Our Sectors

Explore the sectors we operate in.

Oil and Gas

3t boasts a rich and extensive heritage in oil and gas training and offers a world-leading portfolio of industry-approved courses. 

From basic offshore safety to drilling and well control, rigging, working at height, fabric maintenance and more, 3t’s course offering covers all aspects of mandatory training requirements, as well as skills-specific training for more specialised roles. Everything you need to progress in this exciting global sector. 

Drilling and Well Control  

Our world-leading drilling and well control programmes are accredited by the IWCF and IADC and delivered at our fully equipped ‘Well Control Training Centres of Excellence’ in Aberdeen and Newcastle. 

Our scheduled weekly programmes range from introductory drilling courses to the most advanced levels of well control and are taught by industry professionals with decades of operational drilling and teaching experience. 

All of our drilling and well courses are delivered using the very technology including drilling simulators and cloud-based systems by 3t Drilling Systems. This technology offers highly accurate downhole modelling to ensure an ultra-realistic training experience. Easy-to-use apps help retain knowledge.  

 First and foremost, we are delegate-focused and dedicated to helping you understand the complexities of drilling and well control.  

Explore our comprehensive range of  drilling and well control courses and book online today.

Wind

3t has been at the forefront of shaping and delivering training for the fast-growing wind industry for almost a decade and has dedicated Renewable Energy Training Centres of Excellence in Newcastle, Teesside, Aberdeen, and London. 

We offer the full suite of Global Wind Organisation (GWO) courses and train more than 1,500 wind delegates annually. 

As well as working with many of the wind industry’s key employers to keep their workforces competent, we work with organisations such as the British Forces Resettlement Service, ELCAS, Skills Development Scotland and the Dept for Education to unlock millions of pounds worth of funding and help personnel from all backgrounds transition into the renewables sector. 

Explore our selection of training courses tailored specifically for the wind sector.

Construction

As the UK’s largest energy sector training provider, we bring a wealth of knowledge and skills from the highly regulated, high-risk oil and gas and wind industries to support and drive a positive safety culture within the UK’s construction sector. 

We have invested in bespoke facilities for the construction sector, which include specially designed welding bays, engineering workspaces, scaffolding training areas and fully equipped classrooms. 

Here construction workers can learn the very latest in industry-wide practices and skills. 

We deliver a wide range of construction courses accredited by leading construction industry bodies such as CITB, CISRS and City & Guilds. 

ECITB

We are also the UK’s largest provider of Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) programmes. 

We deliver a wide range of ECITB training from technical courses to competence tests and have invested heavily in our facilities, personnel and equipment to closely mirror working engineering construction environments. Developing realistic, practical scenarios which exceed standards and build competency. 

Our 30-strong team of ECITB instructors have a combined 600+ years of experience. As well as a passion for supporting learners, our instructors have extensive industry knowledge, enabling ECITB training to be put into context and an exceptional learning experience delivered, which resonates and sticks. 

Both our Aberdeen and Newcastle sites are ‘Supercentres’ for the delivery of ‘Connected Competence’ tests. We are also the only training provider in the UK to deliver ‘Connected Competence’ tests in all disciplines. These tests are helping to raise industry standards and provide employers with assurance of competence levels before mobilisation. 

Our bookings team are on hand to assist with your construction training requirements.

Get in touch today by:

Phone: 0330 202 0569

Email: booktraining@3tglobal.com

Marine

3t has been delivering world-class marine training for more than four decades from our state-of-the-art training facility on the River Dee in Aberdeen. 

 With direct access to Aberdeen Harbour, our facility is accredited by leading training bodies including OPITO, STCW and RYA and offers a versatile true-to-life training environment using the very latest marine equipment, lifeboats and fast rescue crafts for the offshore and maritime sectors.  

 Following major investment in lifeboat simulator technology, we are also the only training centre in the world to offer practical and virtual lifeboat training for coxswains for free fall and twin fall escape scenarios.   

 From initial training through to advanced assessments and refreshers, we deliver all the training you need to comply with global standards in lifeboat operation and marine safety.  

 Our dedicated 12-strong team has 80+ years of combined expertise in maritime training and uses this extensive knowledge to provide an unrivalled training experience. 

View our wide range of Marine training courses.

Utilities

3t’s utility and construction training division has more than a decade of experience in delivering training for the high-risk, compliance-led utilities sector. 

 With dedicated training centres in Manchester, Glasgow and London, we  

work with some of the utility industry’s biggest names, from asset owners to supply chain businesses, to help raise industry standards and deliver compliance. 

 We are also the only training provider offering apprenticeships to new utility industry entrants. 

Our extensive portfolio of power, gas and water distribution network courses are delivered to the highest industry standards in facilities that mirror ‘real-life’ scenarios. 

 3t is also at the forefront of developing and shaping training to tackle the utility sector’s transition to greener power such as hydrogen, as well as supporting the industry’s push towards digitalisation. 

Our bookings team are on hand to assist with your construction training requirements.

Get in touch today:

Phone: 0330 202 0569

Email: booktraining@3tglobal.com

Other

3t’s extensive course portfolio covers training applicable to a wide range of other industrial sectors such as general health and safety, radio communication and working in high-risk settings.  

 We have developed dedicated centres for rope access, working at height and confined space training, which replicates real working conditions and enables us to train and test delegates’ skills extensively. 

 Our specialist Non-Destructive-Testing (NDT) training centre in Newcastle offers NDT component inspection services onsite and in-house, as well as courses in ultrasonic testing, magnetic particle, dye penetrant, eddy current, weld inspection, and radiography interpretation. 

 3t is also one of a handful of places across the world to offer underwater welding training. In our underwater welding tank, qualified divers can learn how to weld underwater – a skill used in the sub-sea, marine and oil and gas sectors.