IHRDC to Provide Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Company with Competency Training
TANAP Personnel Will Gain Access to State-of-the Art Competency
Development Services and Software
International Human Resources Development Corporation (IHRDC), a
worldwide leader in oil and gas training and competency development,
announced that the company has won a landmark contract to provide its
training solutions to the operations, maintenance and integrity
personnel employed by the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline Project
(TANAP). IHRDC will provide a combined package of its training offerings
including competency assessment and development services, CMS Online
software, and its computer based training (e-Learning) that will include
custom learning modules created specifically for the TANAP project.
The 10-month contract, represents a key component of the human capital
development program and talent management strategy for the pipeline
company’s major infrastructure project. This pipeline will ultimately
transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to the gateway of the European
pipeline network in Greece, extending some 1850 kilometers via 48- and
56-inch diameter pipes. Construction of the pipeline began formally in
March 2015 and is expected to be completed in 2018.
The goal of the project is to develop an effective competence management
system for TANAP to assure the competency of its workforce and achieve
mastery of the essential skills and knowledge required for their
respective roles right from the initial selection interview through to
promotion and long term development. IHRDC will establish pathways to
superior performance in line with TANAP’s operational requirements. To
achieve this, IHRDC will deploy a package of competency-based
development training plans, and learning solutions for the pipeline
operator, including the IHRDC’s CMS Online software. In addition, IHRDC
will train TANAP’s staff to ultimately run and manage the entire
competency and development program in-house, ensuring a transfer of
skills and the long-term sustainability of the program.
As part of this project, IHRDC training specialists will create
curricula for each O&M discipline broken down into blocks of blended
learning events based on the unique competency requirements for each
position. Each block will contain one or more courses that will include
instructor led classes, e-learning courses, and/or on-the-job training.
While these curricula are based on IHRDC’s commercially available O&M
Pathways complete blended-learning program, CMS Online will enable IHRDC
to customize the content to ensure the programs truly address TANAP’s
specific competency objectives.
“We are delighted to be working with TANAP to help them fulfill their
comprehensive training regimen,” said Brad Donohue, IHRDC’s VP for
Competency Management. “The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline link between Asia
and Europe has enormous strategic significance, and we are not only
excited to be part of the project but also to contribute to the
development of the local workforce and assurance of their competencies.”
IHRDC has been providing competency management services for clients for
more than three decades – defining the skills that apply to particular
job roles and implementing these occupational requirements to ensure
workforce effectiveness and enhanced organizational performance.
The company has gained widespread recognition for its strategic approach
to competency-based training, which combines a methodology to carry out
competency assessments; the subject matter experts to be able to write
competency materials, assess staff and create individual development
plans; an industry-specific competency library; and the software
solution to support the methodology. In recent years, IHRDC has
developed turn-key and customizable blended learning curricula that have
been developed to accelerate the time to competence of industry
new-hires.
About IHRDC
International Human
Resources Development Corporation (www.ihrdc.com)
has been a global leader in training and competency management for the
oil and gas industry for more than 45 years, offering the best
Instructional Programs, e-Learning and Knowledge Solutions, and
Competency Management products and services available to the industry
today. The company is headquartered in Boston, USA with offices in
Houston, London, Amsterdam, Abu Dhabi, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Lagos.
IHRDC is the proud three-time recipient of the "Petroleum Industry
Training Provider of the Year Award" from the Getenergy organization,
the 2014 and 2016 recipient of IMA Best In Class Award, the 2011
Platinum AVA Award, 18 Telly Awards, and the 2003 Corporate Award for
Excellence in Distance Learning Programming.
About TANAP
TANAP Project will
bring natural gas produced from Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz-2 gas field, and
other areas of the Caspian Sea, to Turkey and Europe. The TANAP Project,
along with the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP) and the Trans-Adriatic
Pipeline (TAP) form the elements of the Southern Gas Corridor.
The main pipeline within Turkey reach a total of 1850km, along with
off-take stations and aboveground installations, with their total
numbers and properties detailed below:
• 7 compressor stations,
• 4 measuring stations,
• 11 pigging stations,
• 49 block valve stations and
• 2 off-take stations to supply Turkey’s national natural gas network
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