Shell training centre celebrates birthday
The Vivo Energy training centre at Shell Lafrenz has trained more than 400 oil industry professionals in the past year.
One year ago, the Vivo Energy training centre at Shell Lafrenz opened its doors and has since trained over 400 oil industry professionals and members of other industries.
The celebration of the training centre's first birthday coincided with Lafrenz Shell's 369th day in operation.
The team from Vivo Energy, Shell's local licensee, celebrated the occasion with cake and took over the petrol attendants duties' for the morning, much to the delight of their customers.
“Today, we can truly say we are happy to see what this retail location and training centre has achieved within its first year in operation. Not only is this location pumping huge quantities in its first year, but the training centre has allowed us to train not only Vivo Energy employees, retailers and contractors, but it has allowed us to contribute back to the country in skills development which is a tangible and much needed means of giving back,” said Anthony Ogalo, retail manager for Vivo Energy Namibia.
Besides offering a leading retail site and the only training centre of its kind in the country, Shell Lafrenz's industry-leading Lube Centre also offers customers great value, while giving trainee mechanics valuable hands-on training.
Under the supervision of a master mechanic, these trainees will change your oil and oil filter, for free, with you only having to pay for the oil and replacement filter.
Being a responsible corporate entity, Shell Lafrenz also employs state of the art technology in their car washes, to not only minimise on the water used during washing cars, they also measure every litre used to ensure efficiency.
“The concept for the training centre started in 2014 and it is wonderful to see the difference it is made only within its first year. This shows the level of commitment and dedication of the staff,” said Johan Grobbelaar, Managing Director of Vivo Energy Namibia.
“Thousands of people work in the fuel industry, yet very little is being done to develop them. Here at this training centre, we not only provide training and skills development for our staff members and contractors, but also to outside agencies whether stakeholders from government, our competitors or entities from outside the industry,” he added.
Vivo energy is the local licensee for Shell and operate a number of leading retail locations across the country.
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The celebration of the training centre's first birthday coincided with Lafrenz Shell's 369th day in operation.
The team from Vivo Energy, Shell's local licensee, celebrated the occasion with cake and took over the petrol attendants duties' for the morning, much to the delight of their customers.
“Today, we can truly say we are happy to see what this retail location and training centre has achieved within its first year in operation. Not only is this location pumping huge quantities in its first year, but the training centre has allowed us to train not only Vivo Energy employees, retailers and contractors, but it has allowed us to contribute back to the country in skills development which is a tangible and much needed means of giving back,” said Anthony Ogalo, retail manager for Vivo Energy Namibia.
Besides offering a leading retail site and the only training centre of its kind in the country, Shell Lafrenz's industry-leading Lube Centre also offers customers great value, while giving trainee mechanics valuable hands-on training.
Under the supervision of a master mechanic, these trainees will change your oil and oil filter, for free, with you only having to pay for the oil and replacement filter.
Being a responsible corporate entity, Shell Lafrenz also employs state of the art technology in their car washes, to not only minimise on the water used during washing cars, they also measure every litre used to ensure efficiency.
“The concept for the training centre started in 2014 and it is wonderful to see the difference it is made only within its first year. This shows the level of commitment and dedication of the staff,” said Johan Grobbelaar, Managing Director of Vivo Energy Namibia.
“Thousands of people work in the fuel industry, yet very little is being done to develop them. Here at this training centre, we not only provide training and skills development for our staff members and contractors, but also to outside agencies whether stakeholders from government, our competitors or entities from outside the industry,” he added.
Vivo energy is the local licensee for Shell and operate a number of leading retail locations across the country.
YOCHANAAN COETZEE
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