Egypt’s Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources is implementing a plan to retrain and redeploy employees across the petroleum sector’s companies to meet operational requirements, preserve accumulated expertise and improve workforce efficiency, according to a ministry statement.
The initiative involves developing employees’ technical and specialist skills and preparing them for new roles at companies facing staffing needs, the ministry said.
As part of the program, 71 employees of Petrotrade in Assiut have undergone specialized training at the Assiut Oil Refining Company’s training centre ahead of their planned transfer to the refinery.
The training, which began on September 28, covered occupational health and safety, environmental protection, oil refining fundamentals, firefighting equipment and quality management systems. It also included change management and preparation for technical working environments and shift patterns.
Separately, seven female engineers from Syanco have received specialized training at the training centre of Suez Oil Processing Company ahead of their planned redeployment there.
Their programs covered distillation unit operations, process efficiency, petroleum project planning and implementation, industrial facilities management, chemical treatment systems, process safety management and energy efficiency in refineries.
The ministry is also training 59 employees of Egypt Gas with intermediate and above-intermediate qualifications at two training centres operated by Cairo Oil Refining Company. The program, which began on November 8, includes 47 trainees at the company’s main centre in Mostorod and 12 at its Tanta centre.
The training covers Egypt Gas’s activities and operational requirements, including production and investment planning, engineering inspection, automation, electrical systems, chemical laboratories, information technology and quality management. Employees are also receiving training in occupational health and safety, firefighting, change management and shift work.
Separately, the ministry has approved the secondment and temporary assignment of 187 employees to other petroleum sector companies. These include 102 employees at production companies, 43 at refining companies, 11 at project companies and 31 at transportation, distribution and petroleum services companies.
The ministry is also working to deploy technical personnel from the Alexandria Petroleum Sector Employees Hospital to Alexandria Petroleum Company, making their expertise available for activities requiring additional staff in the governorate.
The ministry said the workforce restructuring program seeks to improve the allocation of human resources by matching employees’ skills and geographical locations with companies’ operational requirements and expansion plans. It added that the initiative aims to preserve existing expertise, improve productivity and create new career opportunities across the petroleum sector.
