DIA to train Dugas plant operators

Dubai: Dubai Industrial Academy (DIA), a division of Dubai Industrial City, a member of Tatweer, on Saturday announced it has signed an agreement with Dubai Natural Gas Company (Dugas) to train its process operators on troubleshooting and fault diagnosis.

The five-day programme will enhance the process operators' on-the-job analytical skills and give them a wider understanding of the mechanism of a gas plant.

Utilising plant manuals and plant pipe and instruments drawings, the initiative will highlight solutions to some of the high-risk challenges operators face on site in the course of their work.

"Through its comprehensive and industry specific training progammes, Dubai Industrial Academy aims to increase the competency level of the operational staff and upgrade their working skills. We consider this an imperative necessity given the hazards that plant operators are exposed to in the gas industry," Rashid Al Ansari, vice-president of Dubai Industrial City, said in a statement.

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In the run-up to the agreement, Dubai Industrial Academy successfully trained two shifts of Dugas process operators out of six Dugas shifts, each consisting of 12 process operators.

Al Ansari said, "The trainer of this course will leverage his extensive experience in process operations and spend two days on site in Dugas plant for collecting relevant data, ahead of the training programme, to ensure the content is consistent with the plant operators' nature of work."