A new international licence agreement will allow ten CompEx-approved assessment centres in the UK to act as host centres to those in other countries.

Canada is the first country to benefit from the national training and assessment scheme for potentially explosive atmospheres. Its TTE training centre has already applied for a licence and, once approved by the CompEx committee, it will be working in partnership with ASET, a JTL-approved centre in Aberdeen.

Martin Payne, research and development manager with JTL, said: 鈥淪taff at the UK centres will train the overseas team in the UK, help set the operation up and then monitor and control the international centres鈥� activities.鈥�

All centres wishing to be involved must prove that they meet the CompEx specification. A number of UK centres have already expressed interest and are currently finalising agreements with organisations in Canada, Azerbaijan, Brazil and the Middle East.

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