As part of its contributions to the development of Nigerian Content, Cameron Flow Control Technology Nigeria on Monday graduated the first set of trainee engineers from its one-year internship programme, with a number of them gaining automatic employment with the company.
Speaking at the event, Director of the company, Mr. Sunny Nwankwo stated that the company conceived the programme out of its determination to develop the human capital, grow its business and contribute to the Nigerian oil and gas industry.
Explaining that the internship scheme was different from the Human Capacity Development (HCD) programme implemented by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) whereby trainees are selected and attached to regular industry projects, Nwankwo stressed that Cameron bore the entire cost of the programme put at $300,000.
He noted that the trainee engineers had become adept in the use of equipment, operations and culture of Cameron, assuring that the programme would continue despite the dwindled oil prices and other operational challenges facing the industry.
In his presentation, the District Manager, Cameron Flow Control Technology Nigeria, Mr. Aloy Chiege explained that the company imbibed Nigerian Content as its business strategy not because it needed to comply with contractual requirements but rather to contribute to the socio-economic stability of the country and growth of the business environment.
He confirmed that the company was currently assembling high-tech industry equipments like valves, Christmas trees wellheads in-country and was gearing up to build an additional workshop dedicated to equipment assembly.
He also announced plans by the company to commence university out-reach programmes whereby it would offer learning aids and equipments to engineering departments and provide academic guidance to final year and graduate students undertaking projects relevant to the company’s sphere of operations.
Giving further insight on the internship programme, Chiege explained that the beneficiaries were selected through a competitive process and the training held at the company’s base, various oil fields and overseas.
The programme consisted of formal theory, workshop and field service trainings accumulating 15,024 training hours.
The District Manager stated that the trainees were found worthy of working in the company and though it could only absorb two of the interns presently, they had garnered trainings and certifications that would make them attractive to other employers in the industry.
In his welcome address, the General Manager, Capacity Building Division, NCDMB, Engr. Ikpomosa Oviasu commended Cameron Flow Control Technology for the initiative, which aligned with the NCDMB’s drive for in-country’s value addition, development and utilization of local capacity in the oil and gas industry.
The General Manager who was represented by a Manager in the Division, Engr. Frank Ibi noted that the Board had introduced several human capacity development programmes in collaboration with operating and service companies, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and other stakeholders to train engineers, welders, technicians and other industry hands.
He charged other industry stakeholders to emulate Cameron and collaborate with the Board to build human capacity to bridge identified gaps in the industry development programmes in collaboration with operating and service companies, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and other stakeholders to train engineers, welders, technicians and other industry hands.
He charged other industry stakeholders to emulate Cameron and collaborate with the Board to build human capacity to bridge identified gaps in the industry
