Case study

Competence Management and Training Portal for Petrofac Training Services

Episcript developed a custom portal that brought competency, training and workforce development information for Petrofac Training Services into one structured platform.

Organising a large competency and training library for Petrofac

Petrofac is an international energy services company that designs, builds, manages and maintains energy infrastructure around the world.

For Petrofac Training Services, managing workforce competency involved a large amount of information. Training programmes, competency units, qualifications, assessment guidelines, job profiles and supporting documents all needed to be organised in a way that employees and trainers could easily use.

Project at a glance

Industry
Energy services
System delivered
Competence Management and Training Portal
Platform
Custom built

A custom Competence Management and Training Portal

Episcript developed a custom Competence Management and Training Portal to bring Petrofac's training and competency resources together into one structured platform.

The system included:

  • Competence Catalogue
  • Competence Profile Builder
  • Course and programme catalogue
  • Competency units
  • Qualifications
  • On-the-job training resources
  • Blended learning materials
The Competence Catalogue in Petrofac's Competence Management and Training Portal, listing competency units and courses by discipline

Building competency profiles around real job roles

The Competence Profile Builder was one of the key parts of the platform. Instead of simply presenting users with a library of documents, it allowed competency requirements to be organised around actual job roles. Users could define areas such as:

  • Job or position title
  • Industry sector
  • Competency level
  • Relevant competencies
  • HSSE requirements
  • Mandatory and regulatory competencies
  • Leadership and management competencies
  • Technical competencies

The platform supported different competency levels, from new entrants through to experienced practitioners and experts. This gave Petrofac a structured way to connect each role with the knowledge, skills and competency standards expected for that position.

Making a large training library easier to navigate

A major part of the project involved organising Petrofac's extensive training and competency materials into a structured database. The portal brought together course descriptors, learner workbooks, competency units, assessment guidelines, operating procedures and other training documentation.

It also supported areas such as:

  • Course and programme catalogues
  • Qualifications
  • Job and position descriptions
  • On-the-job training
  • Blended learning
  • Training needs analysis
  • Assessment procedures
  • Safe operating procedures

Search and categorisation tools made it easier for users to locate relevant information by discipline, competency and training topic.

Search results in Petrofac's Competence Management and Training Portal, with training documents filtered by discipline, competency and training topic

Supporting training beyond the classroom

The platform supported more than conventional classroom training.

Petrofac's framework included on-the-job learning, computer-based training, e-learning, virtual classrooms and distance learning.

The system became a central point for connecting training materials with job requirements, competency standards, operating procedures and assessment criteria.

Outcomes

One platform for competency, training and workforce development

Episcript developed a customised Competence Management and Training Portal that transformed a large collection of training programmes, competency standards and supporting documents into a structured, searchable online system.

One central platform connecting job roles, competency profiles, training programmes, qualifications, assessments and training resources, making Petrofac's workforce development information easier to organise, find and use.

Next step

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