Creation and Management of Technical HSE Training at PJSC SIBUR Holding

From Formal Briefings to Practical Skills

The drive towards zero injuries requires large industrial companies to reconsider their approaches to personnel training. Standard statutory training often fails to meet the need for developing real practical skills. In response to this challenge, PJSC SIBUR Holding separated mandatory and skills-based training by creating the Siburintech engineering and technical expertise development center. Mikhail Omelchuk, curator of technical HSE training programs, details the process of building a corporate practical training system: from designing classrooms to motivating internal trainers.

Designing Training Grounds: Why Standard Solutions Do Not Work

When equipping classrooms, the company found that even professional equipment suppliers do not always consider the specifics of real production. Using a working-at-height training ground as an example, the speaker shows how standard projects require modification: the initial height of the barriers did not allow for organizing reliable anchor points for securing trainees. Every detail of the training ground must replicate the production environment.

A similar approach was applied to the gas-hazardous work training ground. To simulate emergency situations, a safe smoke supply system was introduced, which required a complex engineering restructuring of the room's ventilation. This allows practicing evacuation and rescue skills in conditions as close as possible to stressful production realities.

Program Methodology: Focus on Delivery Format

Technical expertise is only half the success of a training program. The presentation details the approach to course development based on Kolb's cycle: from problematization and theory to practice and feedback. When engaging external contractors to create training materials, the company introduced the practice of demo cases. The contractor must develop one small module according to strict checklists, which allows filtering out at an early stage those who can make beautiful presentations but do not master adult learning methodology.

The Institute of "Playing" Trainers

Special attention is paid to the teaching staff. At SIBUR, 80% of corporate safety trainers are active production personnel (shift supervisors, foremen), and only 20% are HSE function specialists. This approach ensures maximum connection of training with real practice. The speaker analyzes the training system for such specialists: from developing public speaking skills to transferring teaching methodology. To compensate for the additional labor costs of preparing and conducting classes, a transparent system of material motivation was introduced — double base pay for teaching hours.

What you will learn from this webinar:

• How to properly draft technical specifications for designing an HSE training ground?
• What hidden risks do standard solutions from working-at-height equipment suppliers carry?
• How to use demo cases to select a reliable contractor for developing training programs?
• How to build a system for selecting, training, and motivating internal production trainers?
• How to integrate emergency situation practice into practical training for gas-hazardous work?