IHRDC to provide training for Escravos project

Offshore staff

(West Africa) - Chevron Nigeria has selected International Human Resources Development Corp. (IHRDC) to develop a competency-based training program called the skill enhancement process (SEP) for about 1,000 existing employees and new recruits at their Escravos project, a major oil and gas production facility.

At the outset, IHRDC specialists will work closely with a Chevron Nigeria team to develop an execution plan, which will include project strategic and training objectives, training policies and international standards of training for operations & maintenance (O&M) personnel at Escravos.

IHRDC subject matter experts (SMEs) will then build job descriptions and competency/skills enhancement models for every major title O&M job within the Escravos project.

Using these models, IHRDC and Chevron Nigeria specialists will conduct assessments, perform objective verifications, and develop individual skill gap analysis for approximately 1,000 employees. Using the skill gap analysis output, IHRDC specialists will define a three- to four-year training plan, schedule, and budget to enhance the skills of each employee.

Ayman Meneassy, vice president of IHRDC, Middle East & Africa says, "I am grateful to Chevron for inviting us to apply our competency assurance process (CAP) in Nigeria. We have used it to develop capable O&M personnel at drilling, oil and gas production, refining, gas processing and LNG facilities throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and are happy to expand into West Africa."

11/08/05