Seeking Advice on Creating a Competence Framework for Oil and Gas Specialists: Where to Start?

Hi! I am an HR manager working for the Russian oil company. I've been asked to develop a technical competence framework for the oil and gas specialists, which is supposed to be a faithful copy of Western companies' one. Please provide any tips on where I can buy such a competency framework or get information about the way it's designed. Thank you in advance! All info is highly appreciated!

Regards,
Elena

Hi Elena,

No quick fix, I'm afraid, but a lot of backbreaking work is involved. I suggest you visit oil company websites like BP Exploration, Shell Exploration, GE Oil & Gas, etc., and look at all the vacancies they have. By reviewing around 50 of these job descriptions, you should be able to identify the technical competences required for oil and gas specialists. I have attached an example from GE Oil & Gas for a field services engineer.

If you would like to hire me to do this for you and come up with a set of technical competences, please let me know - I should be able to complete it for you within a week.

Good point, Elena, and I agree with you. Could you please share the questionnaire or checklist you use to conduct job analysis?

My Concern is as Follows:

1. Such interviews are lengthy, and people tend to provide a lot of other information that may not be needed for us.
2. When we streamline and filter down those competencies, the challenge is to extract relevant information, and sometimes we feel there are still some gaps due to poor interview sessions.

Is there a template or method to extract competencies from a job description, or is it subjective?

Thanks & Regards,
John