To avoid gas leakages, is important that personnel who join flanges on pressurised pipes receive good training.  Using a computer and a video projector, the course instructor can show models and animations that easily visualise the learning material.  Realistic 3-D models of ball valves, for example, provide course participants with insight into their function and operation in a totally different way than from looking at the valve from the outside. 

The e-learning programme is also used on installations, and functions as a great job support tool for mechanics and other operations personnel.  Areas of use are, for example, planning maintenance operations, in conjunction with inspection points, during safe job analyses, or in conjunction with problem areas such as wear and tear.  The visualisations and 3-D models in the e-learning programme provide mechanics with the opportunity for in-depth study of technical equipment that they might not otherwise have direct access to during regular operations on the platform.

Users of the e-learning programme can, for example, use a conversion calculator to find information about which tools they should choose and the correct amount of torque to apply.  These kinds of databases, with a common presentation of important information, such as the conversion calculator, can reduce the risk of error, which again reduces the risk of gas leakages.  At the same time it is also a time-saving tool.

The e-learning course on flanges and valves is module based.  This means that the course is built on many small modules.  The modules are put together to make various versions of the e-learning course.  For example, a course participant who works on the Heimdal field is presented with a different selection of modules than a course participant who works on the Osberg field.  This ensures that course participants are not presented with modules that are irrelevant to their daily work situation.