Mossmorran’s £2million equipment donation to support Fife College training
The company behind the closure of Mossmorran has made up to £2million of advanced industrial equipment, tools and workshop facilities available to Fife College to support the training of students in key technical and trade skills.
The donation from ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant comes two months after the site was closed, ending 40 years of production in the region.
Representing hundreds of individual items, the donation will help the college to continue to grow its training capabilities and student numbers by providing invaluable hands-on learning with the latest technologies.
Jim Metcalfe, principal, said: “This generous donation will benefit generations of Fife College students to come.
“The scale and quality of this equipment will enable us to strengthen our industry-standard training facilities, reflecting the realities of the modern workplace and giving our learners the confidence, skills and experience employers in Fife value.
The equipment will enhance training in electrical, mechanical and instrumentation skills as well as process operations and maintenance, with the workshops and tools supporting a wide range of students and disciplines.
It will also help the college to deliver its ambition to meet increasing skills demand in specialist areas including measurement and control, calibration, lifecycle engineering and valve technology.
With many pieces being brand new and originally intended for integration into the FEP operational site, it will give students unique real-world training that can be deployed in a number of industrial settings.
Teresa Cassar, FEP manager, said: ‘’Our team’s skills and knowledge have been the bedrock of FEP for over 40 years, so we wanted to do something that gives future generations the same opportunity to learn and succeed.”