Pupils from Al Salam Private School embarked on a field trip with a difference recently when 67 children from the kindergarten with their teachers took a trip to their nearby omanoil service station in Wadi Al Bahais.

As part of an exercise to help pupils understand ‘real life’ businesses and every day practices the school identified the omanoil service station as a place many of the children might visit with their families and friends. Knowing the pride placed on the family car here in the Sultanate, car washes are recognized as being popular destinations at the weekends. Pleased to provide children and teachers alike with a little bit more knowledge as to how the car wash facility worked, filling station staff at omanoil were only too keen to help out.

The high technology European style car wash at the omanoil filling station is the only one of its kind in Oman – giving the outing a little more of an edge. Demonstrating the adept cleaning powers of the car wash the pupils were able to experience first hand the mechanics of this state of the art washing facility as the supervisor described the merits of the patented non-scratch foam brushes. Held in such high estimations by omanoil, the car wash facility offers customers a ‘money back guarantee’ if they find their wash to be unsatisfactory.

“The car wash usually generates a bit of interest from customers since it is the only one of its kind in the country. However, we’ve never had so many keen visitors in one go!” Laughed Salim Shibiby from Oman Oil Marketing Company (OOMCO) who supervised the visit. “This was also a great opportunity to emphasis to the pupils the important safety aspects associated with filling stations. It’s not only moving vehicles that can cause accidents; people using mobile phones and smoking cigarettes present potential danger hazards that constantly need to be brought to the general publics’ attention. We’re pleased we can help the local schools. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves and asked a lot of questions.”