SSEN Transmission has welcomed around 40 representatives from key marine contractors and stakeholders to SSE’s Faskally Training Centre in Perth.
The dedicated marine safety experience day brought teams together from across the marine environment, with the firms working alongside SSEN Transmission on the build of the electricity transmission network required to support the UK’s clean power targets.
Attendees included contractors such as Blackhall & Powis and Fugro, alongside marine stakeholders including International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), Aberdeen Port, Peterhead Port, and the Marine Safety Forum.
The day provided participants with hands-on, scenario-based learning designed to strengthen hazard awareness, improve decision-making under pressure, and reinforce the shared responsibility of maintaining the highest levels of safety across all marine operations.
The programme is delivered by the Active Training Team (ATT). With ATT’s roots in immersive theatre, the programme is based on psychological and neuroscientific learning principles – which SSEN Transmission explained ensures learning is remembered better, for longer, and positively influences behaviour in the real world.
Already over 2,500 staff from SSEN Transmission have gone through the session, along with over 1,200 contract partners who are working across the company’s £29 billion investment programme to upgrade the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland.
Stuart Clannachan, lead safety, health & wellbeing manager at SSEN Transmission, said, “Safety is the foundation of everything we do, and it was fantastic to see so many of our marine partners come together for this immersive experience. As we deliver a network capable of enabling the country’s clean energy ambitions, it’s essential that our approach to safety continually evolves.
“A major part of that will include working to expand our transmission network offshore – with major projects under construction to build new subsea cables in the North Sea – and it is vital that we ensure everyone involved in these projects continues to put safety first.
“This training day at the Faskally Training Centre in Perth was an excellent example of doing safety differently as well as collaboration in action, and the insights shared will help ensure we all continue to work to the highest possible standards.”
Participants praised both the content and the delivery of the training, describing it as valuable, engaging, and directly relevant to real challenges experienced during major construction projects.
Mark Holmes, safety and security manager at International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), added, “This session illustrated perfectly that safety leadership needs to be owned by all levels of an organisation and built through collaboration with stakeholders from across our industry. The immersive format, brought to life by superb actors and facilitators, made the learning feel real, immediate, and relevant, and far more impactful than a standard slide deck or written case study.”
