2010
|   Another successful IOSH Managing Safely course was run at Megamas (bandar) during 29 November to 03 December 2010 for 15 participants from a variety of companies. Having taken their exam this morning the participants are required to carry out a risk assessment at their workplace and submit it. Well done everybody! | |
|  MEGAMAS Training Company will outline the revised driving curriculum to the Land Transport Department and hold discussions with driving instructors on the new programme on Saturday.
At least four instructors, including a consultant from a neighbouring country, will assess and train driving school instructors in a course from January to March next year, said Mohd Ramshawadin Kamaluddin, Megamas lead driving instructor. | |
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 Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd, based in Mumong, Kuala Belait recently conducted the 17th NEBOSH International General Certificate Course from November 22 to December 02, 2010.
This course, a globally recognised health and safety qualification, is intended for companies and individuals wishing to meet the international standards with regards to Health, Safety & Environment as it based on the International Labour Standards (ILO) codes of practice. | |
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 The Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd recently received an international award from the Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation (OPITO) at the first ever OPITO Global Safety and Competence Conference held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on November 25, 2010.
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|  Last week a large group of ISB students visited Megamas to gain a real world insight into the complexities of running a business. The Y12/Y13 students were given information about the company and from this they had to produce a SWOT and PEST analysis. The students then had to make a presentation to Megamas management with their findings. | |
|  DRIVING Schools in Brunei Darussalam will be audited and the testing procedureswill be reviewed as part of the Ministry of Communications bid to raise the nation's driving standards. | |
|  The Department of Land Transport and Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd yesterday signed an agreement to upgrade the quality of driving school instructors at a ceremony that took place at the Driving School and Circuit of the department in Sungai Akar. | |
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THE SEF (Sport Endurance Fitness) team received a major boost for the upcoming Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2010 in the form of a sponsorship from Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd.
For their upcoming stint on December 5, the company has sponsored shirts for the twenty runners that will compete in the competition. They will also cover travel expenses and accommodation. | |
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 THE Ministry of Communications has appointed Megamas Training Co to assist in the ministry's plans of upgrading the standards of driving in Brunei, by enhancing the driving education curriculum.
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Communications Dato Paduka Hj Alaihuddin Pehin Orang Kaya DiGadong Seri Lela Dato Seri Utama Hj Mohamad Taha (pic) said in a telephone interview with The Brunei Times that this improvement would be through a series of certified programmes conducted by Megamas. | |
|  Mohd Roger Ainsworth and Neil van Kalles, Megamas Training Company
MEGAMAS Training Company is a company with a firm grasp of its role in the community, as illustrated by its corporate social responsibility (CSR) work.
The home-grown training provider for the oil and gas industry is, in fact, looking to improve its CSR efforts. | |
|  RIDING on the success of a locally developed training programme for worksite supervisors in the oil and gas sector, Megamas plans to expand its operations overseas targeting the Middle Eastern market in particular. | |
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 MEGAMAS Training Company Sdn Bhd held a major fire drill on Wednesday, led by the company's Deputy QHSE Manager, Dk Dewi Ratna Eidayu Pg Tejuddin.
Government sectors also took part in the fire drill, among which were the Fire and Rescue Department, Suri Seri Begawan Hospital and the Royal Brunei Traffic Police. | |
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A GROUP of the Royal Malaysian Air Forces (TUDM) personnel recently underwent a three-day Sea Survival training at Megamas.
They include Helicopter Underwater Escape Training (Huet), Emergency Breathing System (EBS) and Underwater Patient Extraction (Upet). | |
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 MEGAMAS Training Company Sdn Bhd has been recognised as the UK's National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (Nebosh) accredited training centre.
Annually, over 30,000 people worldwide take the Nebosh qualification. | |
|  Megamas set up 21 hazards on a simulated worksite and invited BSP/Contractors to walk around spotting hazards. | |
|  Fifteen personnel from the Ports Department Brunei recently attended a five-day course on "Proficiency. Survival Craft and Rescue Boat other than Fast Rescue Boat (PSC) Training" at Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd in Mumong. | |
|  A certificate presentation ceremony took place at MINDEF HQ in Berakas. The purpose of the presentation was to present candidates with certificates of their recently completed Health and Safety Training namely; IOSH Managing Safely, H&S Auditing and Incident Investigation. | |
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 Royal Brunei Navy cadet officers who took part in the basic sea survival training, in a group picture.
Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd, based in Mumong, Kuala Belait recently trained a group of Royal Brunei Navy cadet officers in "Basic Sea Survival". | |
|  Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd conducted the IOSH Managing Safely course during 27 September to 01 October 2010 for 16 participants from MINDEF / RBAF. The participants came from a range of different Services and Departments within the Organisation. | |
|  The four-day, 143-kilometre Charity kayak expedition from Megamas Jetty Sungai Belait ended yesterday around 3pm at the Mangrove Paradise Resort, Sungai Belukut.
The expedition was completed by a local, Mohd V Elleys bin Abdullah and a Filipino, Carlito Sameon Cruz - both employees of Megamas Sdn bhd - and two other kayakers from CARE Association Brunei. | |
|  Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd, based in Mumong, Kuala Belait, recently conducted its 16th NEBOSH International General Certificate course, which took place between June 21 and July 2.
The 10-day course is a globally recognised health and safety qualification that is intended for companies or individuals who fully intend to reach an international standard with regards to health, safety and environment in their workplace. | |
|  At a prestigeous function organised by Enterprise Asia, the MD of Megamas Training Company Snd Bhd,Hajah Khadijah Haji Mohamed, won the "Woman Entrepreneur of the Year" award. | |
|  Amid the rise in number of road traffic accidents last year and no decline in serious and minor injury figures over the last three years, the Minister of Communications yesterday underlined the importance of training the drivers, besides providing infrastructure, road signs and organising road safety campaigns.
Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia Hj Awg Abu Bakar bin Haji Apong said the Land Transport Department not only stresses on the need for vehicles to abide by the safety criteria but also the drivers should meet certain criteria on safety. | |
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 HJ METUSSIN
Pakater for the 1st Quarter for the year 2010. | |
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 CARLITO SIMEON CRUZ
This month’s HSE award goes to Carlito for his commitments to high standards of maintenance to keep company’s operation running smoothly and safely | |
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Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd based in Kuala Belait has obtained another OPITO approval for the Minimum Industry Safety and Training or MIST, according to a press release.
OPITO began implementing MIST in the UK last April and has had 35,000 people complete the training.
OPITO plans to introduce the concept in 30 countries. | |
| | Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd recently conducted a blood donation drive within the Megamas facilities, Kuala Belait. A large part of Megamas’s training facilities are designed to accommodate emergency procedures and its staff wanted to show its commitment to the community by contributing to the local blood bank. | |
| Borneo Bulletin Writer Mar 12th, 2010
Thirty-two participants undergoing an induction programme under the Department of Technical Education recently paid a visit to Megamas Sdn Bhd. | |
|  This week Megamas Training Company Sdn Bhd, based in Mumong, Kuala Belait hosted a presentation ceremony to celebrate the excellent safety performance of "20 Years Loss Time Injury (LTI) Free”, that is nobody has been seriously injured, from their first contract awarded on 14 March 1990.
The safety plaque highlighting this achievement was presented by Dr Grahaeme Henderson (BSP Managing Director) to Hjh Khadijah Mohamed (Megamas Managing Director).
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| Megamas wins British Safety Council International Safety Award for 2009.
This is the 6th consecutive year since 2004 that Megamas has been recognised for an international safety award by the British Safety Council. | |
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