1. Carol Bailey
Head of Oil & Gas Section, Levantine Training Centre
Oil & Gas Training
EuroMed E&P Offshore Services, Certification, Classification & Standards
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2. Health, safety and environmental
risks Health, safety and environmental
issues have risen on the oil and gas
industry’s agenda, reflecting both increased
public pressure and more complex
operational challenges.
Human capital deficit Twenty-two percent
of oil and gas respondents indicated a lack
of qualified personnel was impacting their
operations.
Source: Ernst & Young 2013 & SPE Research, Training and Development Training Survey, Dec. 2012.
Oil & Gas company survey on risks
Meeting Requirements of the O&G Corporations
Technical training is the most vital training
needed in the oil and gas industry, followed
by management/finance training, and soft-
skills development training.
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Certification Requirements
Typical HSSE Training for offshore Oil & Gas
• BOSIET - Basic Offshore Survival and Emergency Training
(Safety Inductions, Safety & Escaping, Sea Survival, Fire
fighting and Self-Rescue)
• IMIST - International Minimum Industry Standard Training
(Nine basic safety elements – Working safely, risk
assessment, permit to work, manual handling…among
others)
• IOG - International Technical Certificate in Oil and Gas
Operational Safety (International standards and
management systems, process safety management )
• OIL & GAS OFFSHORE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (valid medical
certificate – vision, blood pressure, audiogram, urine
sample)
Internationally recognised
Accrediting Bodies
Moving from Compliance-based to Competency-based training requires reorganizing
training programs around demonstrable skills – reduces risks & costs

4. State of the current workforce
47,197
People
2014
16.1%
Unemployment
rate in Cyprus
Source: Deloitte Cyprus, Feb 2015
Economic Activity
(for registered unemployed in Cyprus)
2012/14
Average
Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles
& Cycles
8,335
Construction 6,510
Accommodation & Food Service Activities 6,410
Manufacturing 4,448
Financial & Insurance Activities 1,906
Education 1,848
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 1,535
Transportation & Storage 1,533
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5. Operators Support & Services
•Catering/facility
management
•Sea/air transport
•Warehouse/logisti
cs
•Communications
•Recruitment
•Training
•Health, Safety &
Environment
services
•Medical services
•Banking/finance
•Legal
•Insurance
•Accountancy
•Emergency
Consultancies
WellsReservoirs Facilities Marine & Subsea
•Reservoir
engineering
•Management
consultancies
•Seismic data
acquisition &
Processing
contractors
•Engineering,
operation,
maintenance &
decommission
contractors
•Engineering
consultancies
•Structure, topsides
design & fabrications
•Geoscience
consultancies
•Data interpretation
consultancies
•Seismic
instrumentation
•Data storage
•IT hardware &
software
•Marine/subsea
contractors
•Heavy lift
contractors
•Pipelay contractors
•Floating production
storage units
•Well services
contractors
•Drilling contractors
•Well engineering
consultancies
•Cement
contractors
•Drilling & well
equipment design
& manufacture
•Drilling tubulars
•Laboratory
services
•Machinery/plant design
& manufacture
•Engineering support
contractors
•Specialist engineering
services
•Inspection services
•Specialist steels and
tubulars
•Subsea
manifold/riser
design &
manufacture
•Marine/subsea
equipment
•Subsea inspection
services
Oil & Gas Supply Chain - Service Sectors
Economic Activity
(for registered unemployed in Cyprus)
2012/14
Average
Wholesale & Retail Trade, Repair of Motor Vehicles
& Cycles
8,335
Construction 6,510
Accommodation & Food Service Activities 6,410
Manufacturing 4,448
Financial & Insurance Activities 1,906
Education 1,848
Professional, Scientific & Technical Activities 1,535
Transportation & Storage 1,533
Source: Hays & Deloitte Cyprus, Feb 2015
State of the current workforce
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Opportunity
Company Migrate capability, assets & business
model to new, growth industry
Individual Migrate skills and enter O&G job
market
Bypassing Obstacles of Inexperience
Skills Gap Way forward
Company Industry understanding
Legislation
Standards & practices
Certification requirements
Building awareness, business
strategy and HSSE competence
Individual How to enter the job market
Job profiles & relevant
qualifications/accreditation
Where to gain industry
experience
Specially designed courses for
entry level (eg; LTC career
transition program for offshore)
Mobility

7. Specially designed course for entry
or career transition to offshore
1. Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness +
Methanol Awareness course
2. Confined Space Awareness +
Authorised Gas testing Course
3. CIEH Level 2 Award in Principles of
COSHH
4. International Minimum Industry
Safety Training (IMIST)
5. First Person on Scene (FPOS I)
Target Group/Industry: security, military,
HSSE professionals
LTC Career Transition Programme for Offshore
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8. Methods of delivery are evolving
• Classroom based training (traditional)
• Distance learning – making use of
audiovisual technology
• On line – interactive learning with
engagement of course instructor
• Blended learning (on line + classroom)
• Virtual Environment (rig, platform and
operations offshore as simulation)
New Techniques in Oil & Gas Training
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Scope is broadening
• MOOCs (Massive Online Open
Courses) co-branded MOOCs between
corporations and established
academic universities.
• Companies establishing in house
schools and academies to build,
market and manage their own online
degree and certificate program

9. Training in Cyprus - Investment for the Future
• Cyprus is in economic
recovery
• IMF says there is now
potential for FDI
• O&G will take some time
to evolve into a major
sector
• HSSE and good business
practices are common
across industries and
critical in international
partnerships
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