Intertek Unveils New Licensed CompEx Training Center in Lafayette, Louisiana
November 06 2018 - 10:15AM
Business Wire
Experts Offer Courses for Personnel Working in Hazardous
Locations, Including Local Offshore Energy Employees
Intertek, a Total Quality Assurance provider to industries
worldwide, announces the opening of its new licensed CompEx
training center in Lafayette, Louisiana. The center, which
relocated from the Company’s Houston facility, joins an existing
training center in Lafayette that provides educational instruction
and courses to the oil and gas industry. With the move, Intertek
becomes the only licensed CompEx training center in Lafayette,
serving the employees who live and work in the immediate Gulf Coast
region.
Sunny Rai, Senior Vice President at Intertek, commented: “At
Intertek, our focus has always been to provide leading Assurance,
Testing, Inspection and Certification services that are focused on
quality and safety. We are thrilled to bring our licensed CompEx
training center to Lafayette to better service the offshore energy
industry as they seek to train their personnel in best practices.
Our combined efforts with our existing training center will truly
offer the industry a well-rounded, complete experience that meets
their training needs.”
CompEx training includes internationally recognized courses and
qualifications providing competency-based assessment for personnel
working in hazardous locations. As a licensed CompEx training
center, Intertek offers courses in hazardous areas aptitude and the
CompEx Scheme—including introductory courses and more intensive
technical options—using expert, certified instructors with years of
experience in both the classroom and the field. The Lafayette
training center offers combined resources with other oil and gas
experts to provide employees in the energy industry with leading
technical training on a regular basis, including
industry-accredited courses for well control, stuck pipe prevention
and safety leadership.
Intertek provides global solutions to the hazardous locations
industry with a proven track record of success supporting
clients. From the widely recognized ETL mark and OSHA NRTL
approval for North America, to ATEX notified body status for Europe
and IECEx certification for global markets, Intertek’s team of
engineers and technicians have the experience and know-how to help
with the certification process and provide training and technical
service solutions designed with the hazardous locations industry in
mind. For more information, visit
www.intertek.com/hazardous-locations.
For more information about Intertek’s CompEx training courses,
visit:
http://www.intertek.com/hazardous-locations/compex/events/.
ABOUT INTERTEK
Total Quality. Assured
Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to
industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories
and offices and over 43,000 people in more than 100 countries,
delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and
Certification solutions for our customers’ operations and supply
chains. Intertek Total Quality Assurance expertise, delivered
consistently with precision, pace and passion, enabling our
customers to power ahead safely.
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