Orsted has opened an immersive safety training centre in the Humber region, in north-east England.
The Thrive facility and training programme is located at the MODAL training centre in Immingham.
The £1.4m (€1.5m) purpose-built facility has been developed in partnership with training provider Active Training Team (ATT).
Orsted will initially be inducting all personnel working on the new Hornsea 2 offshore wind project on Thrive, starting in the autumn, before rollout continues to other colleagues.
The one-day interactive, multi-media programme is designed to transform behaviours and attitudes to safety, Orsted said.
Thrive includes a “hard-hitting” multi-media scenario which examines the build-up to a fatal incident on a load-out operation and its consequences.
“High-quality production values and industry-leading technology” enable the programme to deliver a “powerful” immersive experience and has also brought over 60 new jobs and contracts to the area.
As well as production crew, the actors and construction personnel were all hired from the region to support the project.
The launch event had originally been planned for earlier in the year and to allow local MPs, industry leaders and Humber business representatives to attend.
Covid-19 meant changes needed to be made to ensure the programme could be delivered safely.
Orsted Hornsea Two senior construction project manager and the Thrive facility project manager Jason Ledden said: “Safety is a core value and as such, it has been extremely difficult to postpone the roll out of this pivotal training.
“We’ve reduced numbers and introduced safety measures to ensure that our programme is fully compliant with government guidelines under these difficult circumstances.
“We hope that other industries across the Humber will utilise this new exciting resource which aims to bring about behavioural changes in attitudes towards safety.”
Thrive is designed as a legacy project for the wind farm, enabling other companies and sectors to put their people through the programme.
Associated British Ports chief executive Henrik Pedersen said: “ABP is one of the largest employers in the region and the UK’s leading port operator with a network of 21 ports across Britain.
“With such a large operation of many moving parts, safety is of critical importance to everything we do.
“Safety is a core value at ABP, and the Thrive safety leadership centre is an integral part of ABP’s Behavioural Safety Training programme.”