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with our customers The Florence Learning Center is located next to GE Oil & Gas headquarters in Florence, Italy and takes in
the promises of the GE Oil & Gas Technical Trianing. The department offers courses to the global oil and
gas community. Our 5,600 square meter facility has more than 20 training rooms, a conference center
with a seating capacity of 200, multimedia rooms, and classrooms equipped with Speedtronic™ Mark V,
Mark VI and MarkVIe control panels, and Bently Nevada™ equipment to offer a hands-on learning
experience. Our instructors are field-seasoned experts who combine an understanding of theory with
practical experience. The high quality training provided is a prerequisite for improving the skills of
operation and maintenance personnel to ensure safety and superior equipment availability. Training
courses delivered at the Florence Learning Center offer formal classroom lectures with the added
advantage of being able to visit the manufacturing plant, where trainees have the opportunity to
become familiar with GE Oil & Gas machining, assembly and testing operations while they are actually
GE Oil & Gas provides a comprehensive portfolio of technical training courses for a wide being performed.
range of products. These courses can be conducted at the customer's site, in our Florence In addition, the Florence Learning Center features numerous cut-out scale models of machines to help
Learning Center or in one of our Training Facilities located throughout the world working students visualize concepts throughout the learning process.
closer to our customer. We offer courses both on a single company basis and for groups that include more than one company.

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 Training Worldwide ITALY
MASSA PLANT
In February 2010 a new training facility was
inaugurated at the GE Oil & Gas Massa Plant, just
over 50 miles (80 km) from Florence headquarter.
With the aim of better satisfying customer needs, GE Oil & Gas has created Training Centers Massa is a state of the art very large facility
worldwide, everywhere with the same quality. One of the key objectives is to create and mainly focused on 4 areas: production of heavy
develop local resources able to deliver technical information and assistance. wall reactors, production and assembly of
Our Centers deliver learning environments that provide information on technologies of compressor packages, string and full-load
specific areas of interest. testing of complete compression systems,
and the LM2500 aeroderivative Service Shop.
Training at this facility is specialized to provide
courses for aeroderivative equipment, and
includes the following:
Fully equipped classroom adjacent to the
Aeroderivative Service Shop giving students
immediate access to the shop and an intimate
view of the internal components of gas turbines
being serviced
LM2500 package dedicated to practical
training for mechanical operations. Students
perform Level 1 module mechanical procedures
including external and borescopic inspections
of the hot path component bleed valves, VSV
readings and settings, thermocouple checks,
scavenge lube oil, etc.
A control room with a Speedtronic™ Mark VI
control panel.
Connection to a test cell with an LM2500 SAC
gas turbine gives students first hand experience
in start-up
BARI PLANT
Two specially equipped training rooms are
available at the Bari Plant, which is located
in Southern Italy.
The Bari site is a 230,000 m2 plant fully dedicated
to the design and fabrication of pumps and
industrial valves. This training facility offers
courses on any type of GE centrifugal pumps.
Students have ready access to the shop floor
where they can see exactly how our pumps are
manufactured, assembled and tested.
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ALGERIA
Starting in October 2010, the GE Oil & Gas
Algesco Service Shop, located in Boufarik, in
northern Algeria, has its own training center
containing a fully equipped Bently Nevada™
Rotor Kit, BN 3500 rack, System 1 and a
Speedtronic™ MarkVI control panel.
NIGERIA
In September 2004 the first GE Regional Training
Center was inaugurated in Port Harcourt Nigeria
to provide technical information, training and
assistance for customers in Nigeria and the
surrounding regions. It is the first GE facility of
its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Construction has recently been completed on a
new, four-story building located in the industrial
zone of Port Harcourt City, Rivers State.
The Center includes two fully equipped classrooms
for mechanical training sessions, a gas turbine
control panel simulator and other instructional
materials such as machined cut-outs showing
component parts and displays designed to
instruct trainees on the operational features of
GE equipment for oil and gas applications.
The Center offers both standard and customized
training packages for GE equipment for operation
and maintenance personnel, as well as leadership
and management courses.
MEXICO
Our GE office in Ciudad del Carmen includes a
training room equipped with a Speedtronic™ Mark VI
Simplex Control panel. Students can simulate
operations and to gain hands-on experience with
the panel itself.
Training Portfolio Customized Training
Mechanical Courses provide in depth knowledge of GE Oil & Gas machinery and auxiliaries, and GE Oil & Gas Technical Training provides world-class, site specific technical training
the skills needed to operate the machinery effectively for maximum production, efficiency and to owners and operators of our equipment. Courses and programs are offered for
environmental compliance. the operation and maintenance of GE Equipment.
Customized training is intended to provide trainees with practical experience that
DRIVER MACHINES DRIVEN MACHINES they will be able to apply on a daily basis. The courses are designed to meet the
customer’s specific needs and are developed using the actual documentation
• GE Heavy Duty Gas Turbines* • Centrifugal Compressors* prepared for the customer’s units. Instruction is available either at the customer’s
• GE Aeroderivative Industrial Gas Turbines* • Axial Compressors site or at the Florence Learning Center, and is scheduled at the convenience of the
• Steam Turbines* • Reciprocating Compressors* customer. The course duration is tailored to the course material and the background
• Electric Motors • Centrifugal Pumps* of the trainees. To ensure an optimum learning experience for the individual, the
• Turboexpanders* class size is limited to 15 trainees for mechanical subjects and 10 trainees for
• Electric Generators control courses.

Multi-customer training are also possible allowing to participants from different

Control Courses provide a solid background in turbine governing systems and enable engineers companies to take part in the courses together.
to calibrate the controls and diagnose problems.

CONTROL PANELS
• Speedtronic™ Mark V, Mark VI and Mark VIe Other training can be developed upon customer
Control Systems* request.
• PLC GE Fanuc Woodward Courses and related documentation are available
• Bently Nevada™ in several languages
• CCC Antisurge System
* Multi-customer courses are scheduled for these subjects

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 H.O.T.

This program was launched in 2008 and certifies the
customer’s ability to manage a specific installation
containing GE rotating equipment. The CORE training
approach certifies the ability of the customer’s
operators from a comprehensive plant operation
point of view. The training program includes
exercises, simulations and finally, an individual
exam administered by a GE senior technical
examiner. This site-specific certification gives
operators the highest level of preparation and
proficiency.
GUARANTEE EQUIPMENT RELIABILITY
The customer's personnel engaged in operation and
maintenance activities have a major impact on the
reliability of the equipment. Assuring the proficiency
of plant personnel through systematic and structured
training limits the risk of damage and unforeseen
costs due to human error.
ANALYZING THE GAP BETWEEN EXISTING AND IDEAL
PERSONNEL PREPARATION
GE Oil & Gas training experts can help customers evaluate
the background and preparation of their personnel with
respect to their responsibilities and training can be tailored
and executed to eliminate any gaps identified.
In response to requests from customers, GE Oil & Gas
has developed at its Massa Plant a Hands-on
Training facility for aeroderivative the technologies,
which offers the unique opportunity to gain in-depth
knowledge on this specialized GE equipment.
During this courses, trainees will have the
opportunity to:
• Start up an LM2500 gas generator
• Perform Level 1 maintenance activities on a
PGT25 SAC package
• Explore the aeroderivative service shop and
packaging facility
H.O.T courses are scheduled for fixed dates and
attendance is limited to eight trainees (potentially
from different companies).
The complete H.O.T. program features five courses:
• Two on the Speedtronic™ Mark VI control system
(five days covering operation or 10 days on
operation and maintenance)
• Two on mechanical topics (two days on borescopic
inspection and five days on general maintenance)
• A 10-day course for Supervisors with a mix of
mechanical and control topics

FIXED AND LOWER EDUCATION COSTS

With a long term training agreement, customers can
reduce the cost of preparing their personnel to contribute
safely and effectively to the operation of their plant. The
training budget can be determined and allocated in up
front, and the cost of developing specialized courses can
be determined in advance and optimized.

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Multimedia Interactive
Manual
Since the technical documentation that supports training is an
essential component in the process of learning to operate the
machines employed in the oil & gas industry, we now offer our
customers an innovative learning tool that we call MIM
(Multimedia Interactive Manual). MIM presents all of the
information necessary to properly use the core equipment
installed in systems -- from the theoretical, operational and
maintenance views. The imperatives followed in the
development of the Multimedia Interactive Manual are clarity
of content, simple organization and usability of the
information. These objectives have resulted in an MIM product
with superior information content, built in interactive functions,
ease and speed of accessing information, moderate computer
requirements, and simplified distribution and updating
capabilities.

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GE Oil & Gas
Florence Learning Center

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