Aligning Training

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Aligning Training Educational Institutions with
the Needs of the Upstream Petroleum Industry
Training for the Future College of the North
Atlantic Strategy Session Wednesday October 11,
2006 Cheryl Knight, Executive Director CEO
Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada
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Outline

• Introduce Petroleum HR Council
• 7 Key human resource issues
• Factors contributing to demand in the upstream
  petroleum industry
• Newfoundland demand and supply trends
• Introduce the National Alignment Strategy
• Explain the gaps between industry and training
  institutions
• Provide summary of the research
• Present recommendations and solutions

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Petroleum HR Council

• What is it?
• National, not-for-profit collaborative forum
  that addresses human resources issues within
  the petroleum industry
• Who are its stakeholders?
• 11 oil and gas national and regional industry
  organizations, including one union

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7 Key Human Resources Issues

• Promoting careers in the industry
• Access to an under-represented workforce
• Skills shortages
• Labour market information gaps
• Shifting skill requirements
• Mobility of workforce
• Creative human resources practices

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Factors Contributing to Demand in the Petroleum
Industry

• Innovation and technological change
• Aging workforce
• Industry growth (in many sectors)
• Economic conditions

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Newfoundland Demand

• Modest projected employment - growth of 0.7
  per year (24,000 jobs created by 2019)
• Producing platforms operating at or near
  capacity
• Hebron continuity impact on supply
  community
• Voiseys Bay Lower Churchhill Developments

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Workforce Supply Trends Newfoundland

• Dwindling Labour Sources
• Oldest workforce in Canada
• By 2019 two retirees for every entrant
• Decline in working age population
• Out-migration (15-34 years)
• Potential Solutions
• Availability of skilled workers is key to future
  offshore development
• Building diversity
• Women, immigrant, aboriginals, disabled

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Educational Alignment

• What it is
• Aligning Canadas post-secondary training
  programs with the needs of the upstream petroleum
  industry
• What weve done
• Completed a gap analysis which identified
• Gaps between industrys needs and programming
  offered by training institutions
• Gaps in current information-sharing mechanisms
  between training providers and industry
• Produced the National Alignment Strategy and
  Recommended Actions report

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Strategy to Align Training Programs with Industry
Needs

• Objective To more closely align Canadas
  training programs with the knowledge needs of the
  upstream petroleum industry.
• A Gap Analysis was conducted to examine supply
  and demand issues between industry and training
  providers
• Identify industry-driven activities that support
  the hiring of new entrants
• Identify gaps in current communication and
  information-sharing mechanisms.

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Areas of Focus

• The gaps to be addressed by the National
  Alignment Strategy can be consolidated into four
  areas of focus
• Image and perception of industry
• Inconsistent communication mechanisms between
  industry and training providers
• The need for formal partnerships between industry
  and training providers
• Lack of labour forecasting and skills
  requirements information to direct educational
  development

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Responses from Stakeholders

• Summary of findings
• Capacity of institutions
• Infrequent and inconsistent communication
  mechanisms between industry and training
  providers
• Ability of training providers to adjust to
  changing industry demand
• The negative image of the industry

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Recommended Actions

• Actions to implement career awareness and
  promotion strategy
• Raise awareness and promote careers in the
  industry.
• Improve the alignment of post-secondary training
  programs and industry needs through stakeholder
  collaboration, communication and partnerships.
• Forecast industry labour market supply and demand

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Educational Alignment

• Whats next
• Development of an ongoing educational partnership
  framework
• Develop 35 profiles for industry-specific job
  classifications
• Development of Standards of Competence for Three
  Occupations/Job Families
• Enform partnership
• CAPP - Expansion of careers in oil and gas
  website

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Implications for Newfoundland Training
Institutions

• An increase in land sales in Newfoundland and
  Labrador offshore indicates a strong interest in
  the region
• An increase in East Coast drilling activity will
  result in a heightened role of post-secondary
  training providers

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