March 30, 2010
CALGARY, AB - FT Services is pleased to announce its partnership with Skills Canada Alberta and sponsorship of the Girls Exploring Trades and Technology (GETT) conference to be held Thursday, May 13 in Edmonton. The GETT conference is held in conjunction with the 18th Annual Provincial Skills Canada Competition (May 12 to 13) and showcases the diversity trade and technology careers offer to high school and post-secondary students.
Peter Massey, Acting President & CEO, remarked, "At FT Services, we believe in the importance of engaging young people in careers in the trades and technology," and added, "we're proud to take on a leading role in the sponsorship of the GETT conference as we know young women play an increasingly significant role in the trades and developing the workforce of tomorrow."
The Provincial Skills Canada Competition is described as the Olympics of trade and invites youth from across Alberta, representing high school and post-secondary levels, to compete in a variety of trade and technical events. FT Services looks forward to its involvement in this year's Provincial Skills Canada Competition. For more information and to learn about various regional skills competitions, visit: SkillsAlberta.com
BACKGROUND
FT Services was formed in August 2006 to deliver operations and maintenance solutions to the oil and gas, mining and mineral processing, petrochemical and power generation sectors in Canada. FT Services brings together Transfield Services' global experience in asset management and maintenance of complex systems and technologies, together with Flint Energy Services' extensive Canadian hydrocarbons expertise and customer relationships. FT Services' business model provides best practices in safety performance, asset management and turnaround management systems and project execution. Our approach leads to a demonstrable step change in asset performance through our collaborative contracting approach. www.ft-serv.com
Flint Energy Services Ltd. is a market leader providing an expanding range of integrated products and services for the oil and gas industry including: production services; infrastructure construction; oilfield transportation; and maintenance services. Flint, with more than 10,000 employees, provides this unique breadth of products and services through over 60 strategic locations in the oil and gas producing areas of Western North America, from Inuvik in the Northwest Territories to Mission, Texas on the Mexican border. Flint is a preferred provider of infrastructure construction management, module fabrication, maintenance services for upgrading, and production facilities in Alberta's oil sands sector. www.flintenergy.com
Transfield Services delivers essential services to key industries in the resources and industrial, property and infrastructure sectors. A leading global provider of operations, maintenance, and asset and project management services, Transfield Services has more than 28,000 employees in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, India, Malaysia, Chile and New Caledonia. Transfield Services Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. www.transfieldservices.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Cheryl McNeil, Communications Manager, FT Services
Telephone: (780) 790-2172, Fax: (780) 790-3610, Website: www.ft-serv.com/
