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WORKING AT HEIGHTS
Pampanga, Philippines
SAL Heavy Lift is not only committed to
the prevention of incidents, injuries, and
occupational illnesses, but also puts
great effort into fostering a safe working
environment. The crews on board the ves-
sels are regularly invited to join seminars
and trainings. At the end of April a batch
of trainees of Oste Crewing Philippines,
Inc. joined a
Working Safely at Heights
Course which included a
Forklift Truck
Operator
Course and an
Elevated Work-
ing Platform (Cherry Picker)
Course.
The venue was located within the Clark
Freeport Zone in Pampanga, Philippines,
and the training entity was Site Skills
Training (based in Australia), an OPITO-
approved training center in the Philippines
authorized to deliver oil & gas Interna-
tional Minimum Safety Training (IMIST). All
participants successfully completed the
training and are looking forward bring their
newly established knowledge on board the
SAL fleet.
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ANNUAL OFFICER
CONFERENCE 2016
Hamburg, Germany
On 7–9 June our Annual Officer Confer-
ence was held in Hamburg with 34 senior
SAL officers in attendance. This year’s
event was already the fifth time that our
officers were invited to join us. The tradi-
tion which initiated back in Steinkirchen
OSTE CREWING
Bauan, Batangas, Philippines
The Oste Crewing Training Department,
overseen by SAL’s General Manager Train-
ing Daniel Duniec, visited Capt. Nikola
Mihajlovic and the crew of MV Annegret at
Bauan International Port, Batangas, where
MV Annegret was unloading cargo. SAL
Shipboard Trainer C/M Reyan Sabundo
and SAL Training Coordinator Joanne
Medina conducted a ship orientation and
observation tour for the new batch of SAL
deck/engine cadets coming from the vari-
ous maritime schools.
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TRAININGS
five years ago was now realized success-
fully in Hamburg for the third time.
This year's conference had focus on
enhancing leadership and soft skills of our
top managers on board, on supporting
the implementation of a new crew per-
formance system and on a competence
management system due for implement-
ing. Further topics included sessions
on cross-cultural differences held by a
Philippine-based trainer, presentations by
GARD, supplemented by vari-
ous presentations delivered by
SAL departments on the very
last day.
What’s more, the confer-
ence offered a great opportu-
nity to get together informally
at evening events and dinners
throughout two days which on
both occasions lasted a little
bit longer than anticipated …
While we have just concluded
this year’s event, we are al-
ready looking forward to next
year.
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Site Group International
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