Tools for
Enhancing Oil & Gas Workforce
Competencies
Brenda Kelly
Senior Director – Program Development, IADC
10 October 2013
IADC – Catalyzing Improved Performance
Catalyzing Improved
Performance
Enhancing
Operational Integrity
Championing
Better Regulation
Focusing on Members’ Critical Issues
People
10 October 2013
Equipment
Processes
Liability
Legislation
Regulation
Members’ Critical People Issues
Catalyzing Improved
Performance
Enhancing
Operational Integrity
Championing
Better Regulation
Focusing on Members’ Critical Issues
People
Equipment
Processes
Liability
Legislation
Regulation
PEOPLE ISSUES:
 Competence (skills)
 Credentials
 Attraction
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IADC Initiatives
& Programs
• KSA Project
• Competence Assurance
• WADI
10 October 2013
Knowledge, Skills,
and Abilities (KSAs)
Project
10 October 2013
What are the KSAs?
• Knowledge ─ topics to comprehend
• Skills or Abilities to demonstrate, with
suggested performance measures for each
•
Intended to be baseline or “core”
•
Available for free on the IADC web site
10 October 2013
Current KSA Project
• Review existing KSAs and expand to all rig
positions (onshore and offshore)
• More than 70 positions (including the 12 KSAs
published in June 2001)
• Define core and additional KSAs
• Available by end of year 2013
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KSA Workgroups
Quality, health, safety, and
environment
Marine operations
Processes and procedures
Technical maintenance
Drilling operations – onshore
Facility management
Drilling operations – offshore
Regulatory
Subsea operations
Crane operations
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Workgroup Data Organizer
Competency
Units
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Competency
Elements
Positions
Competencies
for Positions
KSA Web
Page
for generating
unique set of
positional
competencies
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Confirm KSA Selections
10 October 2013
KSAs Generated for
Deepwater Driller
10 October 2013
Customizing KSAs
10 October 2013
Competence Assurance
Accreditation Program
10 October 2013
IADC Competence Assurance
Accreditation Program
“A structured & documented method of
assessing the competence of company
personnel.”
Open to all companies in the Oil & Gas Industry
10 October 2013
Accreditation Purpose
• Promote the use of accepted practices in
ensuring the competence of personnel
throughout the oil and gas industry
• Assist industry professionals in developing and
delivering their own programs using consistent,
effective, and well managed processes
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Accreditable Competence Program
Company
Standards
External
Standards
Feedback
Outcome to
Candidate
Competency
Standards
Development
Plan
Job
Role
Role
Competency
Profile
Candidate
Assess
Management System
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Record
Outcome
Verification
Workforce Attraction &
Development Initiative (WADI)
10 October 2013
What is WADI?
A collaborative effort among IADC, colleges,
and industry to:
• attract and expedite the building of a
qualified labor pool of new employees
• deliver career development pathways and
career guidance for new-hire personnel
and existing rig-based personnel
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Key Benefits
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Address industry’s urgent need for Pre-trained/Prequalified entry-level new-hire candidates
• Standardize globally accepted pathways for career
development
• Provide continuous improvement opportunities for
current employees
• Reduce cost to contractors through decreased
employee turnover rate
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The WADI Model
• Colleges:
o work together to cross-map courses/programs (also
cross-mapped to IADC KSAs)
o build courses upon KSA-defined core competencies +
additional criteria Colleges require
o attract and pre-screen potential candidates
o train and assess trainees
o provide continuous improvement/educational
opportunities for current employees
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The WADI Model (cont’d.)
• Industry:
o define priority positions for which to create courses
o support development efforts
o hire trainees
o map standardize globally accepted pathways for career
development to KSAs
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The WADI Model (cont’d.)
• IADC:
o facilitate and support all efforts
o develop programs to attract new employees
o build comprehensive assessment tool based on
KSAs
o provide credential
o provide centralized and verifiable records of
employee training and credentialing
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Status
• Priority courses for rig-based positions have
been defined
• Colleges are:
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Creating and sharing entry-level course curricula
Cross-mapping course curricula to the IADC KSAs
Building courses upon KSA-defined core
competencies + additional criteria colleges require
• Industry partners are determining ways to
support the effort
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Steps Forward
• Accreditation for WADI training centers
• An IADC testing database for trainees and
industry personnel
• IADC credentialing certificates for trainees
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Pathway to Competency
Credentialing
Attraction
Development
Attraction
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IADC─Helping
Building
Competent
Crews
Competence
Assessment
Performance
/Behavior
Questions?
17 July 2013
For more information, contact brenda.kelly@iadc.org