MIRI: Jurutera Perunding Akal Sdn Bhd (JPA), an engineering design and project management services consultancy recently signed a Collaboration Agreement (CA) with Bureau Veritas (M) Sdn Bhd (BVM) to provide value-added propositions in quality, health, safety and environment for the oil and gas, marine, offshore, petrochemical and related industries.
According to a press statement, under the terms of the CA, JPA, a subsidiary company of Petra Energy Bhd, would provide complete set of welding skills and technology certification training, engineering design consultancy services, recommendation of engineering materials for fabrication, construction and maintenance in accordance with the internationally acceptable welding code requirements and recommended product specification guidelines.
BVM, a global leader and certification organisation in processes and management systems, on the other hand would perform as a certification body to sustain the required quality standard and advise innovative solutions to ensure JPA services consistently achieved high quality, health, safety and environment standards.
BVM is a world leader in conformity assessment, classification and certification services. Created in 1828, the group has almost 59,000 employees in 940 offices and 340 laboratories located in 140 countries
The signatory for the CA was JPA’s managing director, Chiew Chung Lee witnessed by its general manager, Dr Edwin Jong, while BVM was represented by its Country chief executive, Othman Abdul Kadir and witnessed by David Wong Ing Siing, East Malaysia branch manager.
Chiew in his speech said the strategic collaboration with BVM was in line with JPA’s aims of achieving performance and operability targets with consideration of time and cost requirements to all Malaysian communities.
Meanwhile, Edwin in a press conference later said the CA would enable it to train more expertise in Welding Technology from the level of Skilled Engineers to Skilled Welders especially in Sarawak and Sabah, for the oil and gas industry.
Currently, he said Malaysia had an acute shortage of skillful manpower required for the industry with only eight certified welding engineers (five in Sarawak and three in West Malaysia).
He added that those trained at the training centre in Piasau would also be able to work anywhere in the world as the certification was recognised globally.