What Petans Limited does

Petans Limited is a UK-registered charitable company (Company Limited by Guarantee, Charity Registration Number 290458) that delivers accredited safety, survival, and emergency response training for the offshore energy, maritime, and offshore wind sectors. Headquartered in Norwich, Norfolk, with additional marine facilities at Oulton Broad (Lowestoft), the company serves individual delegates and enterprise clients requiring mandatory certifications under OPITO, GWO, MCA, HSE, City & Guilds, and CAA frameworks. Its course portfolio spans 40+ offerings including BOSIET, FOET, HUET, GWO Basic Safety Training, STCW maritime modules, helideck operations, offshore firefighting, confined space, lifting operations, and HSE first aid.

The company's production infrastructure is capital-intensive and physical: three firefighting modules (including a gas-fired module and smoke search-and-rescue module), a 10m heated training pool with 3.5m maximum depth, two helidecks (one with live-fire capability and one with a static helicopter for operational procedures), a 15m multi-level training tower approved for GWO Safe Working at Height, a multi-level confined space unit, and TEMPSC/lifeboat craft at Oulton Broad. Certifications are issued through awarding body registration (OPITO/GWO/MCA) bundled into course fees. The company is ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and Cyber Essentials certified.

Petans operates a direct-to-consumer training model — individuals and enterprises book via phone, email, or (previously) website — alongside bespoke 'Training to Order' enterprise packages. Course fees range from £105 to £2,995 per delegate. As a charity, surplus is reinvested into facilities and a portfolio of grant programs (New Entrant Grant, Experienced Worker Grant, Transition Grant, Employability Programme) that subsidize training for new workers, redundant offshore workers, and individuals transitioning from oil & gas to offshore wind. The company maintains 33 employees and has operated for over 40 years.

Name

Petans Limited

Legal name

Petans Limited

Website

https://petans.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Petans Limited is a UK-based charitable training provider delivering accredited offshore safety, survival, and emergency response courses (OPITO, GWO, MCA, STCW) for workers in oil & gas, offshore wind, and maritime sectors from its Norwich facility.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Offshore Safety Training

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Maritime Safety, Security & Compliance (STCW/ISM/ISPS) (EDAOANAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Maritime Security Training & Drills (ISPS, Crew Training) (BPAKALAG)

Keywords

• Offshore safety training
• Survival training
• Emergency response training
• Maritime safety certification
• Offshore wind training

Headquarters

HQ city

Norwich

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Training Course Fees: Primary revenue from fee-based training courses covering emergency response, survival, rescue, and safety training across maritime, oil & gas, and wind sectors. Courses range from half-day to 5-day programs with varying price points.
2. Certification and Registration Fees: Course fees include all awarding body registration fees (where applicable) with no hidden extras. Includes certification, log book registration, and OPITO/GWO registration.
3. Company-Specific Training Packages: Bespoke training services designed and delivered to meet company-specific training needs, providing tailored fire fighting training to local authorities and heavy industry.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Petans Limited is a professional safety and survival training provider for the offshore energy sector, delivering accredited emergency response, survival, and rescue training courses at purpose-built facilities in Norwich, UK. Courses cover BOSIET/FOET/HUET offshore safety, GWO wind industry training, STCW maritime certification, helideck operations, firefighting, confined space, lifting operations, and first aid, with industry-recognized certifications from OPITO, GWO, MCA, HSE, City & Guilds, and CAA. The company also offers bespoke company-specific training packages and operates grant programs (New Entrant, Experienced Worker, Transition, Employability) to support individuals entering or remaining in the offshore energy workforce.

Product overview

Petans Limited is a professional safety and survival training organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of accredited training courses and grant programs for the offshore energy sector. The company provides training across multiple sectors including Oil & Gas, Wind (Offshore), Maritime, and general safety management. The training portfolio includes survival courses (BOSIET, FOET, HUET), GWO wind industry training (4.5-day Basic Safety, Sea Survival, Working at Height, First Aid, Fire Awareness), helideck operations and emergency response training, STCW maritime certification, firefighting courses (Offshore Emergency Response, Helideck Fire Fighting), confined space training, lifting operations (Banksman/Slinger, Rigger), first aid courses (HSE Offshore, Advanced Offshore), and safety management courses. Petans also offers company-specific bespoke training packages through their 'Training to Order' service and provides financial assistance through multiple grant programs (New Entrant, Experienced Worker, Transition, and Employability Trust grants) to support individuals entering or remaining in the offshore energy sector.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• BOSIET (Basic Offshore Safety Induction and Emergency Training)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Maersk Training: Global safety and maritime training operator owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk, delivering STCW, offshore, and onshore safety courses across multiple geographies; overlaps with Petans' STCW maritime and offshore safety portfolio but at much wider scale and geographic reach.
• Falck Safety Services (UK operations, predecessor to RelyOn): Long-established provider of offshore and marine safety training across Europe; covered comparable OPITO-aligned survival, firefighting, and helideck courses with broader geographic presence than Petans.

Others

• OPITO: Industry-owned skills organisation that sets standards and accredits training providers (including Petans) for UK oil & gas; relevant as the accreditation body governing Petans' core OPITO course portfolio rather than as a direct training competitor.

Direct peers

• South Shields Marine School (part of Tyne Coast College): UK provider of STCW basic and advanced safety training for seafarers — directly comparable on STCW-aligned maritime safety, firefighting, and survival courses serving the same regulatory framework as Petans.
• Survivex: UK-based offshore safety and survival training provider delivering OPITO, GWO, and emergency response courses from purpose-built facilities — directly comparable in course portfolio, accreditation stack, and target customer (offshore energy workers).
• Stream Marine Training: UK offshore and maritime safety training provider offering OPITO-aligned survival, firefighting, and STCW courses; comparable to Petans on accreditation mix, target sectors (oil & gas, wind, maritime), and fee-based course delivery model.
• Aberdeen Drilling Schools: Aberdeen-based provider of IWCF, IADC, and OPITO-aligned well engineering and lifting courses for the offshore sector; overlap with Petans on accredited safety training for offshore energy workers and bespoke corporate training packages.
• RelyOn Nutec (now RelyOn): International safety and emergency response training group operating dedicated centres (formerly Falck Safety Services) delivering offshore survival, firefighting, and GWO/OPITO-aligned courses — comparable on accreditation portfolio and sector focus.
• Energy Training Centre (ETC): Aberdeen-based offshore energy training provider delivering OPITO, GWO, and emergency response courses to the same UK oil & gas and wind workforce that Petans serves; directly comparable on course scope and target buyer.

Regional players

• KCA Deutag Training Services: Aberdeen-based drilling contractor that operates internal training facilities for OPITO-aligned offshore and drilling safety courses; comparable on accreditation stack and customer overlap (offshore energy workers), but primarily serves its parent group's workforce rather than the open market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/PetansSafetyTraining
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/petans-limited

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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