e-learning environment. It is reassuring to know Virtual Academy is perfectly positioned to deliver competence worldwide for the increasingly safety focused oil and gas industry.
TOP LINE RESEARCH FINDINGS
1. Greater focus on competence is required if the oil and gas industry is to deliver step-change in safety skills and performance. Over 65% of respondents believe that the current focus on compliance in companies leads to complacency.
2. The findings revealed a clear realisation among oil and gas companies around the world that being compliant is not enough to improve workforce safety and skills. While respondents believed their company approach to compliance is exemplary, there is an appetite for greater consistency and global standards in competence management. Respondents highlighted that certification does not equate to competence and more attention needs to be paid to the outcomes of training programmes. The robustness of assessment of competency and validity of processes was questioned and there appears to be a lack of consensus and common understanding of what competence means.
3. There was some disagreement as to the extent to which the Macondo tragedy had pressured companies into moving from a compliance based model to a competence based one. Around 46% felt that it had and 18% disagreed. A number argued that the incident had resulted in highlighting the two. Over 40% had made no changes to compliance and competence systems as a result of Macondo but some had carried out a healthcheck of existing processes and reported a greater rigour in implementation and heightened awareness of the need for very robust processes. Some employers had widened the scope of employee review, made equipment changes and developed new methods of project leadership. Others had focused on competencies around oil spill response and adopted new safety training requirements which came out of the US in the aftermath.
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