Who is Cogent and what is their role?
Cogent was previously known as OPITO (Offshore Petroleum Industry Training Organisation). OPITO standards are owned by the industry. Cogent put the industry’s policy into a properly formatted Training Standard, approve Training Providers to carry out the training (as per the requirements of the standard) and audit the Training Providers. ( Cogent, as custodian, has the responsibility to industry to maintain, develop and update these standards.
