Advantage Competency for Oil and Gas

Advantage Competency for Oil and Gas turns competency into competitive advantage.

We believe it is the most comprehensive industry-specific competency management package currently available for the oil and gas sector.

Advantage Competency for Oil and Gas is a fast, easy route to improved corporate performance. This new software solution delivers powerful, user-friendly functionality to meet all your competency management needs.

In the oil and gas sector people skills are increasingly scarce and competition tight and effective competency management is crucial to:

  • Complying with health and safety regulations
  • Meeting the requirements of Service Level Agreements
  • Maximising individual performance, teamwork and overall productivity

Advantage Competency for Oil and Gas addresses all three issues in a single package. Comprehensive, industry-specific data recording facilities and sophisticated analytical and planning tools enable you to track detailed information about workforce competency, and optimise your development plans. Optimising competency will help you improve service quality, retain customers and improve your market share.

System features

Competency database

Centralises information about qualifications and certifications, independent skills assessment, and training catalogues. Instant access to information for operations planning and delivery.

Record qualifications and targeted training and competency levels for each post; also record competency assessment information, including task-related competencies and assessor competency.

Powerful analysis, reporting and planning tools

Create past present and future resource and competency profiles, and generate outputs for individuals, groups of individuals, or the entire organisation. Produce statistical analyses of workforce competence and identify gaps in training and assessment.

Integrated workforce mobilisation and scheduling

The system is pre-configured to accommodate irregular and regular shift patterns and ad-hoc project mobilisations. A “what if" feature is available for operations planning and delivery.

Integrated career management and succession planning

A people development roadmap – look ahead to the longer term and match competency, training plans and employee aspirations. Includes career management and succession planning tools that integrate with other modules.

Automation and productivity enhancers

An extensive suite of easy-to-use tools and shortcuts. For example: automatically alert training co-ordinators when certification is due to expire; highlight potential Service Level Agreement contraventions; book training courses automatically when pre-configured conditions are met.

Key business benefits

  • Avoid potentially serious and costly breaches of law

  • Reduce the cost of health & safety, legal & contractual compliance

  • Protect margins and increase competitive advantage

  • Make accurate & effective workforce-related decisions

  • Increase employee satisfaction

  • Improve client relationships