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International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences

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Impact of Intensive Training and Quality Assessment on Core Competency of Oil And Gas Employees in Yemen Petroleum Companies Fall Under Competency Framework

Ahmed AL-Qadhi, Abdulaziz Abdullah

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i4/9719

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The Competency model is vitally essential for the protection of petroleum companies workforce during operations, commissioning, shutdown, troubleshooting, maintenance and any lack of the core competencies of employees would lead to production interruption, damage assets, environments and company reputation, likewise this research focused on several aspects including intensive training, quality assessment to identify the core competency level in term of competency model, wherefore purposive sample was employed and 350 technical employees from operation, maintenance, and safety division ,meanwhile qualitative and quantitative study conducted among expertise and oil and gas employees , and collected data analyzed and interpreted by statistical methods (SPSS and SEM ). The result of data interpretation provides affirmation of significant positive effect of intensive training on employees' core competence with limited specific gaps in safety issues and troubleshooting and recommending action plan to bridge such gaps. The impact of this factor resulted into 60% of core competency success

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In-Text Citation: (AL-Qadhi & Abdullah, 2021)
To Cite this Article: AL-Qadhi, A., & Abdullah, A. (2021). Impact of Intensive Training and Quality Assessment on Core Competency of Oil And Gas Employees in Yemen Petroleum Companies Fall Under Competency Framework. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11(4), 750–770.