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Offshore eLearning Sans Internet Access

Oilennium Ltd., a Petrofac Training Services (PTS) compa- tage of that time to progress through some of the 50 courses ny that provides eLearning training services to the oil and gas available on topics ranging from leadership and management industry, announced that since Dolphin Geophysical deployed to those with a technical or HSE focus. With the ConTrainer, the ConTrainer on its global ? eet of seismic vessels, the com- downtime is never “lost time.” pany has experienced an improvement in its ability to deliver During the past two years, Dolphin Geophysical installed health, safety and technical training to its crews offshore. ConTrainers at its Bergen base and throughout its entire ? eet.

The ConTrainer, a standalone Learning Management System Approximately 424 registered users have access to 50 courses (LMS) that features training content for the oil and gas in- that can be viewed any time. The training program has been so dustry on a small computer system, offers eLearning modules successful that Oilennium has been commissioned to provide offshore and in remote locations. another 20 modules, including two bespoke courses dedicated

Developed by Oilennium, the ConTrainer was created in to a company safety induction, that are scheduled for installa- response to demand from oil and gas companies seeking to tion on every Dolphin Geophysical ConTrainer in 2015.

provide interactive learning for employees working in remote In addition to delivering consistent health, safety and techni- locations where access to the Internet is intermittent. cal knowledge, Dolphin Geophysical’s training department is

Norway’s Dolphin Geophysical, which supplies marine geo- kept up-to-date on the progress of every user. This is achieved physical services with its ? eet of seven seismic vessels, recog- through a custom, graphic online dashboard, which provides a nized a need to train its crews consistently, whether offshore snapshot and long-term results in an easy-to-view format. Ev- or docked in harbor. ery day at the same time, each of the eight ConTrainers sends “Before we began using the ConTrainer, our efforts to train a report on user progress, allowing training managers to assess crews on vessels via eLearning systems were compromised the level of eLearning on a vessel-by-vessel basis.

by constrained VSAT access to the internet, which most eL- Every ConTrainer is populated with an on-site version of the earning systems require,” said Mike Hodge, Vice President of Oilennium Learning Management System, the interactive learn-

QHSE for Dolphin Geophysical. “To test the effectiveness of ing modules and learners’ user details. The unit, which can be the ConTrainer, we conducted a three-month trial on two of our connected to the client’s network or standalone, is then placed new 3D vessels Polar Duke and Polar Duchess, in international in the remote location where employees are working, and inter- waters. We were able to monitor learners’ progress from our net access is limited or unreliable. As a part of their competence global headquarters in Bergen, Norway. We were impressed development, employees can access the LMS, and progress by the rapid uptake by our crews. The compelling, media-rich through the learning modules. The modules fall into four broad quality of the programs really engaged them, and fuelled their categories: 1) Introduction to Oil and Gas, 2) QHSE, 3) Techni- desire to progress, which in turn enhanced retention.” cal Courses and 4) Leadership and Management. Tailor-made

Because the ConTrainer is not dependent on unbroken con- or existing modules can also be installed remotely from the UK nectivity to the Internet, it has meant that during downtime of? ce onto the ConTrainer, making them readily available. caused by bad weather, for example, crews can take advan- www.oilennium.com

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