The Energy Chamber is the sole provider of assessments for the PLEA 10 hour basic health and safety training course – often called the PLEA Pass or Passport. This pass allows individuals to be certified as to having basic understanding of safety requirements to work on one of the PLEA member company facilities.
On average, over the last 9 years the Energy Chamber Learning Centre saw about 16,000 candidates annually. In 2020 however, due to the slowdown in activity at the Pt Lisa estate 9,476 candidates sought the PLEA Pass.
In 2020, the 30% of the candidates were between the ages of 18 and 30 – the predominant age group. In addition, the majority of candidates doing the PLEA exam are male. 89% of candidates were male while only 11% were female.
At the end of 2020, 8,829, almost 99% of candidates were from Trinidad and Tobago. 24 candidates were from CARICOM (specifically Jamaica and Guyana) and 21 were from Venezuela. 15 other candidates were from other nationalities around the world.
