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Education and Training for the Oil and Gas Industry: Building A Technically Competent Workforce
- 1st Edition - November 19, 2014
- Authors: Phil Andrews, Jim Playfoot
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 0 2 8 1 - 7
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 9 7 5 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 1 0 1 8 - 1
Volume 2 of the Getenergy Guides series explores the challenges of developing a technically competent workforce for the oil and gas sector globally. The cases in this Volume ex… Read more
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Request a sales quoteVolume 2 of the Getenergy Guides series explores the challenges of developing a technically competent workforce for the oil and gas sector globally. The cases in this Volume explore practical examples of the efforts of oil and gas companies, contractors, educational institutions and governments to develop competent, vocationally-trained employees for the industry.
Education and training are increasingly viewed as part of the core business of oil and gas companies operating in today’s high cost/high risk environment. This book will highlight the approaches which work and offer a framework against which future initiatives can be measured.
This second book in the Getenergy Guides series explores nine cases studies from around the world and offers commentary on each case drawn from Getenergy’s wealth of experience in uniting education and training providers and the upstream oil and gas industry on a global basis.
- Edited by Getenergy’s Executive Team which – for more than a decade – has specialised in mapping and connecting the world of education and training with the upstream oil and gas industry through global events and workshops
- Detailed research into the key facts surrounding each case with analysis to enable readers to quickly and effectively extract lessons that can be applied to the challenge of building a technically competent workforce
- Highlights the aspects of good practice that can be utilised by universities, colleges and training providers in meeting the workforce and skills development needs of the oil and gas industry
- Includes full colour images and partnership diagrams’ to underscore key concepts
- Offers specific commentary on the replicability, sustainability and impact of the approaches outlined
Professional scientists and Engineers working in the Oil and Gas industry. All education policy makers, ministries of labor, ministries of further and higher education, ministries of technical/vocational education and related education NGOs based in or operating in oil or gas producing or significant consuming countries
Case Study 1. The Norwegian Approach to Competency Development in the Energy Industry
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 2. Building Human Capacity in Saudi Arabia
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 3. Mozambique: The Birth of a New Energy Nation
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 4. Houston: Building on Success
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 5. Kasipkor, Kazakhstan
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 6. Caspian Technical Training Centre, Azerbaijan
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 7. Ogere Training Centre, Nigeria
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 8. Wintershall Libyan Integration and Development Programme
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
Case Study 9. The Well Control Institute, USA
- The Motivation
- The Context
- The Solution
- The Impact
- The Challenges
- The Cost
- No. of pages: 172
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 19, 2014
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128102817
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128009758
- eBook ISBN: 9780128010181
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