverage across the whole of the site, providing the ability to not only operate the relevant DCS, but also have ‘eyes’ on the operational input and output.
We are busy developing a ‘Present 4D’ Virtual Reality Suite which will provide a full overview of the plant and equipment at the NCPM. This is another huge leap forward in emulating the environments our learners will find themselves in, once they are working in the industry.
You can learn more about NCPM, here.
Promoting CALMcloud
As well as offering the state-of-the-art hands-on facilities at the NCPM, we also have our online platform for consistently and efficiently managing competency.
The simple fact is: more competent workers are more efficient and effective. This is why we believe it is crucial to not only train people, embedding knowledge and developing skills, but to also assess their competency onsite. It’s all part of what we call ‘blended learning’.
Whether you’re training on your site or ours, or online, CALMcloud can track all your achievements, as well as your competence assessment and CPD, then keep an ongoing record all in one place.
And that place is here!
Reynolds Training: into the future
StocExpo 2023 was such an amazing, informative event that we’ve already booked for 2024. We’ll be there and we’re bringing the future with us!
If you’d like to talk about any of the incredible projects we showcased at StocExpo 2023, you’d like to chat about possible developments for 2024 or you have a training need that only the premier provider of safety and competence training to the sector can supply, touch base.
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