SSEN Transmission has underlined its commitment to leading safety standards by hosting about 40 representatives from key marine contractors and stakeholders at SSE's world-class Faskally Training Centre in Perth for a dedicated marine safety experience day held earlier this month.

The event brought together teams working across the marine environment to help build the electricity transmission network needed to meet the UK's clean power targets.

Attendees included contractors such as Blackhall & Powis and Fugro, alongside marine stakeholders including the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), Aberdeen Port, Peterhead Port and the Marine Safety Forum — organisations that will play a significant role in expanding SSEN Transmission's offshore electricity network in the North Sea.

A short film of SSEN Transmission's immersive marine safety event is available to view.

The interactive day offered hands-on, scenario-based learning designed to heighten hazard awareness, improve decision-making under pressure, and reinforce the shared responsibility to uphold the highest levels of safety across marine operations.

Delivered by the award-winning Active Training Team (ATT), the programme draws on immersive theatre and is grounded in psychological and neuroscientific learning principles to ensure knowledge is retained for longer and positively influences real-world behaviour.

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The training forms part of wider efforts to ensure everyone involved in SSEN Transmission's projects — employees, contractors and partners alike — has access to best-in-class tools, training and support.

More than 2,500 staff have already completed the session, along with over 1,200 contract partners working across the company's £29 billion investment programme to upgrade the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland.

With major offshore subsea projects such as the Spittal-Peterhead subsea cable link, Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) and the Orkney Link Project currently in construction, and further marine schemes in the pipeline, keeping everyone involved safe remains the top priority.

Stuart Clannachan, Lead Safety, Health & Wellbeing Manager at SSEN Transmission, said: "Safety is the foundation of everything we do, and it was fantastic to see so many of our marine partners come together for this immersive experience. As we deliver a network capable of enabling the country's clean energy ambitions, it's essential that our approach to safety continually evolves.

"A major part of that will include working to expand our transmission network offshore – with major projects under construction to build new subsea cables in the North Sea – and it is vital that we ensure everyone involved in these projects continues to put safety first.

"This training day at the Faskally Training Centre in Perth was an excellent example of doing safety differently as well as collaboration in action, and the insights shared will help ensure we all continue to work to the highest possible standards."

Participants praised both the content and delivery of the training, describing it as valuable, engaging and directly relevant to real challenges experienced during major construction projects.

Mark Holmes, Safety and Security Manager at International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) said: "This session illustrated perfectly that safety leadership needs to be owned by all levels of an organisation and built through collaboration with stakeholders from across our industry. The immersive format, brought to life by superb actors and facilitators, made the learning feel real, immediate, and relevant, and far more impactful than a standard slide deck or written case study"

The event underscores SSEN Transmission's long-term commitment to building a strong, collaborative safety culture as it delivers essential infrastructure for the future energy system.