Health and Safety Induction Angola Case History

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Case History: Health & Safety Induction Offshore Oil & Gas Fabrication, Angola

versão Portuguesa version française

Paenal, a fabrication yard in Angola, West Africa, supplying the offshore oil and gas industry, required a health and safety induction video for English and Portuguese speaking visitors, English speaking expat workers and Portuguese speaking African operatives.

The safety induction video was to replace an existing Powerpoint slideshow which required a member of the HSSE team to make the presentation.

The Paenal yard is at Port Amboim, some four hours drive south of Angola map the capital Luanda. It is a joint venture between Sonangol, the Angolan state oil company, DSME (Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering) of Korea and SBM Offshore, the Dutch offshore engineering multinational. Paenal has trained some 400 local Angolan workers in fabrication, welding and other skills, and will eventually have some 750 local workers.

Enlightenment Interactive was chosen to produce the health and safety induction video because of our competitive tender and also our experience in foreign language video production and in safety training for the construction and heavy manufacturing industries.

Method

Normally we would send a producer/scriptwriter on a preliminary visit to research the location, identify the safety training issues in partnership with the company HSSE department and then return to the UK to prepare and agree a video script and shooting plan, before the camera crew is sent to shoot the video.

In this case, because of the remoteness of the location, it was more cost effective to prepare a list of likely safety points and agree these by e-mail in advance of the video shoot.

The director and cameraman then arrived in Angola to shoot footage to cover these topics, with an emphasis on safe working practices rather than showing hazards. The Paenal HSSE department helped the video crew, setting up appropriate scenarios and making sure that every operative featured in the video was wearing correct PPE and working safely.

The video crew then returned to the UK to write a full script for the video. When this was approved, it was recorded with an English permit to work in HSSE office voiceover and the safety induction presentation edited as a combination of video and multimedia content. The material was organised into modules with menus, so that the Paenal HSSE department could select a full version for a safety induction for visitors or new employees, in either English or Portuguese, or select individual topics to support a particular safety campaign.

When the English version was approved, the script for the voiceover and all the on-screen text was translated into Portuguese by a translator specialising in video work. The Paenal HSSE department then approved this and the voiceover was recorded by a Portuguese narrator. A full Portuguese version of the safety induction was then prepared.

Content

Introduction to Paenal, introduction to Angola (for expat workers)
Coming to Work - Access, Security, PPE, Yard Rules
Keeping out of Danger Zones - hot work, machinery, cranes and vehicles
Dangerous Materials
Working at Height - scaffolding, ladders, steps, safety harnesses
The right tools for the job
Lifting and carrying - manual handling
Operating heavy plant and vehicles
Keeping your workplace safe
Unusual work - the Permit to Work system
Your health - welfare facilities, effects of the sun, dehydration, malaria, HIV/AIDS, the site clinic
Emergency procedures - evacuation procedure, first aid, use of fire extinguishers, fire prevention
If you think something is unsafe - safety reporting system, safety representatives, safety award scheme
Go home safely every day