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Title: Program For Training A Measurement Technician
Author: L. S. Price
Source: 1985 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1985
Abstract: Training of measurement personnel has become increasingly important during the past few years due to the drastic increase in energy costs. My Companys energy costs have more than tripled which appears to be consistant nation wide. This drastic increase in gas costs and the loss of many of our senior experienced employees due to retirement or being employed by other companies, caused our Companys top management to place top priority on training measurement personnel. In the past our company had used the on-the-job approach and equipment suppliers training schools to train personnel on specific equipment. Most companies in the past thought experience alone was the best way to train and develop new employees. In most cases this method required many years to produce proficient technicians and proved to be very costly. Many companies have lost a large portion of their experienced employees and no longer have supervisors or technicians qualified to adequately train new employees. This method also limits the employees ability due to the wide variety of equipment in many geographic areas. The on-the-job approach is needed to some degree but does not always produce the desired results. The new employees often pattern their work habits and attitudes after the senior employee providing the training. In some cases the bad habits outweigh the good habits and many of the important items are never passed on to the new employee. Quite often the senior employee may not fully understand the operation of some of the more sophisticated equipment, may not be a good instructor or the specific area does not have the wide variety of equipment needed for training new employees. During the early part of 1981, our Company constructed a Transmission Technical Training Center and equipped the facility with virtually all the various equipment used in our system today including a live flow lab to demonstrate flow conditions and for use in hands-on-training. A similar Distribution Technical Training Center was constructed for our Distribution Division employees in 1982. Based on a survey of our entire system, we felt this approach was necessary to keep abreast of new technology in the rapid development of the gas industry and to develop employees on a timely schedule. The Transmission facility is shown in Figure No. 1.

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