What could be more motivating?

CASE STUDY: Hamid Ebrahimi

Hamid Ebrahimi believes that with the right kind
of motivation people can achieve anything. And
for Hamid, there is nothing more motivating than
peoples safety.
Hamid grew up and was educated in Abadan in Iran.
Abadan is located at the western point of the Persian Gulf,
close to the border with Iraq and near to Kuwait. It is an
important centre for oil and gas production in the region.
Almost inevitably Hamid chose a career in oil and gas.
He was employed by several companies, but it was as a
Material Controller for Total - responsible for providing
materials and services for effective operation - that his
career path changed. Totals head of engineering for a
project he was working on at the time was particularly
impressed by Hamids attitude towards safety. He
persuaded him to change jobs and take on a health, safety
and environmental (HSE) role.
Hamid had already gained a lot of HSE experience by simply
following and understanding procedures. He strongly
valued safety, because he could see the importance of
protecting lives and ensuring the happiness of the
families of his fellow workers.
He found this responsibility for HSE to be a huge motivation
for him to gain further knowledge and to, in his words,
save people.
Following around 15 years experience in HSE, Hamid
reached the point where he wanted to do more. In
particular, he realised that passing on his knowledge and
experience would help him protect even more lives. He also
became aware that with this ambition he would need to
gain suitable qualifications.
Hamid passed his NEBOSH International Diploma in
Occupational Health and Safety and is studying for an Msc
in Risk and safety management. Now at the age of 37

he is not only a NEBOSH and other HSE course tutor, but

is also responsible for the development of international
HSE markets for training provider TWI in Central Asia and
Turkey.
As TWI Global HSE Programme Manager he has developed
their NEBOSH Oil & Gas Certificate course. Hamid is also
developing a course for NEBOSHs most recent qualification,
the International Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk
Management.
Countries he is attracting students from now include
Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq, Azerbaijan and other parts of
the middle east. He says there is a fever for NEBOSH
qualifications in these and many other countries and that
this is developing every day.
His thirst for knowledge continues. Hamid is already
planning to take the NEBOSH Diploma in Environmental
Management.
Extending our reach throughout the world is important
to NEBOSH as we believe this contributes to better safety
standards and protects more lives. Hamid knows and
understands this and we would like to thank him very much
for his support.

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