World's Leading Petroleum Training Alliance
PetroSkills Competency Systems (PCS)


The development of engineers and technicians in a cost effective and timely manner is essential to business success in the global Oil and Gas industry. Developing and, where appropriate, assuring the skills or competencies of individuals is the key to a successful workforce and a successful business. This requires the adoption of structured and competency-based personnel development planning. Competency-based training is the foundation of PetroSkills. Through the PetroSkills training alliance, we are providing competency-based training tailored to the needs of the industry. Click here to learn more about PetroSkills Competency Systems

Public Course Schedules

Downloadable schedule for saving or printing make browsing PetroSkills public course offerings easy. As always, for the most updated course schedules, check the course dates on this website.

Schedules are sorted by discipline and level, and tabbed by location.  We recommend the Excel files for easy filtering by discipline, course and date.
 
North America        (PDF)  (Excel)
South  America/Trinidad (PDF)  (Excel)
Europe/Africa         (PDF)  (Excel)
Middle East (PDF)  (Excel)
Asia Pacific (PDF)  (Excel)
All Locations    (PDF)  (Excel)


Training Guides

Find information about all of PetroSkills Exploration & Production and Health, Safety, Environment programs, including full course descriptions, worldwide course schedule, instructor biographies, and much more.

Exploration & Production Catalog
 
Facilities Catalog

PetroSkills Health, Safety, Environment (PDF)
Find out how our programs guide professional development to align business with HSE objectives

PetroSkills Operations & Maintenance (PDF)
Details about our full suite of Operations & Maintenance offerings

Accelerated Development Programs (PDF)
More information on how your organization can build independently contributing professionals


Technical Bulletins / Articles

The Industry Benchmark (PDF) (Rich Text) (Plain Text)
What is PetroSkills? We outline the components behind our World Leading training program.

Competency Maps (PDF) (Rich Text) (Plain Text)
PetroSkills discipline-specific Competency Maps enable individuals and organizations to identify and manage the skills that both organizations and individuals require to be successful.

Competency Analysis Tool (CAT) (PDF) (Rich Text) (Plain Text)
PetroSkills has a long history of helping our clients develop competent personnel. The PetroSkills competency maps and Competency Analysis Tool (CAT) take that capability to a new level.

Course Progression Matrices (PDF) (Rich Text) (Plain Text)
The PetroSkills Course Progression Matrix delivers focused learning for petroleum disciplines. The matrix is designed to provide a systematic foundation for professional development programs.

The Value of Competence (PDF) (Rich Text) (Plain Text)
Investing in People: How to quantify the value of competency management.

The Value of Competent People
J Ford Brett's article in the SPE Talent & Technology section, describing the cost of the "Big Crew Change" and how to confront the upcoming competency gap.