Testimonials

To introduce myself, I am Tony Davies and currently working as a freelance Commissioning Consultant and have spent all of my working life so far in the Petrochemicals and Oil and Gas Industries, beginning as Apprentice then climbing to Technician, Supervisor, Engineer, Manager, Director and now Consultant.

At the beginning of my career in the 1960s I served a 5-year Trade Apprenticeship in a Petro-chemical environment with the associated Technical qualifications, later acquiring a Bachelor’s Degree for Academic qualification. ‘Commissioning’ as a separate Discipline did not really start to exist until the 1980s so the experience in that I accrued in this area initially came largely from working on-site and in Engineering Offices with experts in their fields from design to start-up, being extremely fortunate with the many opportunities that came along particularly with the boom in the UK Oil and Gas Industry during the 1970s and 1980s.

One thing that I have been aware of for quite a long time is that for my generation, the training that I received, both Academic and Technical and the opportunities available were really taken as given when I was younger. These days due to cost-cutting, low profit margins, high efficiency expectations and low product returns, such hands-on training, experiences and tuition is becoming more and more difficult to acquire and particularly in the area of Completions and Commissioning.

It was therefore very refreshing to discover a Company, Commissioning Coach offering tuition in this area and with an option of either Classroom or Online so I decided that I should really enrol in one of the courses and assess the substance before making any judgement calls.

Like a lot of people, taking a week out from work to attend a course was very difficult for me to commit to so I opted for the on-line version, which I knew I could go in and out of to fit in with my own schedule. Starting the course in September 2015, I completed the final examination in December 2015.

Having been through the programme in depth and detail, I can tell anyone that it was enjoyable, informative, succinct, well-structured and totally appropriate. The online facility also offers communication directly with the founder and owner, Thomas Stuenkel, who is very well-versed in the skills of Completions and Commissioning and very approachable too.

I would recommend that for anyone coming into Commissioning, or for anyone that has been in the business for some time but feels they need to make themselves more aware of the modern techniques that are being used Completions and Commissioning Management and Engineering, this course will help considerably. I know of no other Company that can solely offer this training.

Well done Thomas!

Tony Davies, Scotland, U.K.
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