The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has unveiled a special Human Capital Development (HCD) Program that would train over 10,000 young graduates and technicians in top 10 high-demand skills in the sector.
NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program, the intent is to prepare and equip the next generation of Nigerians with practical skills for top careers in the oil and gas industry and position them to take part actively in the oil and gas projects recently launched by some international and indigenous operating oil and gas companies.
The program will have four key segments, namely, classroom training, laboratory/workshop practicals, skills certifications, with emphasis on hands-on work experience, which will entail a minimum of six months on-the-job-training (OJT) carried out in partnership with service companies to impart necessary skills on participants and make them field-ready.
The top-10 skills for the Field Readiness Program are:
- Sub-sea Engineering (wellheads, flowlines, umbilicals, sub-sea trees, etc.);
- Underwater Weldeing Engineering
- Control and Automation Engineering (including cementing, well controls, and rig operations);
- Helicopter Pilots;
- Seamen/Sailors (including vessel mechanics/electricians);
- Production and Maintenance Engineering (Control Room Operators, Maintenance Crew);
- QA/QC Engineers (including NDT Levels 1,2, and 3);
- Geoscience Engineers (including Seismic, Geophysics, Wellsite Geology, etc.)
- Digitization and Digitalization (AI, ML, IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Drones, etc.)