Red Sea Global opens Health & Safety Training Academy

Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer of regenerative tourism destinations The Red Sea and AMAALA, has announced the opening of its first Health & Safety Training Academy, following a pilot phase involving the training of 1,000 workers

Located at AMAALA, the academy offers free training for RSG’s workforce, partners and contractors, supporting the development of essential construction skills and safety capabilities. RSG’s comprehensive training portfolio adheres to the highest international safety standards, with certification from international organisations such as Highfield, IOSH, and NEBOSH.

"As our first dedicated training centre, the AMAALA Health & Safety Training Academy is designed to empower our partners and contractors with enhanced construction and safety practices. By ensuring exemplary safety protocols across all RSG’s developments, the academy aims to become the benchmark institution for health & safety training for Saudi Arabia and beyond," said John Dunne, group head of health & safety at RSG.

Equipped with modern indoor classrooms, outdoor training stations, and specialised safety areas, the facility enables trainees to build critical safety competencies through a mix of theoretical and hands-on training. Practical equipment such as scaffolding, walking work platforms, gantry cranes, confined space chambers and CPR training facilities enables trainees to develop critical safety skills, fostering a robust culture of safety, while the use of simulations to demonstrate the real consequences of safety violations enables trainees to be exposed to hazardous situations in a safe environment.

With multinational workforces often posing challenges for safety managers given language barriers and variations in safety standards, RSG has also obtained an official license to deliver IOSH Working Safety Training in both English and Hindi. This one-day course is specifically designed for workers or anyone who needs a grounding in the essentials of health & safety.

"As an approved partner and licensed provider of the IOSH Working Safely course in both English and Hindi, we are equipping our workforce and partners with vital safety skills that transcend language barriers. This partnership with IOSH reflects our dedication to fostering a safe and inclusive work environment across all our projects," added Dunne.

Last year Red Sea Global recorded 10 million hours worked without a Lost Time Injury (LTI) on Shura Island, which completes this year, and 11 million hours worked without an LTI on Shebara Resort, which opened in October 2024.