1. An example of two "Class B" fuels would be:
2. An APW (water extinguisher) is safe to use on an electrical fire.
3. Carbon Dioxide extinguishers are designed for which type fuels?
4. Which type of extinguisher has a hard horn on the end of a flexible hose or metal arm?
5. As a general rule, you should not attempt to fight a fire if it is spreading rapidly.
6. ABC fire extinguishers extinguish fire by cooling it down.
7. Water will not extinguish most flammable liquid fires.
8. You should always keep an exit or means of escape at your back when trying to fight a fire.
9. The three elements of the fire triangle are:
10. Do you know where the nearest fire extinguisher is in your work area?
The answers will be published by 30th November '08.
It is observed that people find difficulties in filling up our membership application form. And they also get confused in deciding their membership fees.
Please be informed that membership fees for American Society of Safety Engineers is divided into 3 categories according to World Bank criteria as follows.
The complete categories as follows:
Following are the major points to be filled up in membership application form.
Remember !!!!
The following documents has to be attached with your Application
Engineer Ayad Al-Homoud of Kuwait Engineering Society is conducting a survey of the importance of Environmental Risk Management in Kuwait Oil Companies. Click here to participate.
Send in your completed survey application to Engineer Ayad Al-Homoud at Ayadalhomoud@yahoo.com.
This is in continuation to our earlier communication about nominations for sub-committee members.
Based on the nominations received and the communication made with different heads of the committees, we have finalized the list of sub committee members. We do agree that we are late. But what we believe is “Doing something with the involvement of all the members is far better than sitting idle”.
We take this opportunity to congratulate the members who have been appointed as sub committee members under various committees. The selected sub committee members will closely work with the heads of the respective committees for our activities successfully. We request the heads of the respective teams to organize frequent sub committee meetings and stay in touch throughout this tenure.
Details of the committees/Heads/Sub committee members
Professional Development Committee
Sub Committee Members:
Publication & Communication Committee
Sub Committee Members:
Procedures & Membership Committee
Sub Committee Members:
Environment & Health Committee
Sub Committee Members:
Conference Planning Committee
Event Management Team Sub Committee Members
These sub committee members will be associated with the Chapter secretary during the events like Technical Seminars other related events to coordinate the event and make it successful.
Note:
If the Heads of the respective committees would like to add one or two subcommittee members, they can go ahead. However it has to be communicated officially.
The sub committee members are requested to forward their scanned picture/email address/Contact nos to our chapter office by 20th Nov'08 so that we can update our data base/website and inform the EC.
Let us congratulate our newly appointed/selected Sub Committee members!!!!
In the end I would like to add one message. For any member or well wisher who wants to contribute and come forward with his own ideas for the benefit of ASSE, here at ASSE-Kuwait Chapter we don’t have any limits/barriers. Only sky is the limit.
As part of our providing continuous professional development opportunities to members, we are planning to conduct the following training programs exclusively for ASSE members, Hence forth interested members are kindly requested to provide their interest for these programs, based on the feedback and nominations we would confirm schedule the programs accordingly.
| Course Title | Training Agency/Tutors | Course Fee Approx. | Tentative Dates & Timings |
| OHSAS 18001: 2007 Lead Auditor Course | BVQI | 310 KD | December 2008 |
| First Aid | SMIC | 10 KD | January 11-15, 2009 (Day Batch, 8:00am-1:00pm) |
| First Aid | SMIC | 65 KD | January 25-29, 2009 (Evening Batch) |
| Post Conference Workshops on QEP, CIH, ASP/CSP | Tutors from ASSE-HQ & Kuwait Chapter | Based on number of nominations | March 20, 2009 (Friday & Saturday) |
Note:
Please note that in case of poor nomination, the programs will be cancelled with a short notice
Kindly register your name in the following format by 25th November 2008
We are happy and feeling proud to announce that there is one more mega event going to be held in Kuwait i.e. Kuwait Contractors Conference. This mega event is going to be held from 4th to 6th November, 2008 at Hotel Hilton Resort. All the Leading Companies in and around Kuwait are going to participate in this mega event.
We are glad to inform you that American Society of Safety Engineers has agreed to endorse this conference. We are going to have an Exclusive Booth in the Exhibition Hall of this Conference.
In addition to this we also are going to present few Technical papers on the issues such as Contractor Safety, Contractor HSE Management System etc. In this regard we are looking for some good quality Technical Papers from our members.
As the said Conference is scheduled very closely, we need to communicate all the details of the Paper Presenters by Monday i.e. 13.10.2008.
If any one of you are interested to submit a technical paper in this conference you are most welcome. But the quality of the paper should be in line with the standards of ASSE.
We request you to act fast and submit your name, Title of the Technical paper and Abstract by 14.00 hrs on 13.10.2008.
Among all the Technical Papers recieved, we will be selecting only 5 to be presented in this Conference on behalf of the Society. Final selection of the Papers will be based on the quality of the paper and importance of the subject. However this final evaluation will be decided by the Technical Committee, PDC, ASSE-Kuwait Chapter.
In addition to this, if any body is interested to participate in this conference please provide your details.
As per the nomination received for the Heads of the committees the core committee had chosen competent personalities who can drive our society activities efficiently. In order to carry forward the excellent progress achieved so far, the committee wishes to appoint various sub committee members to assist them in various activities that are being planned. We understand that many members are very keen in contributing to the growth of the chapter. Accordingly, we now invite all interested members to send in their nominations for being part of the following committees.
A Quick glance on the committees and the Heads:
Minimum requirements to be a sub committee member:
If you are interested in being part of these committees, pls. send your nomination as per the following format to assekuwait@hotmail.com latest by 19th October 2008.
We look forward for your support and cooperation.
With regards,
Mohammad K S Mohiuddeen
Secretary
American Society of Safety Engineers-Kuwait Chapter
00-965-6604652 (Mobile)
American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter is conducting its first training program of this term on 10 Hrs course on OSHA ‘General Industry Safety & Health Outreach Training Program’. Due to the tremendous increase in Chapter's membership growth and as per the request of many members, the Executive Committee has decided to conduct two batches as part of member’s professional development.
Following are the details of the proposed training schedule:
First Batch
Second Batch
Course Synopsis
This is an OSHA type 10 hr. General Industry Safety & Health out reach training program. OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910 Subparts such as: Walking-Working Surfaces; Exit routes, Emergency Action-Fire prevention Plans & Fire Protection; Electrical, PPE, Hazard Communication, Introduction to Industrial Hygiene, Occupational health & environmental control, and Safety & Health Programs etc…… ) will be covered during the 10 hour course.
The objective of the course is to enhance understanding and individual skill of appropriate employee(s) and HSE professionals in occupational safety, health and work site environment. There will be a brief test at the commencement of the course and on the concluding day an objective type test will be taken. This is to evaluate that what was the level of understanding the student had prior to attend the course and what level of understanding & skill the student achieved.
Those who succeed to obtain pass marks will be given a certificate by ASSE-KC indicating “successfully completed” in addition “an outreach 10 hr. student card” will be issued by OSHA, USA in recognition of their competency, which is internationally recognized and accepted. Those who do not succeed will receive only a certificate indicating “successfully attended”.
Upon diligently completion of the training course, each participant will also obtain a pocket ‘card’ issued by OSHA , USA, imprinted participant’s name, authenticating attendance of the course .
Trainer's Profile - Ashok Garlapati, CSP,QEP, G-IOSH
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| Ashok Garlapati, CSP,QEP, G-IOSH |
OSHA Authorized General Industry Outreach Trainer (10 & 30 hrs)
Ashok Garlapati is an OSHA authorized General Industry Outreach Trainer for 10 & 30 hrs. His academic qualifications are BE, MBA and PGD IPM. He is holding HSE Certifications of CSP, QEP and G-IOSH. He is also the Lead Auditor of the ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001 Standards. He has about 20 years of experience in HSE consultancy, implementation and management in the oil and gas industries.Ashok is a Professional Member of ASSE and a Past President of ASSE-Kuwait Chapter, which is the largest ASSE Chapter outside USA. He served as a member of ASSE Global Taskforce, which introduced the staggered membership fees for international ASSE members. He had received the Charles V. Culbertson Award in 2007 for his contributions in the Global Taskforce. He is the first international member to enter the President’s Court of Membership Honor Roll Club by sponsoring more than 160 ASSE members. He played an important role in development of the Kuwait Chapter. He is presently serving ASSE-International Practice Specialty as an A/Administrator and also the member of ASSE-KC Advisory Committee.
The seats will be reserved strictly as first come first serve basis; hence interested members may send their nomination on or before 25th September'08. (Maximum 40 SEATS including first & second batches) As on deadline, the nominations will be scrutinized and segregated in to batch wise. For further details please contact our office at your convenience.
Special Notes
ASSE-Kuwait Chapter is pleased to announce the commemoration of International Day for the Preservation of Ozone Layer. This day ( 16th September'08) is being observed all over the world to emphasize the focus on signing of Montreal Protocol Treaty. This year’s theme of the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is “Montreal Protocol - Global partnership for global benefits ” . In connection with the day, ASSE – Kuwait Chapter yet again organizing a Technical meet on 16th September 2008. This is the 7th Consecutive year of Ozone day celebration in Kuwait Chapter’s History since its inception. The event details as follows:
Introductory presentation on " Ozone Day & its significance " by Mr. V. Ashok Kumar, Head Environment & Health Committee
Topic of the evening: "Tracking the progress of Ozone Layer Recovery "Montreal Protocol - Global partnership for global benefits" by Mr. Dhari Al-Gharabally, Team Leader, Health Environment Team, Corporate HSE Group, Kuwait Oil Company
Date: 16 September 2008
Venue: Ball Room, Radisson SAS Hotel ( In the main building)
Time: 08:15 PM – 09:30 PM
Registration: 08.00 PM
Speakers profile a glance: Mr. Dhari Al-Gharabally graduated from Creighton University in Omaha , Nebraska ( USA ) in 1997 with a double major in Environmental Science and Atmospheric Science. He then returned to Kuwait and commenced his career, working for 11 years in the Oil & Gas Industry with the Kuwait Oil Company. Mr. Al-Gharabally excelled in his duties and was given the opportunity to lead his team. Presently, He is working as a Team Leader in the Health & Environment Team of the Corporate HSE Group in the Kuwait Oil Company.
Registration: ASSE Members / Interested HSE Professionals are requested to register their names by e-mail at assekuwait@hotmail.com or by SMS to 6846040 on or before 16th September 2008, 12:30 PM. As the seats are very limited, rush in your entries now.
As per the Chapter By-Laws and the decision the 8th Annual General Body meeting (GBM) will be conducted on 17th June 2008. Program details follows:
Topic: 8th Annual General Body Meeting
Date: 17th June 2008
Venue: Hotel Hilton, Al Doora Hall
Time: 6.30 PM onwards.
Kindly make your self convenient to attend the GBM.
In order to make your presence comfortable during the meet, please register your name with assekuwait@hotmail.com on or before 16th June 2008.
Remember!!! Your presence makes a difference....
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Dear Members,
At the outset, the time has come to say "A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL" for giving us an opportunity and extending your support to us during the Chapter year July 2007 - June 2008. We have conducted a General Body Meeting (GBM) of the Chapter on 17th June 2008 and briefed our activities / achievements. For those members, who could not attend the GBM, I would like to brief some of significant achievements of the Chapter year.
For the professional up gradation of members, about 4700 training hours were provided in terms of technical meets and training programs during the year. About 250 members got the benefit of these programs.
We played a key role in ASSE Global Taskforce and in introducing the Global membership dues structure, which reduced the membership fees for developing countries (Group I -US$120/-, Group II -US $90/-, Group III-US$60/).
Due to the above, our membership has increased by 125 % (ie from 200 members to 460 members) during the Chapter year and became the largest ASSE Chapter outside USA.
Several Outreach Programs were conducted for member children and school children, which helped in educating more than 2000 students & their families on health safety & environmental issues. We have bagged more than 40 % of prizes from NAOSH (North American Occupational Safety & Health) Week competitions.
Our Chapter procedure on Delegate Selection is revised with specific criteria. Based on this, we have deputed three delegates to represent our Chapter in PDC-USA to provide the opportunities for professional development of members who are contributing to the Chapter growth.
Our Chapter has got registered with President's Court of ASSE-USA Membership Honor Roll, the first international chapter to enter into this Court.
We have released first ever HSE Diary with technical information for the benefit of members. Also released monthly HSE Update to brief about the Chapter activities and latest updates in the field. A special agreement entered with ASSE-HQ to maintain our Website to provide up to date information.
We have established a Conference Planning Committee as part of Executive Committee, which is working in parallel for preparation of hosting our 5th International Professional Development Conference in March 2009.
To show case our Chapter, we have participated in several conferences viz. IEI, ICCE, ASSE-MEC Conferences and Kuwait Waste Management Conference.
As per the new strategy of ASSE-HQ to support international chapters, our Chapter has been aligned with Region-VI of ASSE, USA. This has provided many opportunities to learn on Chapter Operations and related supports.
In recognition of our Chapter activities, we have been honored with Chapter Star Year of the Award under Region-VI
And many more activities were carried out during the year.
On behalf of Executive Committee, I take this opportunity to thank our Advisory Committee for providing timely advise and guiding us to take our Chapter to greater heights.
My special thanks to Mr Mike Thompson, President, ASSE-USA, Mr Jim Morris, Regional Vice President, Region-VI and Mr Terry Wilkinson, Director, COMRA, ASSE, USA, Mr Daryl Hill, Vice President (Finance), Mr Warren Brown, President-Elect, Mr Fred Fortman, Ex. Director and all ASSE-USA Staff (particularly Mr Jon, ASSE Web In-charge, Ms Geri Golonka, Ms Katie Koleski of Membership Department, Ms Sue of Society Update and Mr Dan Mcniel of Webinars ) for extending their support to Kuwait Chapter in particular and to all international ASSE members in general.
I also thank our Chapter Administration, Mr Rishi, Executive Chapter (Operations) and Ms Alefiya , Admin Assistant for providing excellent support during the Chapter year.
Our Chapter Year ends by today 30th June 2008 and the following new Executive Committee takes over from 1st July’08.
I take this opportunity in wishing all success to the new Committee and let us keep striving hard to protect people, property and the environment.
With best wishes,
Ashok Garlapati, CSP,QEP,G-IOSH
President- ASSE(Kuwait Chapter)
Kuwait Chapter of American Society of Safety Engineers in line with its By-Laws conducted the Annual Elections for the elect positions (President, Vice President, Secretary & Treasurer) for the term 2008-2009 at Kuwait Hilton Resort on 22nd January 2008. The elections were conducted for the two positions i.e President & Treasurer since there were more than one candidates nominated for the positions, Whereas the results of other two elect positions i.e Secretary & Vice president was elected un-opposed. The Elections started off with a talk show where in the candidates were allotted 5 minutes for their self introduction . The polling started at 7.00 pm and remained till 8:30 pm. There were around 100 members participated the elections and poled their votes to their desired candidates. The contest was evenly poised with the experienced members showing up in all the positions which really made the voters kept guessing. In the end the results were announced by the election team that was headed by Mr. Fadhel Al Ali.
Details of the newly elected members for the term July’08 – June’09 are as under These elected members will work in close co-ordination with present Executive Committee of ASSE-KC and take over the charge with effect from July 2008.
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| Tareq Al-Aslawi President-Elect |
Ravi B. Tammanur Vice President-Elect |
Mohammd. K.S. Mohiuddeen Secretary-Elect |
Rathish Thachanat Treasurer-Elect |
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June 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers – Kuwait Chapter conducted the Third session of ongoing Certification Course on Process Safety Management on 30th May’08 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. The session had 27 members participated.
During the third session Mr. Ujwal Ritwik, course leader focused on what the industrial Hazards through consistent interaction with ASSE HSE professionals quoting that the PSM candidates are an asset to the Refinery, Industry, and other companies.
Besides imparting theoretical knowledge, the PSM instructor stressed on developing analytical skills, communication, and problem solving references to various case studies, presentations, research web work and role-play form an integral part of a student's thru ASSE PSM group website.
In truly global style, Mr. Ujwal Ritwik PSM expert greatly stressed at individual interaction and personality enhancement in the subject knowledge by giving assignments, home Works and conducting Quizzes.
He discussed how to identify, evaluate and develop methods to control significant hazards associated with hazardous processes and operations with the process flow diagrams, processing and refining of the petrochemical industry. Assessment on the PH’s Analysis and applying the right tools referred to current company standards and OSHA PSM 14 elements Guidelines by not limiting to OSHA also referred to other international standards ex. EPA, SEVESO, CCPS API ILO Etc. Any good practice shall be a successful business factor. He emphasized the importance of developing the RACI chart for any organization. The Hazards that is potential for fires, explosions and/or the release of toxic materials etc.
The course leader provided a tool of integrated, systematic approach to implementing process safety elements across these functions in a consistent manner and is important to manage changes and sustain strong PSM-related performance.
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In conclusion discussed on the Hazards of materials, Facility and storage design basis (e.g., siting considerations, commodity classification, special separation and storage configuration, powered ventilation system, and storage height), Equipment design basis (e.g., fire detection and alarm etc.), Emergency planning and response (e.g., spill response, loss scenarios pre-incident plans, drills and importance of table-top exercises), Mechanical integrity (e.g., fire detection and suppression systems, refrigeration, fire walls, floor condition, and roof integrity), the case studies of each individual experiences significantly discussed in the class. Ex. Mr. Vasudev highlighted the catastrophic incident at Vishakhapatnam LPG gas leak; MR. Nachupally Ram Kumar PSM student discussed the Gujarat Dahej IPCL Ethylene 38 meter tower explosion, its impact and consequences and extent of damages, controls, lack of resources and awareness on process related hazards and many such process related cases were involved in the discussions ‘New tool of identifying the root cause of the problems behind any incident and to enforce best practice to eliminate the cause of the incident by implement preventive measures through the experiences and lessons learnt to avoid repetition of such incidents.
At the end before concluding the PSM third class, the PSM expert course instructor assigned the home work for candidates for the next coming class on tabular comparison of OSHA Audit requirements with employer’s follow-up of Process Safety Management audits.
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June 5, 2008 - WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY - 2008 aimed to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. This year the theme given by United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is “CO2: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy”. The World Environment Day will highlight resources and initiatives that promote low carbon economies and life-styles, such as improved energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, forest conservation and eco-friendly consumption.
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In connection with the WED 2008 agenda, American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter the premier Kuwait’s premier voluntary, non-profit making Health, Safety and Environmental organization commemorated the World Environment Day 2008 on 05.06.08 at Radisson SAS, Hotel. The event was attended by more than 175 participants which included ASSE members, School children and their families, School principals and Govt officials. Mr. Ashok Garlapati, President – ASSE, Kuwait Chapter and HSE Specialist (E&PD), Kuwait Oil Company welcomed the dignitaries & others. He proudly announced that it is the 8th consecutive year; the society is commemorating the World Environment Day (WED) as part of meeting Society objective of “Protecting People, Property and the Environment”.
He also stated that ASSE-Kuwait Chapter is the only voluntary organization observing this day in the State of Kuwait. He briefly explained about the ill effect of CO2 emissions and the importance of Conservation of energy with various tips of saving it. Mr. Siva Prasad Penkey, Head-Occupational Health & Environment Committee, ASSE – KC and General Manager, Corp. HSSE, Integral Services Company, Kuwait delivered a presentation on significance of World Environment Day 2008.
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The key note presentation was delivered by Eng. Yaqoub Al-Matooq, Refrigeration expert for the national ozone committee, Kuwait Environment Public Authority. He appreciated the efforts & the activities of ASSE-Kuwait chapter in Environmental protection. His presentation featured the key roles played by EPA in the field of Health, Safety & Environment and how they achieved the award for environment from US EPA.
Mr Siva Prasad Penkey has briefed the gathering on activities carried out by the committee and on various competitions conducted for members & school children in line with the World Environment Day’08. He informed that about 20 schools have been participated in the Essay writing, Painting and photography competitions. The response was overwhelming and he greatly appreciated the initiatives and the encouragement provided by School principals. He congratulated all the winners.
ASSE Kuwait chapter has also participated in the NAOSH (North American Occupational Safety and Health) Safety Poster competitions. About 40% of the total prizes were won by the Kuwait school children in an international event. The prizes in the form of cash cheques were handed over to the winners in the function.
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| Dignitaries & Winners of WED '08 Competitions |
Mr. Mohiuddeen, Secretary Elect and Safety Engineer of Kuwait Oil Company conducted the proceedings and introduced the panel of judges ( Dr. Saleh Al-Muzaini, Manager of a Waste and Environmental Research Group, Research Scientist, Environmental Sciences Department, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the President, Board of Euro Arab Environment ( Essay competition). Dr. Fatima Al-Shatti Environmental Consultant Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (Photography). Mr. Dublin , Reporter, Arabtimes ( Posters / Paintings) and requested to handover the Prizes to the winners. The prize distribution was followed with the Memento distribution in which All the judges were awarded with a ASSE – Plaques. As part of recognizing the achievements of EPA in phasing out ozone depletion substances and for getting the award from US-EPA , Mr. Fadhel Al Ali, Chairman , ASSE-Kuwait Chapter and Manager-Health & Safety of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has handed over a ASSE – Plaque to Eng Yaqoub Al Matouq. Mr. Penkey Siva Prasad, thanked the Judges and members for attending in large numbers for the event. The event was concluded with a group photo session and dinner sponsored by ASSE – Kuwait Chapter.
WED 2008 Competition Winners
| Essay Competition - Category I (12-14) | ||
| 1 | Madhura Chakraborty | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 2 | Nilasis Bhattacharya | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 3 | Shravan Charley | Integrated Indian School |
| Essay Competition - Category II (15-17) | ||
| 1 | Akshaj K | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 2 | Sumon | Integrated Indian School |
| 3 | Abhiram Prasad | Integrated Indian School |
| Posters/Painting Competition - Category I (8-14) | ||
| 1 | Sonali Tushar Rane | India International School |
| 2 | Siddharth Dash | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 3 | Immanuel A. Rhema | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| Posters/Painting Competition - Category II (15-17) | ||
| 1 | M. Jobhi G. Mathew | Indian Community School, Amman |
| 2 | Rasil A.S. Al Haq | Indian Central School Jleeb |
| 3 | ||
| Photography Competition | ||
| 1 | Arundeep Taduri | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 2 | Aishwarya Vasudevan | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 3 | Batoul Hammoud | Kuwait English School |
| Quiz Competition | ||
| 1 | Lijo K. Poulose | |
| 2 | Mohammed Ahsan | |
| 3 | Mohammed U.S. Ahmed | |
| 4 | S. Balaji | |
| 5 | Sunil N.S. | |
| 6 | Yashwanth Garlapati | |
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May 25-29, 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter organized the five days training program titled “First Aid & Emergency Card in Industrial Setting”. The program was attended by 15 ASSE Members. The training program was conducted exclusively for ASSE members from 25th – 29th May 2008 at Shuaiba Industrial Medical Centre, Kuwait. The training session commenced with a welcome note by Mr. Ashok Garlapati, President, ASSE Kuwait Chapter and the Head Professional Development Committee introduced the training faculty. The first day session was delivered by doctors from MOH (Dr. Edi Dambo & Dr Salah Moussa). They briefly explained on Medical Emergencies, Work place hazards, Introduction to First Aid, Respiratory System, and Basic Life Support. The Second day session covered with topics on Accidents - Emergencies due to mechanical / Biological agents, Airway Mgt Checking, Correcting, Airway Obstruction, Pulmonary Resuscitation and CPR Theory by Dr. Mohammed Shebl. On the third and fourth day, Dr. Madhava Rao explained Emergencies due to chemical exposures, CPR Adult & Practical, CPR Child / Infant practical, Secondary Survey, Emergencies due to extremities of Environment, Recovery Position, Bleeding (Theory and practical), and Wounds (Theory and practical). The fifth day included Work related occupational disease by Dr. Mohammed Shebl and Emergency preparedness Occupational Health by Dr. Madhava Rao.
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The five day session included Practical exercises and group interaction. On the 5th day, The Knowledge and performance was made through a combination of continuous assessment and a written theory and practical examination. A certificate of competency will be issued to delegates deemed to have achieved a satisfactory standard and a License will be granted by Kuwait Ministry of Health to practice First Aid in Kuwait.
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May 25-29, 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter in association with Bureau Veritas organized the five days training program titled “OHSAS 18001 : 2007 Lead Auditor Course ”. The program was attended by 10 delegates representing the companies like KPC, KOC, KNPC, Warley Parsons. The training program was conducted from 25th – 29th May 2008 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. The course commenced with a welcome note and introduction of faculty by Mr. Rishi, Executive (Chapter Operations), ASSE Kuwait Chapter. The training faculty Mr. Shivkumar Iyer, BE (Metallurgy, is having around 15 years of work experience in steel manufacturing industry (QA + R & D) and around 3 years of experience with Bureau Veritas Certifications. He is currently working as a tutor Quality Management System (QMS), Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS), Environmental Management System (EMS) and Integrated Management System (IMS).
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The topics covered in depth during this course are, BS88000 & OHSAS 18001, detailed content of BS88000 & OHSAS 18001, similarities with OHSAS 18001, ISO14001 & ISO 9000, H & S Management Issues including operational control, H & S Audit Skills. The five day extensive session included Practical exercises and group interaction. On the 5th day, The Knowledge and performance of the participants was evaluated through a combination of continuous assessment and a written examination at the end. A certificate of competency will be issued to delegates deemed to have achieved a satisfactory standard.
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May 23, 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers – Kuwait Chapter conducted the second session of ongoing Certification Course on Process Safety Management on 23rd May’08 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. The PSM course is professionally progressive and most informative. Mr. Ujwal Ritwik , course leader provided the participants, awareness on PSM, enhancing their knowledge endeavor with practical presentations which includes various case studies related to Process Safety and process Hazards identification and controls and preventive measures elaborated briefly step by step OSHA 14 elements of process safety management system.
The PSM course candidates / participants are divided into 6 groups A- F for interactive and quality learning process with group discussions and presentation. The candidates given performances are evaluated at best with presented PSM monthly assignments and homework’s in group emails and discussions for clarifications.
Further for candidate’s PSM awareness, organized quizz related to Process Safety Management, Industrial processes, catastrophic situation. Attractive slides, tables and graphs, including case studies related with failures to process Safety management systems were also included. Designs diagrams and pictures with references to the Fire manuals, Loss Control and Prevention Books volumes and the PSM website study materials was uploaded for the benefit of all candidates thru developed webpage PSM group mails.
As the 2nd session was completed, the participants have learnt about appropriate measures and applications of management systems of process safety fire, explosion and process related hazards and its controls. TLV’s, BLEVE, Flash Point, chemical and physical hazards of hydro carbon plants and process units, flammability limits, case histories, deviation resulting process failure levels etc.
| Essay Competition - Category I (12-14) | ||
| 1 | Madhura Chakraborty | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 2 | Nilasis Bhattacharya | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 3 | Shravan Charley | Integrated Indian School |
| Essay Competition - Category II (15-17) | ||
| 1 | Akshaj K | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 2 | Sumon | Integrated Indian School |
| 3 | Abhiram Prasad | Integrated Indian School |
| Posters/Painting Competition - Category I (8-14) | ||
| 1 | Sonali Tushar Rane | India International School |
| 2 | Siddharth Dash | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 3 | Immanuel A. Rhema | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| Posters/Painting Competition - Category II (15-17) | ||
| 1 | M. Jobhi G. Mathew | Indian Community School, Amman |
| 2 | Rasil A.S. Al Haq | Indian Central School Jleeb |
| 3 | ||
| Photography Competition | ||
| 1 | Arundeep Taduri | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 2 | Aishwarya Vasudevan | Fahaheel Al Wataniya Indian Private School |
| 3 | Batoul Hammoud | Kuwait English School |
| Quiz Competition | ||
| 1 | Lijo K. Poulose | |
| 2 | Mohammed Ahsan | |
| 3 | Mohammed U.S. Ahmed | |
| 4 | S. Balaji | |
| 5 | Sunil N.S. | |
| 6 | Yashwanth Garlapati | |
Click the link below to download the Quiz Answers in Microsoft Powerpoint format. The file is encrypted and the password is assekc.
As part of ASSE – Kuwait chapter’s commitment in promoting environmental education, we are commemorating World Environment Day on 5th June 2008. This is the seventh consecutive year we are celebrating this important day in Kuwait. As part of our activities various competitions such as Essay, painting & photography competition and quiz competitions are being organized for school children. The quiz competition is in line with the theme of WED’08 for this year, which is “Co2: Kick The Habit! Towards A Low Carbon Economy” as per UNEP (United Nations Environment Program). We are glad to announce that for all these fascinating competitions, we could successfully involve school children from more than 10 schools. Well known speaker from Kuwait Institute of Scientific research (KISR) are going to deliver a technical presentation on this day.
Details of the program are as under:
Date: 5th June 2008
Time: 06:30 – 09:00 PM
Registration: 06:30 – 7:00 PM
Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel, Ball Room (Inside Main Hotel Building) ground floor.
Event highlights at a glance:
The program will be followed by Dinner. All members are cordially invited for this mega event. However pre-registration is mandatory. Hence please register your participation with us well in advance by e-mail at assekuwait@hotmail.com or by SMS to 6846040 on or before 3rd June’08.
Dear Members,
As may be aware that ASSE Kuwait Chapter is organizing the 5th International Health, Safety, Environment, and Loss Prevention, Professional Development Conference and Exhibition during 17-19 March 2009. With the grand performance put up during last four successive PDCs by ASSE Kuwait Chapter Team, the organizing committee has set up a stiff target for this PDC – 2009, encouraging us to Do better than before.
The Technical Paper Coordination Team have is in the process of scouting for technical papers to be presented during this PDC. We strongly feel that there is a vast pool of knowledge and experience resource within the chapter members and hence we have approached you all to share your experiences and in-depth knowledge on SH&E related issues in the form of technical paper during this PDC.
To further the professional development of our members we have planned to conduct a workshop on June 9th 2008 (1900 to 2100 hrs) on “How to Write and Present Technical Papers in a conference”. The venue of the program and other details will be intimated shortly upon finalization.
Interested members are requested to register on or before 02-06-2008 and avail the opportunity.
Expecting an overwhelming response from all of you!!
Best Regards,
Technical Paper Coordination Team, PDC 2009
As you know, the most awaiting World Environment Day (5th June 2008) is very much close. In its usual manner, ASSE-KC is commemorating this event in a grand manner. As part of WED'08, several activities ( Essay / Painting / Photography ) have been lined up for this year. As part of this celebration, a quiz competition is being organized exclusively for the members (including their family members). The sole purpose of the competition is to increase awareness amongst the members and their families and contribute ASSE's bit towards protecting the environment.
Please go through the rules of the competition, which are as under. However, the rules for participation and answer sheet etc will be uploaded in the Website www.assekuwait.org very soon.
Members who holds valid membership as on 5th June 2008 and new members who are awaiting for their membership cards are eligible to participate in this Quiz. Hence forth members are requested to participate in large numbers and make this activity a huge success.
World Environment Day '08 Competition Rules:
The quiz consists of 20 multiple choice questions in power point format.
The participant to go through the quiz and shall submit his/her answers in a prescribed format (attached) The answers shall be submitted to OH&E committee through assekuwait@hotmail.com electronically or manually fax: 2428148 on or before 28th May 2008.
Upon receiving the response the evaluation shall be done by the OH&E committee and declare Three Best Entries (winners) on merit basis.
If more participants obtain equal marks, the winners shall be declared on raffle basis.
The winners will receive gifts and a certificate, However all other participants will receive a participation certificate from ASSE - Kuwait Chapter.
The gifts shall be distributed to the winners during the forthcoming World Environment Day 2008 function.
The entries are restricted to members who are having valid membership as on 5th June 2008, and the newest members who are awaited for their membership cards are eligible to participate.
The participation is on "One member-one entry" basis. However, entry could be either from the member or any one from his / her family.
Regards,
Penkey Siva Prasad
Head, Environment & Occupational Health Committee
ASSE - Kuwait Chapter
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Mr. Prabhakar Singh, ASP, MIFE has recently completed ASP. ASSE, Kuwait Chapter congratulates him on his achievement. Mr. Singh is a qualified HSE professional having more than 19 Years of experience in leading upstream and down stream Oil & Gas, National/ International Companies. Presently he is working as Safety Engineer in corporate HSE Group of Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait. |
World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action.
The World Environment Day theme selected for 2008 is related to the C02 emissions; "CO2: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy". Recognizing that climate change is becoming the defining issue of our era, UNEP is asking countries, companies and communities to focus on greenhouse gas emissions and how to reduce them. The World Environment Day will highlight resources and initiatives that promote low carbon economies and life-styles, such as improved energy efficiency, alternative energy sources, forest conservation and eco-friendly consumption.
The World Environment Day's agenda is to give a human face to environmental issues; empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development; promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues; and advocate partnership, which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.
World Environment Day is a people's event with colorful activities such as street rallies, bicycle parades, green concerts, essays and poster competitions in schools, tree planting, as well as recycling and clean-up campaigns.
American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter is commemorating “World Environment Day” on 5th June 2008. In order to encourage the children and to inculcate the importance of environmental protection in them, the Society is conducting an Essay, Painting & Photograph competitions. Attractive prizes will be given for all winners.
The prize distribution will be held on 5th June 2008 at a reputed Hotel. All schools teachers and parents are requested to encourage their students to participate in this event.
Following are the categories for the contest:
It is proposed to conduct an essay competition for school children in two categories.
Theme: "CO2: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy"
Following are the guidelines for the Essay writing:
Theme: "CO2: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy"
Following are the guidelines for the painting and photograph competition.
Postal Address:
American Society of Safety Engineers
Kuwait Chapter
c/o Kuwait Society of Engineers
PO Box 4047
Safat 13041 Kuwait
Office Location:
Kuwait Society of Engineers
Next to Safir International Hotel
Al-Soor Street, Beneid Al-Gar, Kuwait
Email: assekuwait@hotmail.com / www.assekuwait.org
Tel. Nos: 2445588 - Ext. 311 / 6846040 (8:30am-12:30pm & 5:00-9:00pm)
Fax: 2428148
As part of continuous efforts to educate ASSE members in their Professional Development, for the first time in kuwait ASSE - Kuwait Chapter join hands with Shuaiba Medical Industrial Center (SMIC), Ministry of Health to conduct an Evening session on “FIRST AID & EMERGENCY CARD IN THE INDUSTRIAL SETTING. This program is being done exclusively for ASSE members.
Following are the course details:
Aim: This course intends to impart basic life saving skills based on critical life support, with the concept of timely care and support.
The objectives of the course are to:
Learning Outcomes: Participants will be able to:
Course Synopsis:
Speakers:
How to register: Please note that the seats will be reserved as first come first serve basis, Hence interested members are requested to rush their nomination on or before 20th May 2008 stating their option clearly to assekuwait@hotmail.com. For further queries please contact our office at your convenience.
Note:
Thanks & Regards,
Rishi
Executive (Chapter Operations)
American Society Of Safety Engineers
Kuwait Chapter
Tel : 2445588 Ext 311,
Fax: 2428148
Mob : 6846040
E-mail: assekuwait@hotmail.com
Website: www.assekuwait.org
April 22, 2008 - Hilton Resort, Al-Doora Hall
As part of our continued efforts to bring the latest developments/ technologies in the field of Health, Safety, Environment and loss prevention, we have scheduled a sponsored technical meet on "Heat Proofing Technology in Construction Sector." 22nd April’08 being observed as Earth day worldwide, The inaugural session will feature a short presentation on marking this day.
The details of the program are as follows :
Topic 1: Presentation on the Significance of Earthday by Mr. Penkey Siva Prasad, Head, Env & Occ committee
Topic 2: "Heat Proofing Technology in Construction Sector"
Presenter : Mr. V. Revindran, Technical Director, SINICON
Mr. Revindran has a Diploma in Engineering, City & Guilds, London and currently the director of Sinicon, India, a company focusing Home Automation Products. He has vast experience in handling Instrumentation projects in the Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Electricity and Water, Sewage related domains, Fire and Safety projects including EPC Contracts involving multidiscipline activities.
Technical Meet Synopsis
Date: 22 April 2008
Venue: Hilton Resort, Al-Doora Hall
Time: 07:00 PM – 08:30 PM
Registration: 06.30 PM
The presentation will be followed by Dinner Sponsored by M/s. Jawad Abdullah Al Safar Est (JAS) Kuwait. Pre-registration is mandatory; Hence members are requested to register their names by e-mail at assekuwait@hotmail.com or by SMS to 6846040 on or before 20th April 2008, 12:30 PM. As the seats are very limited, rush in your entries now.
May 25-29, 2008 - Hilton Resort, Kuwait
In its trailblazing tradition American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter yet again presents a most wanted training course – OHSAS 18001:1999 - Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems Lead auditor course (OH & SMS). This time ASSE-KC has teamed up with Bureau Veritas.
This program is designed for all those who will undertake & eventually lead audits of Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems. It is also useful for those interested in implementation of OH & SMS to OHSAS 18001 at their worksites. The course will enable the professionals to improve their competency to assess, develop Occupational Health & Safety System.
The overall aim of the Occupational Health & Safety Management System-Training course is to equip the delegates, with detailed knowledge of Health & Safety management system including the requirements of BS8800 & OHSAS 18001 & to go beyond the basics of compliance and learn best practices to help prevent injuries and related costs. When you complete this Certificate program, you’ll be able to fulfill your safety responsibilities with confidence and get positive, measurable results.
This value added course has been organized successfully in the previous years by ASSE-Kuwait chapter in collaboration with internationally qualified trainers from BVQI, Kuwait.
We invite nominations from your organization on or before 30th April 2008. Please complete the attached form and send it by fax or e-mail to ASSE, Kuwait. In this workshop styled course seats are limited to twenty (20) nos. only and will be allotted on first come first served basis. Act urgently to secure your seat.
Following are some significant changes in the BCSP examinations which begins from 1st January 2009 onwards.
Differentiation of the Examination Procedures tabulated below:
| Current (Old) | New | ||
| Safety Fundamentals Examination Blueprint | Safety Fundamentals Examination Blueprint | ||
| Domain | % Marks | Domain | % Marks |
| Safety, Health & Environmental Management | 37 | Recognizing Safety, Health & Environmental Hazards | 35.4 |
| Safety, Health & Environmental Engineering | 25 | Measuring, Evaluating & Controlling Safety, Health and Environmental Hazards | 30.9 |
| Safety, Health & Environmental Information Management and Communication | 33 | Safety, Health & Environmental Training and Management | 20.6 |
| Professional Conduct and Ethics | 5 | Business Principles, Practices & Metrics in Safety, Health and Environmental Practice | 13.1 |
Please visit www.bcsp.org/changes for more complete information on changes and their implementation dates and procedures., The website will be updated as new information becomes available, so check back often.
April 22, 2008 - Another recognizable event was commemorated by ASSE Kuwait Chapter on 22/04/2008. The Chapter has observed “Earth Day” and members have met with zeal to share the event.
Mr Siva Prasad, Head, Occupational Health & Environmental Committee have given a brief presentation on significance of “Earth Day”.
The efforts of the Earth Day’s founder Mr Gaylord Nelson were applauded by the members. For any social benefit to happen a visionary personality is required to bring the momentum.
A short video film on Global Warming and its effects were screened during the presentation. A large usage of fossil fuel, rapid industrialization and automobile are the significant causes for the Global Warming. At the current rate the earth is going to increase its temperature 3-9 deg.C if no efforts put to diminish the effect.
Therefore every one has to play a proactive role in preventing further damage to mother earth. It is the individual’s commitment and compliance that brings the change.
Reduce; Reuse and Re-cycle are the mantras to be followed in all walks of our life to protect the environment. Head, OH& E further narrated that it is the time for every individuals to identify the threat of Global Warming, climate change and take part to prevent it and save the environment for future generation.
A briefing on proposed upcoming event i.e “World Environmental Day” was done. ASSE Kuwait chapter is initiating various programs on this occasion like Organizing Environmental Awareness Program to school children, Essay writing competitions and many more.
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April 22, 2008 - As part of our continued efforts to bring the latest developments/ technologies in the field of Health, Safety, Environment and loss prevention, American Society of Safety Engineers – Kuwait Chapter organized a sponsored technical meet on "Heat Proofing Technology in Construction Sector" . 22nd April ’08. About 100 members and other guests attended the meet. Since 22nd April ’08 was observed as earth day worldwide, Mr. Penkey Siva Prasad, Env & OH committee of ASSE – Kuwait Chapter delivered a short presentation on the significance on Earth day’08.
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The presentation of the evening was delivered by Mr. V. Revindran, Technical Director, SINICON. (Mr Revindran has a Diploma in Engineering, City & Guilds, London and currently the director of Sinicon, India, a company focusing Home Automation Products. He has vast experience in handling Instrumentation projects in the Oil and Gas, Petrochemical, Electricity and Water, Sewage related domains, Fire and Safety projects including EPC Contracts involving multidiscipline activities ).
Technical Meet Synopsis is as follows:
The presentation was concluded by few announcements by Professional Development Committee. As a part of professional development opportunities for its members to recognize their voluntary efforts, ASSE - Kuwait chapter selected three members ( Mr. Fathi Badawi, Mr. Vasudevan & Dr. Madhava Rao) to represent the Kuwait Chapter at Society’s Annual Professional Development Conference 2008 at Las Vegas, USA.. from 9th to 12th June 2008. Official confirmation letters were handed over to the delegates. As a token of appreciation a memento was handed over to the speaker and the Sponsoring company. The meet was concluded with a dinner sponsored by Dinner Sponsored by M/s. Jawad Abdullah Al Safar Est (JAS) Kuwait.
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April 19, 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter takes pride in offering a high value certificate training program on Process Safety Management exclusively for ASSE members. The highlight of this program is that it is first of its kind in this part of world and training session is equivalent to a six-month university level program. The training program is split in to 6 sessions (one session per month).
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The first session was held on 19th April 2008 at Hilton Resort, Kuwait. The batch comprised of 30 ASSE members. During the welcome speech Mr. Ashok Garlapati informed the members that, During the society year 2007-2008 the professional Development committee has provided training programs which had benefited more than 300 members which is indeed an landmark achievement. The inaugural ceremony was followed by the training session which was delivered by Mr. Ujwal Ritwik, CRSP, QEP, REM, Lead Auditor ISO 14001, certified Implementer and Auditor PSM, who has hands-on experience in implementing and improving PSM programs at several international petroleum and petrochemicals facilities. He has over 30 years of international experience, widely recognized and awarded HSE personality in the Middle East.
April 15-17, 2008 - ASSE-Kuwait Chapter has been working to focus on the needs of local industry in order to improve the overall safety and health of workers. Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) is one of the major occupational illness in our workplaces, NIHL takes place silently without the employees being aware of its occurrence. We have realized the importance of preventing hearing losses and also the need for promoting a comprehensive Hearing Conservation Program (HCP) at the workplace.
As a first step to achieve this objective in Kuwait, ASSE – Kuwait Chapter joined hands with Associates in Acoustics, Inc. USA & Kuwait Society of Occupational & Environment Medicine organized a training program on Hearing Conservation & Noise Control Engineering, a first of its kind in Kuwait from 15th – 17th April 2008 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. The program was well attended by relevant professionals from oil industries and private sector companies. The inaugural Ceremony featured by the welcome speech by Mr. Ashok Garlapati, President , Kuwait Chapter and a Key note speech by Dr. Ahamd Al- Shatti, Director, Occupational Health Department, Ministry of Health. Dr. Shatti emphasized on the need for bringing the latest technologies in the occupational illness field to Kuwait. ASSE-Kuwait Chapter has been working in this front, The first and second day was delivered by the international Speaker Mr. Dennis Driscoll, President and Principal Consultant of Associates in Acoustics, Inc. USA. The two day extensive program was filled with interactive sessions where in the participant thoroughly gained knowledge in Hearing Protection Devices, Acoustical Instrumentation and Noise Surveys, Principles of Noise Control Sound Absorption, Transmission Loss and Noise Control Materials, Noise Control Options & Applications.
The third day of the training program completely focused on Occupational Hearing Loss: Diagnosis, Prevention and Management issues. The sessions featured some lectures delivered by a group (Dr Madhava Rao, Dr Mohammed Kamel, Dr Mohammed Shebl, Dr Mohana Rao, Dr Qassem Ahmed Akrouf , Dr Tolo Dudani ) of renowned Occupational Physicians, scientists and experts in the field of Occupational Medicine Which was headed by Dr. Ahmed Al Shatti BMS, MBBS, MSc, FFOM .
To make this event more effective and live, Quest Technologies have taken an initiative and showcased their products (Dosimeter) and the Audiometry Demo by Shuaiba Medical Industrial Centre ( SIMC). The demonstration of these equipment was part of the program.
The three day extensive training sessions was concluded with a award ceremony. ASSE-Kuwait Chapter thanked the trainers for delivering interactive sessions all through the program through which the delegates from KNPC, KOC, KPC, KOTC, EQUATE and Other HSE professionals had certainly gained the benefit and would be capable enough to run effective “hearing conservation programs” in their respective companies. As a token of Appreciation mementos were handed over to the trainers. The program ended up with a Group Photo session.
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April 15-16, 2008 - As a part of professional Development activities, ASSE – Kuwait Chapter has conducted a 4hours training program exclusively for ASSE members on Noise Control Engineering on 15th & 16th April 2008 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. About 30 members attended the session and benefited by this specially arranged training program. Mr. Ashok Garlapati, President , ASSE – Kuwait Chapter introduced the trainer Mr. Dennis Driscoll, President and Principal Consultant of Associates in Acoustics, Inc. USA. The trainer in his 4hours training session, briefed about the principles of noise control and the overview of the Hearing Conservation Program.
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In result of several follow ups with ASSE – HQ’s, USA, Kuwait Chapter could finally provide the CEU ( Continuous Education Units) to the participants who have attended the training program. Mr. Vasudevan, Head, Professional Development Committee, thanked the trainer and as a token of Appreciation a memento was handed over to Mr. Dennis Driscoll. The program ended up with a Group Photo session and High tea sponsored by ASSE – Kuwait Chapter.
April 7-9, 2008 - ASSE – Kuwait Chapter participated in the three day Kuwait Waste Management Conference Exposition conducted from 7th – 9th April’08 at Hotel Radisson SAS .The inaugural ceremony of the Kuwait Waste Management Conference Exposition was conducted on 7th April 2008 at Hotel Radisson SAS under the patronage of Under the patronage of H.E. Moussa Hussein Al-Sarraf, Minister of Public Works and Minister of Municipal Affairs, State of Kuwait.
The inaugural ceremony comprised speeches from Capt Ali Haider, Director, Environment Public Authority and other dignitaries. The exposition was formally inaugurated by the chief guest and other Dignitaries. Several companies, Govt bodies and Professional Engineering Societies participated which includes KNPC, National Cleaning Company, TETRA Tech, Abar Solutions Petroleum Consultancy, Resource Environmental Group Solutions, Al – Abraj Holding Company, Al- Afraj Group of Companies, ECAT, Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait Society of Engineers, Kuwait Environment Protection Society, Public Authority for Industry, Ministry of Water & Electricity, American Society of Safety Engineers-Kuwait Chapter, and several other companies participated in the Exposition.
ASSE booth showcased the Chapter activities and the services provided to the ASSE members. Mr. Tareq Al- Aslawi, Vice President, ASSE-Kuwait chapter briefly explained about the activities to the Chief Guest & other dignitaries during their visit to the booth. The guests were fairly impressed by the Chapter activities and appreciated the efforts of our Society in taking up the HSE issues and awareness into the Public in Kuwait. However they suggested making efforts to publish the chapter activities to Arabic papers as well to reach the Arabic community.
About 30 technical papers were presented by speakers from Kuwait & Other GCC countries. The event was organized by Promedia International and was supported , Kuwait Municipality, Environment Public Authority, Kuwait Environment Protection Society , Kuwait Society of Engineers & KISR. More than 200 delegates attended the event. ASSE Volunteers actively participated in briefing the chapter activities to the visitors.
Advantages of ASSE-KC’s participation at Kuwait Waste Management Conference:
Details of members volunteered in ASSE – Exhibition Booth:
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April 1, 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter continued its professional journey in the field of Health, Safety Environment & Loss prevention by conducting a most valuable technical seminar on Understanding Process Safety Management on 1st April 2008 at Hilton Resort for the benefit of ASSE members and other HSE Professionals. The program witnessed a record breaking attendance of over 175 members. Mr. N.Vasudevan Head professional development committee introduced the speaker Mr. Ujwal Ritwik Sr Specialist- SH&E KNPC. The introductory session was followed by the interactive technical presentation delivered by Mr. Ujwal Ritwik, CRSP, QEP, REM, Lead Auditor ISO 14001, Certified Implementer and Auditor PSM. (Has hands-on experience in implementing and improving PSM programs at several international petroleum and petrochemicals facilities; has over 30 years of international experience, widely recognized and awarded HSE personality in the Middle East).
Technical presentation covered the following topics:
The technical presentation was followed by an interactive Q&A Session. Mr. Fadhel Al Ali, Chairman handed over a memento as token of appreciation to Mr. Ujwal Ritwik.
The presentation ceremony was followed by announcements on the forthcoming events and activities by Mr. G. Ashok, President & Mr. N. Vasudevan, Head, Professional Development Committee, ASSE – Kuwait Chapter. Mr. Mohammed .K. S. Mohiudeen , Secretary – Elect & Current Publication & Govt Affairs Head anchored the event. The meet was concluded with a High tea sponsored by ASSE-Kuwait Chapter.
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March 4, 2008 - In its endeavor to bring the latest developments/ technologies in the field of Health, Safety, Environment and Loss prevention, American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter had conducted a technical meet titled “ Behavior Based Safety" on 4th March 2008 at Hilton Resort for the benefit of ASSE members and other HSE Professionals. The meet was well attended with ASSE members and HSE professionals in Kuwait. The meet commenced with a welcome address by Mr. Ravi Tammanur, Secretary, in which he introduced the topic (Behavior Based Safety) and speaker, Mr. Sami H. Malallah, Manager-Operations, KNPC MAB Refinery. Mr.Sami Malallah has done research in the field of "Behavior based issues in the use of PPE". The welcome address was followed by a technical presentation. The presentation covered the following issues.
The interactive session concluded with Question & Answer session. The President of the ASSE Kuwait Chapter Mr. Ashok Garlapati, offered a One year free ASSE membership for Mr. Sami H. Malallah. who gladly accepted and acknowledged with a thanking note. As a token of appreciation, Mr. Fadhel Al Ali, Chairman, ASSE –Kuwait Chapter handed over a memento to Mr. Sami H. Malallah.
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February 8, 2008 - The Professional Development Committee of American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter, Organized the third batch of Radiation Safety – Basics training program exclusively for its members on 8th Feb’08 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. Members actively participated in this one day training program.
The training session kicked off with the welcome note by speech by Mr. Ravi B Tammanur, Secretary, ASSE-Kuwait chapter. Mr. Vasudevan, Head Professional Development Committee introduced the trainer Mr. Lafi Al – Fehaid, MS,CHCM,ASP (Mr. Lafi Al-Fehaid holds a Master of Science in Industrial Safety, Central Missouri State University, Missouri, USA, 1992. Training Staff Member/ Faculty Member: Chemical Engineering Technology Department Public Authority for Applied Education(1987-1993). Research Technician, Petroleum Department, Kuwait Institute for scientific Research (KISR), (1985-1987).Certified trainer for Radiation Safety. He is currently working as a training Consultant for 5M International.) The welcome speech was followed by training session.
The trainer took over the proceedings and briefly explained about Introduction and Definitions, Radiation Safety Theory, Radiation Measurements & Monitoring, Calculations Exercises, Radiation Health Effects, Emergency Procedures, Cases Studies. Mr. Penkey Siva Prasad, Head, Env & Occupational Health Committee demonstrated the usage of radiation measurement device to all the participants.
During the concluding ceremony Mr. Ashok Garlapati, President, ASSE-Kuwait, Thanked the trainer for the valuable training session, He also said that these kind of training programs had certainly helped the members to develop their professionalism and competency in building their career. The vote of thanks was delivered by Mr. D. S. Rao, Member, Professional Development Committee, ASSE-Kuwait chapter.
The program ended up with a Photo session.
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February 1, 2008 - The Professional Development Committee of American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter, had conducted the second batch of Radiation Safety – Basics training program exclusively for its members on 1st Feb’08 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. Around 25 members attended the session and thoroughly benefited by the course.
The inaugural comprised with the welcome speech by Mr. Ravi B Tammanur, Secretary, ASSE-Kuwait chapter. Mr. Vasudevan, Head Professional Development Committee introduced the trainer Mr. Lafi Al – Fehaid, MS,CHCM,ASP (Mr. Lafi Al-Fehaid holds a Master of Science in Industrial Safety, Central Missouri State University, Missouri, USA, 1992. Training Staff Member/ Faculty Member: Chemical Engineering Technology Department Public Authority for Applied Education(1987-1993). Research Technician, Petroleum Department, Kuwait Institute for scientific Research (KISR), (1985-1987).Certified trainer for Radiation Safety. He is currently working as a training Consultant for 5M International.)
After the inaugural ceremony, The trainer took over the proceedings and briefly explained about Introduction and Definitions, Radiation Safety Theory, Radiation Measurements &Monitoring, Calculations Exercises, Radiation Health Effects, Emergency Procedures, Cases Studies. During the session couple of evaluation tests were conducted for the participant’s. Based on the evaluations, Certificates were handed over to the participants. The one day session was concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. Fathi Badawi, Treasurer, ASSE-Kuwait.
The program ended up with a Photo session followed by a High tea Sponsored by ASSE–Kuwait Chapter.
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January 22, 2008 - American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter has added one more feather to its knowledge cap. On 22nd January-08, a technical meet on “Ergonomic Risks and Controls in the Office Environment” was conducted. Ms. Kathleen Foster, Global Ergonomic Specialist for Chevron Energy Technology Company (ETC) delivered an interactive session and explained at the start the concept of Ergonomics and Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI). A systematic approach to identifying office ergonomic hazards, risk assessments and its controls were discussed along with a demonstration to detect ergonomic stress through instruments and control of risks. This demonstration captivated the audience of more than 100 members. The session also addressed how discomfort progresses to an injury, importance of early reporting and an ice berg of RSI. The members actively participated and benefited through this interactive technical meet.
As a token of appreciation, Mr. Fadhel Al-Ali, Chairman, ASSE-Kuwait chapter, gave away a memento to Ms Kathleen Foster.
The vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. Siva Prasad Penkey, Head Occupational Health Committee, ASSE-Kuwait Chapter. The meet took place concurrently with chapter elections 2008-09 and concluded with a dinner.
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January 18, 2008 - The Professional Development Committee of American Society of Safety Engineers, Kuwait Chapter, keeping their objectives of educating the members continuously, organized yet another one day training program exclusively for its members titled “ Radiation Safety – Basics ”.
As usual due to zoverwhelming response from the members, The nominees were distributed evenly in to three batches, The first batch was conducted on 18th January’07 at Kuwait Hilton Resort. Around 25 members attended the session and thoroughly benefited by the course.
The training session commenced with a welcome note by Mr. Ashok Garlapati, President, ASSE Kuwait Chapter. Mr. Vasudevan, Head Professional Development Committee introduced the trainer Mr. Lafi Al – Fehaid, MS, CHCM, ASP (Mr. Lafi Al-Fehaid holds a Master of Science in Industrial Safety, Central Missouri State University, Missouri, USA, 1992. Training Staff Member/ Faculty Member: Chemical Engineering Technology Department Public Authority for Applied Education(1987-1993). Research Technician, Petroleum Department, Kuwait Institute for scientific Research (KISR), (1985-1987). Certified trainer for Radiation Safety. He is currently working as a training Consultant for 5M International.)
After the inaugural ceremony, The trainer took over the proceedings and briefly explained about Introduction and Definitions, Radiation Safety Theory, Radiation Measurements &Monitoring, Calculations Exercises, Radiation Health Effects, Emergency Procedures, Cases Studies. During the session couple of evaluation tests were conducted for the participant’s. Based on the evaluations certificates were handed over to the participants. The one day session was concluded with a vote of thanks by Mr. Ravi B Tammanur, Secretary, ASSE-Kuwait.
The program was finally wrapped up with a Photo session followed by a High tea Sponsored by ASSE –Kuwait Chapter.
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PO Box 4047, Safat-13041
Tel: 2445588 Ext 311
Fax: 2428148
assekuwait@hotmail.com
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