EPIT Drives International Growth With Strategic Training Delivery Across Key Global Markets

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Aberdeen based EPIT Group, a leading provider of specialist training for hazardous area industries, has further expanded its international footprint following the successful delivery of technical and safety training programmes across Nigeria, Oman, Angola, and Trinidad in the second quarter of 2025. These projects form part of the company’s long term strategy to support global clients with in-country, high quality training that meets local and international standards.

In Nigeria, EPIT is working with long standing partner True Blue Energy Services to support the installation of additional hazardous area training bays at their facility in Port Harcourt. Designed to enhance the delivery of CompEx courses, the expanded setup will significantly increase the number of delegates trained throughout the year, responding to growing demand in the region and supporting local workforce development with internationally recognised qualifications.

In Oman, EPIT recently delivered a CompEx course for BP technicians, supporting the client’s operational and safety standards for hazardous area compliance. Delivered with in-country partner RAY International Skills Development, the course took place at their Muscat facility and forms part of EPIT’s wider capability in providing high spec training to energy operators.

Further west, EPIT delivered a tailored NEC500/505 training course in Angola. The three-day course, designed for technicians installing Ex equipment, was delivered at a global client’s facility in Portuguese with the assistance of a translator, ensuring compliance with US NEC standards in a non-English speaking environment. The ability to adapt content and delivery format to meet both regulatory and linguistic requirements highlights EPIT’s operational agility and international capability.

In the Caribbean, EPIT continued its long-standing relationship with Shell by delivering a bespoke High Voltage (HV) training course and conducting competency assessments of Shell’s electrical technicians and engineers in Trinidad. The four-day programme forms part of Shell’s internal competency management system, blending theory with practical components and tailored to meet both Shell’s corporate safety framework and local operational standards. This marks over a decade of collaboration since EPIT first began delivering training for BG Group prior to its acquisition by Shell.

All international programmes are quality assured from EPIT’s headquarters in Aberdeen, where training content, delivery, and compliance are benchmarked to some of the highest standards in the industry. This ensures consistent delivery across regions, regardless of local infrastructure or regulatory frameworks.

“We’re proud to deliver the same level of quality and technical excellence internationally as we do in Aberdeen,” said Martin Constable, Operations Director at EPIT. “Our trainers work closely with clients on the ground, and every course is backed by our quality assurance systems here in the UK. Whether we’re working in Trinidad or Port Harcourt, our priority is to ensure that every delegate receives effective, relevant training aligned with local and global standards.”

As EPIT continues to build strategic partnerships and expand international delivery, further programmes are already in planning, including growth into new markets across Asia. These latest projects reflect the company’s broader commitment to providing technically robust, adaptable training solutions wherever clients operate.

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Header Column #1
Industries	Principal to all Ex environments, with direct application in hazardous vapour and gas environments.
Entry Qualifications Guidance	Level 3, ECS Gold Card, National Diploma or equivalent. Disipline: Electrotechnical Instrumentation Subject to knowledge, skill and experience candidates may benefit from Ex F+
Entry Knowledge - Expected	Knows the relevant legislative, regulatory, local requirements Understands procedures for safe working practice and systems of work in an industrial setting Can read and interpret relevant engineering drawings, related specifications, quality standards and equipment manuals Understands the hierarchy of responsibilities in relation to reporting and decision-making
Entry Skills - Expected	Practical skills in engineering assembly of a complexity consistent with that of a level 3 craftsperson Can apply safe working practices including safe isolation to meet the requirements of statutory and non-statutory regulations Can safely install, inspect, test, commission, diagnose and correct faults in electrical plant, instrumentation, associated cabling, cabling supports and equipment Can select, gland & terminate industrial type cables to a suitable component and associated cable tray in line with details on the appropriate specification Can interpret manufacturers documentation for correct installation,maintenance and inspection
Job Roles Aspiring to or operating in	Installation or Maintenance Electrician Electrical or Instrument Technician Engineers
Entry Experience Guidance	2 + years' experience operating in a site / industrial environment Installing, inspecting, testing and/or maintaining equipment in an industrial setting
Entry Knowledge - Desirable	Understands the need for and methods of achieving safe working practice in gas and vapour Ex environments Has basic practical, theoretical and technological knowledge and understanding of gas and vapour Ex environments Has a basic understanding of the requirements, materials and equipment considerations, in relation to working in gas and vapour Ex environments
Entry Skills - Desirable	Can select and install a variety of Ex certified cables glands and terminate conductors into equipment Can understand the principles of electrical protection concepts including selection, installation and maintenance Understands intrinsically safe concept of protection and installation including the importance of documentation Can inspect new and existing equipment in accordance with appropriate inspection techniques relevant to the different grades of inspection

Header Column #1

Industries

Principal to all Ex environments, with direct application in hazardous vapour and gas environments.

Entry Qualifications
Guidance

Level 3, ECS Gold Card, National Diploma or equivalent. Disipline:

Electrotechnical
Instrumentation

Subject to knowledge, skill and experience candidates may benefit from Ex F+

Entry Knowledge - Expected

Knows the relevant legislative, regulatory, local requirements
Understands procedures for safe working practice and systems of work in an industrial setting
Can read and interpret relevant engineering drawings, related specifications, quality standards and equipment manuals
Understands the hierarchy of responsibilities in relation to reporting and decision-making

Entry Skills - Expected

Practical skills in engineering assembly of a complexity consistent with that of a level 3 craftsperson
Can apply safe working practices including safe isolation to meet the requirements of statutory and non-statutory regulations
Can safely install, inspect, test, commission, diagnose and correct faults in electrical plant, instrumentation, associated cabling, cabling supports and equipment
Can select, gland & terminate industrial type cables to a suitable component and associated cable tray in line with details on the appropriate specification
Can interpret manufacturers documentation for correct installation,maintenance and inspection

Job Roles
Aspiring to or operating in

Installation or Maintenance Electrician
Electrical or Instrument Technician
Engineers

Entry Experience
Guidance

2 + years' experience operating in a site / industrial environment
Installing, inspecting, testing and/or maintaining equipment in an industrial setting

Entry Knowledge - Desirable

Understands the need for and methods of achieving safe working practice in gas and vapour Ex environments
Has basic practical, theoretical and technological knowledge and understanding of gas and vapour Ex environments
Has a basic understanding of the requirements, materials and equipment considerations, in relation to working in gas and vapour Ex environments

Entry Skills - Desirable

Can select and install a variety of Ex certified cables glands and terminate conductors into equipment
Can understand the principles of electrical protection concepts including selection, installation and maintenance
Understands intrinsically safe concept of protection and installation including the importance of documentation
Can inspect new and existing equipment in accordance with appropriate inspection techniques relevant to the different grades of inspection

Header Column #1
Industries	Principal to all Ex environments, with direct application in hazardous vapour and gas environments.
Entry Qualifications Guidance	Level 3, ECS Gold Card, National Diploma or equivalent. Disipline: Electrotechnical Instrumentation Subject to knowledge, skill and experience candidates may benefit from Ex F+
Entry Knowledge - Expected	Knows the relevant legislative, regulatory, local requirements Understands procedures for safe working practice and systems of work in an industrial setting Can read and interpret relevant engineering drawings, related specifications, quality standards and equipment manuals Understands the hierarchy of responsibilities in relation to reporting and decision-making
Entry Skills - Expected	Practical skills in engineering assembly of a complexity consistent with that of a level 3 craftsperson Can apply safe working practices including safe isolation to meet the requirements of statutory and non-statutory regulations Can safely install, inspect, test, commission, diagnose and correct faults in electrical plant, instrumentation, associated cabling, cabling supports and equipment Can select, gland & terminate industrial type cables to a suitable component and associated cable tray in line with details on the appropriate specification Can interpret manufacturers documentation for correct installation,maintenance and inspection
Job Roles Aspiring to or operating in	Installation or Maintenance Electrician Electrical or Instrument Technician Engineers
Entry Experience Guidance	2 + years' experience operating in a site / industrial environment Installing, inspecting, testing and/or maintaining equipment in an industrial setting
Entry Knowledge - Desirable	Understands the need for and methods of achieving safe working practice in gas and vapour Ex environments Has basic practical, theoretical and technological knowledge and understanding of gas and vapour Ex environments Has a basic understanding of the requirements, materials and equipment considerations, in relation to working in gas and vapour Ex environments
Entry Skills - Desirable	Can select and install a variety of Ex certified cables glands and terminate conductors into equipment Can understand the principles of electrical protection concepts including selection, installation and maintenance Understands intrinsically safe concept of protection and installation including the importance of documentation Can inspect new and existing equipment in accordance with appropriate inspection techniques relevant to the different grades of inspection

Header Column #1

Industries

Principal to all Ex environments, with direct application in hazardous vapour and gas environments.

Entry Qualifications
Guidance

Level 3, ECS Gold Card, National Diploma or equivalent. Disipline:

Electrotechnical
Instrumentation

Subject to knowledge, skill and experience candidates may benefit from Ex F+

Entry Knowledge - Expected

Knows the relevant legislative, regulatory, local requirements
Understands procedures for safe working practice and systems of work in an industrial setting
Can read and interpret relevant engineering drawings, related specifications, quality standards and equipment manuals
Understands the hierarchy of responsibilities in relation to reporting and decision-making

Entry Skills - Expected

Practical skills in engineering assembly of a complexity consistent with that of a level 3 craftsperson
Can apply safe working practices including safe isolation to meet the requirements of statutory and non-statutory regulations
Can safely install, inspect, test, commission, diagnose and correct faults in electrical plant, instrumentation, associated cabling, cabling supports and equipment
Can select, gland & terminate industrial type cables to a suitable component and associated cable tray in line with details on the appropriate specification
Can interpret manufacturers documentation for correct installation,maintenance and inspection

Job Roles
Aspiring to or operating in

Installation or Maintenance Electrician
Electrical or Instrument Technician
Engineers

Entry Experience
Guidance

2 + years' experience operating in a site / industrial environment
Installing, inspecting, testing and/or maintaining equipment in an industrial setting

Entry Knowledge - Desirable

Understands the need for and methods of achieving safe working practice in gas and vapour Ex environments
Has basic practical, theoretical and technological knowledge and understanding of gas and vapour Ex environments
Has a basic understanding of the requirements, materials and equipment considerations, in relation to working in gas and vapour Ex environments

Entry Skills - Desirable

Can select and install a variety of Ex certified cables glands and terminate conductors into equipment
Can understand the principles of electrical protection concepts including selection, installation and maintenance
Understands intrinsically safe concept of protection and installation including the importance of documentation
Can inspect new and existing equipment in accordance with appropriate inspection techniques relevant to the different grades of inspection

EPIT Drives International Growth With Strategic Training Delivery Across Key Global Markets

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