Training to become a Shell Well Engineer - Bernd van den Brekel

My name is Bernd van den Brekel.

I am the Global Manager learning for Wells, so basically responsible for all the training and learning that
goes on in the Wells discipline.
The Wells discipline consists of Wells engineers and what we call completion and intervention Wells
engineers.
Wells engineers are people who are involved in the design and construction of a well.
Completion and intervention are people who are involved in the maintenance of a well.
Where we drill wells, whether it is in the Far East, New Zealand , in China, in Europe,
in Africa, we want to make sure that we apply the same common standard
and we also want to make sure that the people working on these wells are proven competent.
The philosophy of wells training is that of a very structured, blended approach.
We have on the job training, people having meaningful job assignments as well as more training per se, if
you like.
People get issued a Wells distance learning training package which is self study material,
about 8,000 pages which people work through with the help of a local coach and a supervisor
and some mixed classroom training where we make use of tools, normal classroom techniques
and also a drilling simulator for well control purposes.
All this is complemented with exams for people to assess whether they have taken on the learnings and
have proved competency .
We have Round 1 and Round 2 exams, as we call them.
Round 1 exam is typically done after 1 2 years with the company and the Round 2 exam about 2 years
later.

If they dont pass Round 2, they get one other chance so in total they have two chances.
If they dont pass then they cannot progress their career in the discipline.