Spiral to Disaster: Piper Alpha

The tragic event of Piper Alpha occurred when this massive oil platform in the North Sea succumbed to explosion and fire, resulting in the loss of 167 lives.

This is one of the 12 DVDs in the acclaimed BBC series now available in a totally new format with expert training support material.

This workshop utilises as a case study the tragic event of the explosion and fire at Piper Alpha oil platform in the North Sea which resulted in the loss of 167 lives.  A disaster which could have been averted.

This powerful safety DVD unravels the sequence of events that in the course of one critical hour lead to the disaster.
 
 
The DVD is a gripping drama/documentary that recreates the three hours of the tragedy.  It provides the basis of discussion, analysis and training in a variety of OH&S areas, including Risk Assessment, Permit to Work, Emergency Procedures, Safety Design and more.

Location: North Sea

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Training package includes:

Each easy to understand workshop in the series can be run by facilitators even with minimal experience in presenting training courses.  In addition, tips and guidelines are included to help facilitators with every aspect of the workshop. 
 
  • DVD - duration 30 minutes
  • Facilitator's Guide including Facilitator's Checklist
  • Facilitator's Slide Guide
  • Participant's Handouts
  • PowerPoint Presentation

The workshops for each DVD allows for a highly interactive learning environment in which participants undertake detailed Pre-event and Post-event analysis of each disaster.  This means they not only listen, but apply the lessons learned, in order to formulate solutions specific to their own workplace: they not only learn what went wrong, but how it could have been avoided.

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BBC Disaster Series
The 12 part BBC Disaster Series examines case studies of major disasters from around the world from various industries such as oil and gas, transport, aviation, aeronautics, chemical manufacturing and hospitality.  Read more
 

Pricing

Each. UK: £395 plus VAT. Australia: $595 plus GST. Other countries: no tax 
     
Series of 12. UK:  £2690 plus VAT. Australia $4275 Plus GST. Other countries no tax

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