Oilennium partners with Weatherford on global risk management training program

Oilennium Ltd announced the global rollout of a multilingual Risk Management training program developed for Weatherford International Ltd’s Drilling Hazard Mitigation Business Unit (DHM BU).

The new program offers an overview of Essential Risk Management (ERM) and Operational Risk Management (ORM). Its primary objectives are to introduce the learner to the principles of risk, and the tools to manage risk. 

Available in English and Spanish, the program is comprised of six modules.  It begins with an explanation of risk and how it can be measured.  It then goes on to explain how risk is managed through administrative processes. Individual procedures are examined in detail to demonstrate where, when, and how they should be used in the workplace.  By the time the learner successfully completes the final module, he will understand the concept of risk, hazards, and a risk matrix.  He will also know how to evaluate risk and how levels of risk can be reduced.

Initially developed by Oilennium in cooperation with the QHSE department of Weatherford’s DHM BU, Weatherford has just rolled out the Risk Management program globally via Oilennium’s online Learning Management System. Every Weatherford DHM employee can now log-in to undertake training relevant to their particular region, while managers monitor their individual progress.

Weatherford’s partnership with Oilennium has already generated results by providing readily accessible training to its DHM employees based in the United States. 

“With the recent global rollout of the program, every DHM employee around the world can take advantage of it using the Company intranet, with significant benefits in terms of efficient delivery, cost reduction by eliminating the need for classroom presentations, and ease of monitoring using the Learning Management System which makes it possible for supervisory staff to check progress,” said Adrian Houlbrook, global QHSE manager for Weatherford DHM.

“The partnership approach we rely upon to develop training is a benchmark standard that ensures that we - as developers - create exactly what the client needs,” said Kevin Keable, Managing Director of Oilennium.

The course content was designed to be generic, and as such has received much wider use within Weatherford than originally envisaged. It is now a pre-requisite for other classroom courses, used as a component of induction training in some regions, and is included in the Weatherford Competency system for both technicians and engineers.  It was even nominated for the prestigious Chairman’s Award.

Looking ahead, the multilingual program is also being considered for use as a component of new hire inductions and for regional staff training.