NCDMB Trains Over 10,000 Nigerians in High-Demand Oil Skills

The top-10 skills for the Field Readiness Program are: Sub-sea Engineers (wellheads, flowlines, umbilicals, sub-sea trees, etc.); Underwater Welders; Control and Automation Engineers (including cementing, well controls, and rig operations); Helicopter Pilots; Seamen/Sailors (including vessel mechanics/electricians); Production and Maintenance Engineers (Control Room Operators, Maintenance Crew); QA/QC Engineers (including NDT Levels 1,2, and 3); Geoscience Engineers (including Seismic, Geophysics, Wellsite Geology, etc.) and Digitization and Digitalization (AI, ML, IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Drones, etc.)

This program is only open to participants aged below 35 years, who possess OND/HND/BSC in Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Civil, Gas, Welding and Metallurgy. Other applicable fields are Geology, Geophysics, Computer Sciences/ Engineering and other science related disciplines

Guidelines for participation are outlined below:
1. New individuals: create account on https://lnkd.in/dm7qTTA7: update your profile and academic records, and complete the NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program Registration

2. Individuals with incomplete profile on https://lnkd.in/dm7qTTA7: update your profile and academic records and proceed to register for the NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program

3. Individuals with complete profile on https://lnkd.in/dm7qTTA7: proceed to register for the NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program. Individuals can only select maximum of three (3) skills under the program in the order of their preferred priority

He confirmed that most of the skills gap closure will be for a minimum of 12 months, while some will be for longer durations. The program will have four key segments, namely, classroom training, laboratory/workshop practicals, skills certifications, with emphasis on hands-on work experience, which will entail a minimum of six months on-the-job-training (OJT) carried out in partnership with service companies to impart necessary skills on participants and make them field-ready

He announced that trainees who complete the program and assessed as competent and field-ready shall be included in the Board’s skills database for circulation to service and operating companies in fulfilment of the NOGICD Act. He assured that participants will be provided with pre-mobilization medicals, monthly stipends, PPEs, and requisite insurance coverage to ensure they are well-supported

The October 14, 2025 announcement of Final Investment Decision (FID) on US$2 billion HI Field Gas Project by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) and Sunlink Energies and Resources Limited, was the latest in a portfolio of new mega projects, following US$550 million UBETA Gas Project by Total Energies, launched in September 2024, and Bonga North Deepwater, worth US$5 billion announced by SNEPCO in December 2024