As OPITO, the global safety and skills organization for the energy industry, launches regionally specific helideck standards for the Americas, Product Development Manager Lucie Booth explains how it will enhance safety in this critical offshore operation. The entire offshore industry, and its workforce, is reliant on daily safe transfers to…
Lucie Booth is the Product Development Manager at OPITO with over 11 years’ experience working in the energy industry. Booth joined OPITO in March 2014 and has held a number of product assurance and development roles, and was appointed to her current role in April 2023.
Booth has a passion for ensuring every individual can reach their own learning potential. Key achievements to date have been the development and review of multiple products, in particular the growth of OPITO’s qualification portfolio, achieving and maintaining OPITO’s SCQF accreditation, and the governance of OPITO’s awarding body activity.
Booth is an active member in a number of external forums including OEUK’s aviation and hydrogen groups.
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