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3 The Current and Future Gulf Workforce
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... "So many facilities Star Community College outside Houston has collocatin the Gulf of Mexico are coming to the end of life," he ed with some of the largest equipment manufacturers said. "Decommissioning is going to perhaps be at the for the oil and gas industry and has developed shared center of our focus… What has happened in the past labs with FMC Technologies, which provides equipdoes not necessarily reflect what is going to happen in ment to industry.
From page 10...
... They A critical factor in resiliency is inclusion, said Pattend to have stronger social support systems, and they rick Barnes, president of BFA Environment, which is a are often more adaptable and flexible. "Hardy people minority-owned multidisciplinary environmental engican take some things in stride without having the real neering and scientific consulting firm, and founder of lows of other people and also without necessarily having Limitless Vistas, Inc.
From page 11...
... what the partnership needed to do. The Greater Hous- The group of 80 people met for six months and ton Partnership is in essence "a chamber of commerce, identified several major areas of growth and developeconomic development organization, and interna- ment in the Houston region, including advanced mantional trade organization rolled into one," said Elaine ufacturing, oil and gas production, the petrochemical Barber, vice president of education and workforce for industry, construction, ports and maritime, and health the partnership.
From page 12...
... "It is essential, going forward great crew change," said Brooke Polk, competence and training our workforce, that we embed behavioral and learning development specialist at the Internation- attributes and safety in everything we do." al Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) , which is a The new courses being developed under the WADI nonprofit organization that serves the needs of drilling also include training in how to deal with some of the contractors, operators, and service companies.
From page 13...
... For example, those resources. "There seems to be a real opportupartnerships are needed that can develop core compe- nity here in developing the workforce to also increase tencies that cut across all industries, including health, their environmental literacy." Connecting workers to environmental restoration and monitoring, and oil and the environment in which they work would help the gas production.


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