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Subject: Byte Size e-Newsletter by KB Associates Group of Companies (Issue 12, March 2012)

Issue #12: Mar 2012

BITE SIZE e-Newsletter

Dear Jeslyn, Year 2012 marks an important year for KB Associates Group where we celebrate our 10th Year Anniversary. We sincerely appreciate our clients, customers, suppliers and partners for being with us through the 'Ups' and 'Downs' and sharing a positive attitude with us during this decade. As the offshore season in the Asia Pacific Region kicks off and work continue to be busy in UK, our consultancy services has been gearing up for this with many assurance audits being carried out. The Year of the Dragon is certainly looking to be a busy year, and we hope a safe and healthy one for all. I think most readers will know by now that KBA does not 'stand still' and during 2012 we will be keeping that perception going by introducing new services and training courses to new areas of operation.

In this first 2012 quarter, we have already been busy with our overseas training conducted in UK, USA, Bali, India, Brunei, Lombok, South Korea, Malaysia, (Scroll down below to view some of the photos taken) as well as our usual schedule of courses in Singapore. Certainly, you can expect more for the coming months; where we have expanded our training scope to deliver courses such as Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Asbestos Awareness Training, NSL Rigging and Lifting, Working at Height and bespoke programmes such as High Pressure Regulator course and Diving System Assurance Familiarisation course. During March, we will be introducing OPITO Competence Assessor Training course, this two-day course will be delivered by our training partner ITB who are based in Aberdeen (see more details below). Lastly, we would like to congratulate Mr. Darren Curtis and Mr. Robert Fitzpatrick as our Best Student 2011 for NEBOSH IGC and NEBOSH ITC in Oil & Gas Operational Safety respectively. Both delegates achieved the highest overall score for their NEBOSH examination as student with KBAT during 2011. It was a pleasure to catch up with both gentlemen (Robert was in Aberdeen and Darren C. was in Kuala Lumpur) during my recent overseas trip. (See featured article below for more information). Have a great pleasure reading! Please feel free to contact us for more information.

Yours Sincerely, Darren Brunton Managing Director (KB Associates Group of Companies)

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IN THIS ISSUE Top News

Industry & Course Updates

Training With Us

KBA NoticeBoard

Featured Student - Robert and Darren

Training with Oill Spill Response Limited

Join Our Mailing List

About Us KB Associates Pte Ltd (KBA) specialises in providing consultancy services to the offshore oil and gas industries and onshore terminals construction industries. KBA consists of a group of companies, each offering specialised services to synergistically fulfill the industry as a quality "One Stop" solution provider.

Group of Companies KB Associates Pte Ltd

KBA Training Centre Pte Ltd KBA Marine Services Pte Ltd

KBA Engineering Pte Ltd KB Access Pte Ltd

KB Associates (Europe) Ltd

Top News 1. KBA: New Service - Incident Investigation Solution Incidents are not what we want to happen - but when they do, it is important that they are investigated correctly and thoroughly. KBA's new service of providing trained and experienced personnel as lead investigators can provide your team with the level of independence to assist with finding the reasons why it has happened and the root causes of the incident.

KBA's investigation team specialises in collecting, examining and evaluating information to assist the client to establish the root causes, improve safety and avoid future accidents. KBA's team members' investigative capabilities include but are not limited to; accident causation; investigative techniques; interview techniques; knowledgeable of the work processes; procedures; personnel; and industrial relations environment of a particular situation.

The range of industry incidents that the KBA's team specialises in are:

Commercial Diving (Inshore and Offshore) Marine / ROV Construction Ship yard Oil and Gas related incidents

If you are interested for the above solution, contact us now. 2) KBA: Alliance with North Sea Lifting (NSL) to conduct Rigging & Lifting training This alliance enables KBA to bring you first class safety training from our new purpose built rigging and lifting centre (a 14,000 sq ft facility in Changi), allowing KBA / NSL to deliver custom-made rigging and lifting training courses and competence programmes designed specifically for the Oil and Gas Industry throughout South East Asia. This internationally recognised qualification equips personnel with the vital knowledge and skills and seeks to reduce lifting-related accidents and incidents in the local Oil and Gas Industry.

Our upcoming training schedule:

2 Day Lifting Equipment Examiners (5 - 6 Mar, 29 - 30 Mar, 9 - 10 Apr, 19 - 20 Apr) 3 Day Rigging and Lifting (12 - 14 Mar, 26 - 28 Mar, 2 - 4 Apr, 11 - 13 Apr, 23 - 25 Apr)

Contact us for more information.

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3) KBAT: Delivering a comprehensive range of CIEH Training Courses KBAT now offers a comprehensive range of CIEH courses; categorises in five disciplines - Environment, Fire Safety, Food Safety, Health & Safety and Train the Trainer programme. The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) is at the forefront of environmental and public health. This market-leading vocational qualification have help organisations and employees in over 20 countries and the training solutions have been carefully designed to help you manage key operational and strategic challenges that your organisation might face. Click here for more information. 4) KBAT: Partner with National ASBESTOS & Environmental Training Institute to deliver a range of Asbestos training programme (Coming Soon) KBAT will be collaborating with National ASBESTOS & Environmental Training Institute (NAETI) to deliver a range of Asbestos training programme. Over the decades, NAETI's course offerings have evolved to address other health, safety, environmental and green areas of study. Keep a look out for this new development!

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Industry & Course Updates 1. Participated Event Participated in NEBOSH Course Providers Meeting Keeping updated with NEBOSH developments, KBAT attended the NEBOSH Course Providers Meeting in Dubai on 18th January. During the meeting Mr. Matthew Powell - Howard presented various updates for the providers related to new course developments; course providers interface (CPI); practical assessor assessments and quality control; examination invigilator requirements; historical examination result's and a question and answer session where providers could clarify various issues and concerns.

The day was very informative while meeting with other providers in the Middle East region was good. KBAT has requested for NEBOSH to hold such training providers meeting in Singapore so that regional providers can benefit from such information.

2. Safety Department NEWs a) New Training Venue- Offers Part-Time Study at New Training Venue (YMCA Orchard) for NEBOSH IGC in Occupational Health & Safety

Part-Time Study Specially designed for busy professionals who are unable to attend full-time classroom training

Greater Convenience @ YMCA Orchard Singapore, near Orchard street and accessible by MRT

Greater Savings so as to lighten your financial load (Pay Per Unit)

Click Here for the flyer

b) New Training Courses

NEBOSH International Certificate Fire Safety and Risk Management ~ Available Soon A new vocational qualification has been developed to help reduce the annual worldwide cost of fire damage of around $630 million. This qualification will provide safety practitioners, managers and others with the know-how and skills to significantly improve fire safety where they work. More information can be found in NEBOSH Newsletter. Click Here to view NEBOSH Newsletter - Issue 06 February 2012.

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c) New Course: OPITO Competence Assessor Award This training is designed for organizations who require qualified assessors for implementing competence management system or for individuals who wish to gain recognized Assessor qualifications. Training course dates have been scheduled on the 5th - 6th March and 7th - 8th March 2012. Additional course dates will be published later in March for the rest of the year.

Click Here for the flyer

d) New Course: Working at Height The course has been developed due to growing demand for working at height safety awareness and understanding that it is important to ensure safety of personnel during work at height. Statistics gathered reveal that falling from height remains one of the most common causes of fatalities and major injuries in the workplace within the onshore and offshore industries.

Along with our new dedicated W@H structure that comprises of multi W@H activities.We are in the midst of gaining IOSH accreditation, where you can look forward to attain a professional qualification and the quality and relevancy of training that KBAT offers.

3. Diving Department NEWs a) New Training Courses The development of technician competencies has been and is an industry topic of discussion at nearly all IMCA meetings. With this in mind KBAT are developing a modular approach and will be introducing short modular courses related to diving equipment maintenance, to accompany our already very popular DSI/KMB Helmet Technician training course the first of the modules is- - High Pressure Regulator Training This one day course covers all aspects of high pressure regulators. Students will learn how to dismantle, service, re-assemble & maintain various models of high pressure regulators commonly in use in the diving industry & many other industries. Benefits Competency Development for technicians; providing formal training in elements of technicians work tasks. This course is one of several technician competency development courses available at KBAT. Training scheduled dates for Year 2012 are 22 Mar, 13 Apr, 22 June, 12 Jul, 09 Aug, 28 Sep, 02 Nov. Click Here for the flyer.

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Contact us now if you need more information or to register for our next training schedule.

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- Deck Decompression Chamber Operator ~ Available Now This 3 day course covers the fundamentals of the operation of a deck decompression chamber. The training syllabus has been developed in accordance with the Workplace Safety and Health Council - Singapore Competence, Training Standards for commercial divers. As a competence based module the course provides theory and practical hands on training on our deck decompression chamber. The course can also be conducted on site (your location). Having conducted the course in South Korea and Singapore, we can see that this short course will become very popular in the near future.

Who should attend- inshore and offshore divers, inshore and offshore diving supervisors. Man lock operators for tunneling operators.

Contact us now if you need more information.

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b) Conducted Diving System Assurance Training ~ Exclusively for TECHNIP In February, we conducted 3 Day Diving System Assurance Familiarisation and 1 Day IOSH Diving System Assurance Awareness course for TECHNIP UK diving personnel, held at Northern Marine Training center. Both courses provided the delegates with up to date information with regards to the assurance process while the 3 day course included a practical auditing exercise. The 15 delegates in attendance included OCM's, Diving Supervisors, dive technicians, LST's, certification and documentation administrators. The courses are designed to raise the profile of diving system assurance, the processes required to implement it while providing a holistic review of associated documentation and requirements within the assurance process.

These courses can be provided as an 'in-house' training program or open course, contact us for more details.

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Delegates of the 3 day Diving System Assurance Familiarisation

c) Conducted IMCA DMT in Brunei on the 13 - 22 Dec 2011 As contractors become more proactive with training and information for their contract employees and staff. It is good to see diving contractors and clients arranging in-house training for their personnel. KBAT conducted a IMCA DMT course in Brunei for Kruez Subsea / Brunei Shell Petroleum. Mainly in attendance were their local divers and project management team which proved excellent for training of the local nationals and raising their training and competence levels. Contact us now for a bespoke programme.

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d) Conducted DMT in New Delhi, India on the 09 - 18 Jan 2012 During our recent IMCA DMT course conducted in New Delhi, Mr. Doug Shearer (IMCA representative auditor) attended to review the quality and relevancy of our training and complete the IMCA audit requirements, as the course was being conducted outside from our regular training location of Singapore.

With that, we are pleased to announce that all of KBAT IMCA training courses (DMT, ALST, ADS, BDS) are now approved by IMCA for delivery in New Delhi. This is a great achievement for us, as we develop globally. This implies KBAT's expertise in providing quality training with our trainers and course materials plus the facilities on site that our local partner provides.

Upcoming scheduled dates are 20 - 29 Mar, 17 - 26 Apr, 05 - 14 Jun. Register Now

Click Here to view KBAT's accreditation from IMCA.

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Our NEW formatted DMT medical kit is Now Available For Sale. Contact us for more information.

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Training With Us 1. Upcoming KBAT courses: March and April 2012 A sneak preview for March and April schedule; for more information, please free feel to contact us.

COURSES Mar 2012

Apr 2012

HEALTH & SAFETY : safetyadmin@kbassociates.org NEBOSH

- NEBOSH Health & Safety at Work Qualification - NEBOSH International Diploma in Occ. Health & Safety - Blended Unit C - NEBOSH ITC in Operational Oil and Gas Safety Lombak United Kingdom, Aberdeen

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9 - 13 Apr, 23 - 27 Apr

IOSH - Accident Investigation - Managing Safely - Singapore Managing Safely - HongKong

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16 - 17 Apr

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CIEH - Level 3 Award in Fire Safety Risk Assessment and Control - United Kingdom, Aberdeen - Level 3 Award in Training Skills and Practice (TSP) - Level 3 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS) - Level 2 Award in Environmental Principles and Best Practice

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16 Apr OPITO OPITO Competence Assessor Award

7 - 8 Mar

OTHERS - NAETI Asbestos Handler - NAETI Asbestos Awareness (Half day) - Food Safety Certification ISO 22000 Auditor/Lead Auditor - Energy Management System ISO 50001 Auditor/Lead Auditor - Occupational Health & Safety Management System OHSAS 18001 Auditor/Lead Auditor

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DIVING : divingadmin@kbassociates.org IMCA Trainee Air Diving Supervisor IMCA Trainee Air Diving Supervisor - New Delhi IMCA Trainee Bell Diving Supervisor IMCA Diver Medic Technician Course - New Delhi IMCA Diver Medic Technician Refresher IMCA Diver Medic Technician Refresher - New Delhi OGP Worksite Representatives IOSH Diving System Assurance Awareness Diving System Assurance Training Dynamic Positioning Awareness High Pressure Regulator Training International First Aid Course - Diving Kirby Morgan DSI Helmet & Bandmask User Operator Kirby Morgan DSI Basic Maintenance & Repair Technician

12 - 16 Mar

31 Mar - 4 Apr -

20 - 29 Mar 5 - 9 Mar

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13 - 15 Mar 19 - 20 Mar 19 - 21 Mar

17 - 21 Apr

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27 Apr - 01 May 30 Apr - 4 May

27 Apr 9 - 13 Apr 27 - 28 Apr

13 Apr 10 - 12 Apr 10 - 11 Apr 10 - 12 Apr

FIRST AID International First Aid (3 Day)

13 - 15 Mar

10 - 12 Apr

2. Upcoming KB Access Training; March - April 2012 Schedule

COURSES Mar 2012

Apr 2012

IRATA Rope Access Training (Level 1 - 3) 12 - 16 Mar 26 - 30 Mar

9 - 13 Apr, 16 - 20 Apr, 23 - 27 Apr

NSL - 2 Day Lifting Equipment Examiners

5 - 6 Mar,

29 - 30 Mar

16 - 17 Apr, 26 - 27 Apr

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2-4 Apr, 11-13 Apr, 18 - 20 Apr

KBA NoticeBoard 1. KB Associates Group Celebraties its 10th Year Anniversary We are pleased to announce that KBA Group are celebrating its 10th Year Anniversary this year. From a single office of 8' x 8' and two staff, we have grown to a total of 25,000 sqft of office and training facility and employed 29 full-time employees. After a decade of hard work and perseverance, we are proud of where we are today and will continue to dedicate our passion in this industry to serve you better. WE THANK YOU for sharing your journey with us! We would like to launch our Anniversary Logo

2. Welcoming New Staff Member on Board

We are happy to welcome new staff into KBA Group of Companies Beljinder (Rigging Trainer) Beljinder has 13 years experience and started off his career as an Aviation Vehicle Specialist with the Republic of Singapore Air Force from 1992 - 1998. After that, he joined the lifting industry starting of as a crane attendant and progressed to rigger, signalmen and lifting supervisor. He has been involved in high profile projects such as Universal Terminal, MEG (SHELL), Singapore Parallel Train (Exxon Mobile) and SATORP (Saudi Arabia). He brings to KBAT a wealth of field experience and is capable to transfer the knowledge using KBAT structured training system. Bel is

certified to NSL Level 2 in Rigging and Lifting and is proficient to deliver NSL Rigging and Lifting Course (3 Day) and NSL Lifting Equipment Examiners Course (2 Day). In keeping with the local development, Beljinder is working towards gaining his ACTA certification to ensure local courses are conducted, developed and carried out in accordance to the requirements set out in Singapore guidelines.

Nassir (Rigging Trainer) Nassir has more than ten years of experience in rigging and lifting. He has previously worked in a variety of industries such as shipyards, drydocks, off port limit and construction. Nassir is certified to NSL Level 2 in Rigging and Lifting and is proficient to deliver NSL Rigging and Lifting Course (3 Day) and NSL Lifting Equipment Examiners Course (2 Day).

In keeping with the local development, Nassir is working towards gaining an ACTA certification to ensure local courses that are conducted, developed and carried out in accordance to the requirements set out in Singapore guidelines.

Leoni (Receptionist), provides a wide variety of reception tasks and administrative support roles such as answering phone enquiries, attending to walk-in customers and other ad-hoc duties.

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Featured Student 1. We Congratulate Robert Fitzpatrick as our BEST STUDENT 2011 - NEBOSH ITC in Oil & Gas

Operational Safety We are pleased to congratulate Robert as our Best Student 2011 for NEBOSH International Technical Certificate in Oil & Gas Operational Safety. Not only he received a beautiful plaque specially made up for him, he also enjoy a shopping treat of £150 at Marks and Spencer.

(From Left: Mr. Robert Fitzpatrick and Mr. Darren Brunton)

2. We Congratulate Darren Curtis as our BEST STUDENT 2011 - NEBOSH IGC in Occupational

Health & Safety We are pleased to congratulate Darren Curtis as our Best Student 2011 for NEBOSH International General Certificate in Occupational Health & Safety. Together with the plaque, Darren C. will be receiving 1 pair of passes to Universal Studios Singapore plus S$150 Gift Voucher, where he can relax and have fun with his family. "Due to my heavy workload, i could not afford 2 weeks away from my work, so I chose Distance Learning as my study mode and it was something i hadn't done before. Once i got into the course, I knew that the study load is demanding but the tutors from KBA really assisted me a lot and i have very positive results", said Mr. Darren Curtis

(From Left: Darren Curtis and Darren Brunton)

We understand that working and studying concurrently requires a lot of preserverance and motivation, Robert and Darren C. demonstrated these qualities and we definitely need to reward them with shopping/holiday treats. Join us in our training, and you might be our next KBAT Best Student 2012.

Other Training Interests

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OSRL had trained a record number of delegates in 2011. Why are more people choosing OSRL Training?

Their trainers are real oil spill experts with current in-field oil spill experience. They have unrivalled experience from being involved with the majority of major

spills across the world. They have monitored all of their training and work hard to ensure that the training

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that one receive is the best available.

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