It is the very nature, and certainly the special appeal, of the oil and gas industry that it is among the most complex and multi-faceted industries in the world. Few industries demand such a diverse and highly specialized workforce across the board and few offer such high rewards. Employment in both upstream and downstream processes can be both unpredictable and volatile.
One way E&P companies can limit the risk to its employees and installations is to maintain a responsible and well-trained workforce. Many employees therefore mandate constant employee training across all business sectors, from geological exploration to facility maintenance. Especially because training the workforce of an energy provider requires the availability of instructors and resources for a wide range of complex jobs, oil and gas industry education is often provided by qualified providers who specialize in the training of a highly complex workforce. Independent providers such as Petro Skills and IHRDC, or industry organizations such as the Oil and Gas and American Petroleum Institute therefore offer a diverse portfolio in a variety of delivery methods. Some offer traditional classes in collaboration with universities and on-site workshops. Others specialize in online classes for individual study. Some companies have even implemented their very own employee training program. Schlumberger’s NExT (Network of Excellence in Training) curriculum, for example, provides comprehensive course offering for geoscientists and engineers in conjunction with Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma. Over the course of the last ten years the program has, in fact, become so popular that it now delivers training to a wide variety of companies all over the world.
The need for employee training is always elevated in times of change. Especially when new methods of exploration or new ways of production alter the way natural resources are found, extracted, and processed the potential for accidents and the need for new skills increases. It is in those times of technological and/or infrastructural transformation that employee education is most crucial.
The development of in situ Disintegration, digital oilfields, ceramic proppant particle fracturing and other novel technologies that will, or already have, revolutionized the industry will certainly continue to produce a high demand for ongoing employment education. For only a company whose workforce understands and implements those new measures effectively will be able to capitalize on their promise.
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