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Safety

At VEC, Safety is the Mission

Safety on a job site is always VEC’s number one Priority. Caring about our workers and their families, strong efforts are made to keep them safe both on the job site and in the office. Being in the electrical contracting business, you can imagine the ample amounts of safety regulations and guidelines implemented by both our in house Safety Manager, and by our customers. We all share one common goal…NO INJURIES.

VEC’s staff and workers are highly trained to keep safety at the forefront of their every action. We have safety incentive programs in place to encourage workers to not only follow regulations, but add to them! Thinking of news ways to stay safe on the job sites earns workers points they can later cash in for items of substantial value. Employees enjoy this program and appreciate working for a company that cares for them like family.

VEC begins training workforce with SafeLand and SafeGulf

At VEC, safety on a job site is more than a concern, it’s a mission. That’s why it is important for us to stay up to date with training requirements within our industry. We are proud to report we have begun training our workforce with SafeLand and SafeGulf.

We care about the workers and their families, so we take safety very serious.

SafeLand and SafeGulf Description

The PEC Basic Orientation safety awareness course includes both SafeGulf and SafeLand. PEC Basic was designed to take the place of multiple Operator orientations and to give each student a general idea of life and safety issues in the oil and gas industry, upstream, downstream, onshore or offshore.

VEC has an in-house trainer, Bob Foust, Safety Manager, on-staff to provide the most current training to our employees for this program. VEC has had 25 field and management staff obtain this certification and will be training additional staff in an on-going effort. Bob Foust also can train client and sub-contractor personnel to meet the PEC Basic and the more extensive PEC Core training.

SafeLand and SafeGulf Basic Course Objectives

• To prepare the student to know what types of additional training they will need in order to work for the various operators at both onshore and offshore facilities.

• To create a mind set in each student that will help them to play an active role in the safety program at their work facility.

• To explain to each student the value of asking questions when they do not understand a certain aspect of their job.

• To ensure that each employee that has completed this program has an identification card indicating that they have completed the course.

This 8-10 hour one-day program meets API RP 75 & API RP T-1 requirements and provides a basic understanding at an awareness level of certain general safety information that an employee should know before entering a company facility and while performing their assigned work duties. Over 25 of the leading oil and gas operators, such as Annadarko, BP, Marathon, ExxonMobil and others, accept this orientation as it meets their requirements. Upon successful completion of course, each student is issued a picture ID with a unique barcode. The student information is then stored in an online database. This orientation has become the standard program for the industry and certifies a student at awareness level for the following:

• SafeGulf Certification

• SafeLand Certification (New)

• Confined Space

• Rigging

• Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)

• Lockout/Tag-out

• Fall Protection

• Hazmat (HM 126)

• Hazardous communications

• Personal Protective Equipment

• Hearing Conservation

• Emergency Response