About
The Decade Ahead identified occupational supply and demands,
shifting skill requirements, and labour market information gaps as
key issues for the industry.
The "Training and Human Resource Development" module of the
study involved a close examination of the education, training, and
development framework in Canada that provides skilled workers to
the upstream oil and gas industry.
This helped the Petroleum HR Council to understand the specific
concerns of the stakeholders; in particular the training
institutions and the companies that hire workers from these
programs.
The responsiveness of the education, training and development
model varies significantly. The ever challenging requirement for
institutions to harmonize with regulation while focusing on the
specific skill shortages must be balanced against the requirements
of individuals and employers' needs to rationalize expensive
training costs and quality control in their learning
environments.
The Petroleum HR Council and the member organizations saw this
project as a critical piece of work to enable educational
institutions to align their programs to industry needs and are
better equipped to meet the industry's current and future skill
requirements.
Project Results
Completed in 2005, this project developed a National Alignment
Strategy to more closely align Canada's post-secondary learning
system with the training needs of the upstream Petroleum
sector.
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