Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Offshore Petroleum Industry
Training Organisation (OPITO) to collaborate in the areas of safety, technical and strategic competency development.

In a statement today, Petronas said under the MOU, OPITO would assess and accredit selected health safety and environment and technical programmes offered by Institut Teknologi Petroleum Petronas and the company's group health, safety and environment division.

The MOU also included strategic competency development via learning visits, staff attachments, student internships and network access, it said.

"With OPITO's assessment on the selected programmes under Institut Teknologi Petroleum Petronas and the company's group health, safety and environment division we can set the training standards and ensure adoption of the best practices," said Petronas vice president of human resource management, Raiha Azni Abdul Rahman. -- Bernama