WIRELINE Issue 36 - Summer 2016

COMPETENCE SERVICES

OPITO

OPITO’s Competency Management System Approval OPITO’s Competency Management System

(CMS) Approval is designed to ensure high quality performance and safe working practice across the offshore workforce. With personnel guaranteed to be working to best practice criteria, UK oil and gas firms with an approved OPITO CMS in place are recognised as being amongst the best businesses in the world. The independently approved system not only ensures there is measured development of employees’ skills sets, it helps to set and maintain a framework for continuous improvement and performance management, driving efficiencies and delivering cost benefits across a business. Best practice competency system Five operators are amongst the 25 companies in the UK with an OPITO approved system in place. Nexen, one of the largest oil producers in the North Sea, implemented the OPITO scheme by developing and enhancing its own in-house process. This led to additional roles and responsibilities being identified and created within the organisation, ensuring that a best in class sustainable system is delivered.

OPITO’s CMS approval: • Drives efficiencies and delivers cost benefits across business • Demonstrates commitment to maintaining industry criteria • Demonstrates a high level of competence to clients and industry bodies • Provides a structured and measured system of audit services • Provides organisations more control over managing risk

For more information, please contact: Tel: 01227 787800 Email: reception@opito.com Web: www.opito.com

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