Our industry has always been cyclical in nature, when rig activity levels increase, the demand for competent personnel will also increase.

This inevitably causes a skills gap which historically creates challenges not only in attracting new talent but also retaining existing talent.

As attrition rates increase, organizations will be left with a shortage of the experienced and competent personnel they need to operate safely and meet contractual requirements.

The IAS International team can provide experienced and competent personnel for most senior positions, along with SMEs for Drilling and Lifting disciplines to mitigate against this skills-shortage issue.

• Provision of competent personnel for most senior positions.
• SMEs to help coach and assess new hires and recently promoted personnel.
• Recruitment strategies & campaigns.

The last decade has been a very challenging one for the Oil & Gas industry. We were just starting to regain momentum from the 2014-2016 recession when the Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to a standstill drastically reducing the demand for oil and causing the oil price to drop below zero for the first time ever. We have thankfully seen some stability over the last couple of years with the price being relatively stable in the mid to high seventy USD range.

The industry lost many experienced people during the recessions of the last 10 years and attracting new talent to our industry is increasingly difficult. As competition for limited resources intensifies, talent management and effective workforce planning are quickly becoming a key differentiator in company performance and overall company value.

Companies seeking to be successful need to ensure they have effective systems, processes, and plans in place to maximize productivity as well as attract and retain top talent. These plans should combine an organization’s recruitment strategy, training, development, and competence programs to create a strong succession pipeline of competent employees that are ready to fill any future requirements as they arise.

The IAS International team have experience and expertise in developing highly effective workforce plans that integrate and align all the key elements required to deliver success.

Effective development programs provide organizations with the ability to meet their future workforce manning requirements utilising a proactive and structured approach. Successful development programs will also assist in recruiting new talent and to retain existing talent.

The IAS team can develop bespoke competence-based development programs, fully aligned to your organization’s actual requirements, and aligned to existing training and competence programs. We can develop:

• Accelerated Development Programs
• Nationalization Programs
• Crew Programs
• Supervisory Programs

Travel restrictions during the pandemic highlighted a risk faced by all companies who employ multi-national workforce on projects globally. When combined with governments’ rightful desire to create employment opportunities for their national workforce, we have seen a surge in “Nationalisation” programs. IAS International can provide support and guidance to help clients implement bespoke programs which will enable them to safely develop candidates at an accelerated rate which will minimize crew change challenges, enable them to meet local employment requirements and will also help control costs.

A competent person is someone who has the correct knowledge, attitude, ability, training, and experience for the task at hand AND who can demonstrate this in practice! Programs that do not require the person to demonstrate these key elements of competence are assuming competence and not verifying it.

We can support you as follows:

• Bespoke Competence Assessment Programs
• Bespoke Competence Assurance Management Systems
• Management of your Competence Assurance Programs
• Qualified Assessors

IAS International are experts in the design, implementation and management of competence systems. We can audit client’s existing systems and make recommendations which will improve the system and ensure that the Client receives maximum return on the investment made.