IMCA ASSISTANT LIFE SUPPORT TECHICIAN TRAINING COURSE IN JAPAN

KBA Training Centre (KBAT) had just completed the Assistant Life Support Technician (ALST) course for Ocean Works Asia (OWA) at their Keiyo Base near Tokyo . This is the second course conducted in Japan for OWA with who KBAT have a long working relationship. Although the course conducted was the Assistant Life Support Technician course, the majority of the students on the course were divers. OWA are scheduling these courses for their divers as a drive for continuous improvement of their personnel. In conjunction with this, the students will be attending Diver Medic Technician (DMT) courses in Singapore in March.

Training Manager Alan Rhodes conducted the course in what turned out to be freezing temperatures and snowy conditions. ‘It was a real shock to my system. It has been 4 years since I have been anywhere this cold and I love the heat of Singapore’. Commenting on the course he continued, ‘the students were very proactive & stuck to their tasks with commitment and hard work.

KBA TRAINING CENTRE PTE LTD IMCA TRAINING COURSE AT NEW ORLEANS, USA

January / February saw KBAT conducting courses internationally – with a good start to the year , KBAT in partnership with our USA agent company LBJ Maritime ran a IMCA training course at The Marriott Hotel in New Orleans. The course coincided with Super Bowl 2010 which the home team of New Orleans - Saints was up against Indianapolis Colts. It was also Mardi Gras week which wound up for an excellent time to hold the first IMCA training course in New Orleans. The course was attended by personnel from EPIC Divers as well as some self sponsored candidates. Subsequent to the 2 weeks long IMCA course was the ADCI Underwater Intervention conference which KBA attended with a booth and representatives. During the same period IMCA training was conducted in Tokyo – Japan for our client Offshore Works Asia. The photo attached shows the New Orleans course delegates along with the trainers from KBAT.

UNDERWATER INTERVENTION 2010 AT NEW ORLEANS, USA

KB Associates Pte Ltd attended the Underwater Intervention (UI) for the third year running. Working together with their USA partner company LBJ Maritime, the KBA representatives were kept very busy over the 3-day event. Even in this current economic climate the event was very well attended by exhibitors and visitors alike. Meeting up with friends, clients and customers while meeting new clients to develop the business growth in the USA and internationally made the 3 days a valuable experience for all. This year coincided with the local American Football team (The Saints) winning the Super Bowl – the city was packed with visitors looking to join in the parades and celebrations.

KBA ENGINEERING ACCREDITED WITH SAC-SINGLASS ACCREDITATION

KBA Engineering Pte Ltd (KBAE) is pleased to announce that we have been accredited with SAC-Singlass accreditation for pressure gauge calibration up to 10,000 psi at 0.25% accuracy. The process of accreditation has taken several months, with internal and external audit’s, the purchase of various equipment, training of staff and a commitment to ensure that what KBAE do is to the highest standard. Achieving this accreditation will enable those who use our service to know that any calibration performed by KBAE will enable that certification to be valid anywhere in the world. To do this it was necessary to ensure that all KBAE equipment was calibrated to an even higher degree, (a factor of 10), and traceable to a National standard. Personnel had to attend training and by practical demonstration had to show that they are capable of understanding the process as well as the mathematics, thus being able to spot erroneous readings.

KBAE are now proud to announce this accreditation and the commencement of calibration services for hydraulic and pneumatic pressure (and depth) gauges, onsite at your work place or offsite in our dedicated approved laboratory. With automated software, calibrated equipment, personnel with proven knowledge and skills, we believe that this will set the standard and will continue with the high quality range of services the KBA group of companies is known for.

KBAE's website can be found here.