Course description
The oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry is a competitive sector, and its impact on organizations and societies has made it essential for individuals to garner relevant skills that provide an opportunity to effectively perform supervisory roles in this industry. The Rcademy Supervisory Skills Training for the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemicals Industry is designed to provide supervisors in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage this complex industry.
What are supervisors’ principal characteristics and roles in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry?
Essentially, supervisors have five key characteristics and roles in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry. First, supervisors in this industry are to possess the ability to delegate; thus, it is necessary for supervisors in this field to know how to delegate tasks to others. Second, supervisors are expected to efficiently use their authority; they should know when to implement this authority to obtain employee cooperation. In addition, a supervisor is expected to portray good examples and lead team members in the right direction. A supervisor should possess the relevant skills and ethics needed to thrive in this sector. Finally, a supervisor must desire to take on supervisory roles, as possessing technical skills is not the only determinant to partaking in a supervisory role.
What are the supervisory skills in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry?
The supervisory skills needed in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry include effective leadership skills, communications skills, discernment of the operations level in the value chain, an understanding of product pricing, discernment of the technicalities of oil refining, conflict management, and management of environmental issues.
The Supervisory Skills Training for the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemicals Industry Training Course by Rcademy teaches the relevant management and leadership strategies for communication, individual and team development, problem-solving, and delegation of duties in the work environment. Focus is also given to the key theoretical concept, principles, and practices in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry that will aid participants’ understanding of the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry value chain.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
The training course is curated towards assisting participants in attaining the following objectives:
- Understand the responsibilities of a supervisor in the industry
- Learn how to apply problem-solving skills, identify risks in their organization
- Identify necessary communication techniques essential for team development and team control
- Implement growth, tutoring, and teaching techniques to improve people’s performance
- Learn how to build a safe culture and environment in the organizations through policies and practice
- Understand how supervisory skills influence organizational growth and development
- Learn how to conduct risk analysis, employ efficient problem-solving techniques for effective decision making
- Develop key interpersonal skills essential for team leadership and people management
- Learn how to delegate, motivate, and control teams
- Apply people-building and coaching skills to improve team performance
Training Course Content
Module 1: Supervisory Responsibilities in the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemicals Industry
- Definition of a supervisor and their role in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry
- Managerial and leadership responsibilities of a supervisor
- The concept of application of positional power bases
- Identifying and managing various work personalities
- Developing integrity, good reputation, and influence in team leadership
- Adaptation to change and empowerment maximization
Module 2: Background to the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemicals Industry
- Formation of oil reserves and fossil fuels
- Petroleum chemistry
- Components of fossil fuels
- Fossil fuels hunt and its uses
- Measurement and characterization of fuels and petroleum
- Assay and properties
Module 3: The Principle and Practice Decision Making and Delegation
- Evaluation of risks and analysis of problems
- Procedures of problem-solving and making decisions
- Tactics for innovative workplace issues
– SCAMPER - Implementation of decision-making tunnel model
- The practice of delegation
– Delegating duties efficiently and promptly - Job empowerment and motivation techniques to boost results
Module 4: Communication and People-Relations Skills
- Identifying and addressing communication barriers
- Inculcation of situational awareness to boost performance
- Conflict management
– Assertive conflict management
– Dealing with negative feedback - Effective meeting coordination and conducting efficient team briefings
- Team Building
– The concept of team dynamics
– Attainment of high-performance teams
– Training and growth planning
– On-the-job training for individuals and teams
– Constant feedback technique to boost performance
Module 5: Generation and Exploration of Petroleum
- Rocks and minerals identification
- Ocean environment
- Traps and trapping techniques
- Survey of geophysical and geochemical environments
- Offshore drilling and exploratory drilling
- Well-casing and cementing
- Reserve estimation
- Oil recovery
- Oil and gas fields development
- Surface treatment
- Classification of reservoir and reservoir drive techniques
Module 6: Transportation
- Tank farms and their operations
- Pipelines and oil tankers
- Storage of petroleum and fossil fuels
- The link between oil, gas, and petrochemicals companies and downstream marketers
Module 7: Petroleum Economics
- Petroleum consumption
– Supply
– Pricing
– Prospects - Energy trading
- Options and hedging
- Accounting in oil and gas
– Discounted cash flow (DCF) and time-value
– Present value and future value
– Time value of money
– Internal return rate
– Hurdle rates - Developing and funding oil and gas projects
- Economics in energy finance
Module 8: Health, Safety, and Environment Safety Leadership
- Health, safety, and environmental standards in the oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry
- Stress management
– Failures
– Emergencies
– Accidents
– Disputes - Behavioral skills for safety excellence and safety leadership
- HSE standards and compliance
- Developing personal safety
Module 9: Energy and Financial Risk Management
- Background to energy risk management
- Types of Risk and risk management
- Trading energy risks
- Opportunity analysis
- Geopolitical risks
- Nonlinearity and uncertainty
- Environmental matters and carbon capture
Module 10: Negotiation
- Negotiation steps
- Approaches to negotiation
- Creative thinking and decision making
- Bargaining
- Criticism management
- Negotiating responsibilities
- Conflict and aggressors’ management
- Negotiation and integrity
Module 11: Building a Safety Culture
- Description of a value system
- Organizational culture assessment
- Management safety system
- Leadership and teamwork
- Leadership and communication
Course delivery details
This course is designed to satisfy clients and develop their expertise and skills on the subject matter; thus, it is wholly participant-oriented. Several practical objectives are employed in the delivery of this course to ensure active and constant learning by participants. Seasoned professionals with experience and expertise will handle the course. The modules of this course are designed from extensive and detailed research on the subject matter.
The Rcademy Supervisory Skills Training for the Oil, Gas, and Petrochemicals Industry implements practical and theoretical teaching methods by providing participants with slides and lecture notes on the subject matter and analyzing case studies and real-life scenarios. Participants will also engage in seminar presentations, workshops, and interactive sessions and will be provided with a feedback platform to confirm their optimum satisfaction.
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