HOUSTON, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes is the
first integrated oilfield service company to receive full
accreditation of its Competence Management Program from the
International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC).
IADC's system for accrediting competency assurance
programs reviews and confirms that a company's program
meets accepted practices to develop and evaluate personnel
across a wide array of job functions and product lines. IADC
is a leader in developing standards for industry training and
has exclusively represented the worldwide oil and gas
industry.
The Baker Hughes Competence Management Program, based on
compliance, reliability and performance gives company
employees the training and tools necessary to be able to meet
and exceed current and upcoming operating requirements and
government regulations. It offers a way to measure the
experience Baker Hughes employees bring to each project and
provides them a career path.
"Proactively seeking this full accreditation of our
competence system required thorough audits by IADC,"
Baker Hughes' President of Global Products and Services
Art Soucy said. "This accreditation stands as further
evidence of our company's commitment to compliance and
reliability, and is a way to let our customers know each of
our employees is proficient to work where they are
assigned."
In order to receive the IADC Accreditation, Baker
Hughes' Competence Management Program was reviewed
during the course of several months, including a review of
the performance criteria Baker Hughes has in place through
curriculum managers and competency managers, who work closely
with those in the technical, engineering and operations
fields. IADC also looked at Baker Hughes' process for
defining competencies, training resources and methods to
support the training and development process, as well as the
company's assessment system for evaluating competency.
Documentation and quality assurance also was considered.
"Baker Hughes' accreditation reflects a new
approach at IADC to help ensure that not only are drilling
contractors meeting a high level of standards in developing
employee competency, but oilfield service companies are
meeting the same competency assurance standards as
well," said Mark Denkowski, IADC Vice President of
Accreditation & Certification Programs. "IADC
congratulates Baker Hughes on becoming IADC Competence
Assurance accredited and demonstrating to the industry and
the public that the company has a formal system in place for
evaluating the performance of its personnel."
Baker Hughes is a leading supplier of oilfield services,
products, technology and systems to the worldwide oil and
natural gas industry. The company's 57,000-plus
employees today work in more than 80 countries helping
customers find, evaluate, drill, produce, transport and
process hydrocarbon resources. For more information on Baker
Hughes' century-long history, visit www.bakerhughes.com.
CONTACTS:
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