Bismarck, N.D. – The North Dakota Petroleum Council is proud to announce the launch of ONE BASIN - One Way! , a standardized contractor safety orientation program. The ONE BASIN - One Way! advisory committee has selected the North Dakota Safety Council, TrainND Northwest, and Diamond B to provide the standardized training.
Currently,
contractors for the oil and gas industry must meet orientation and training
requirements for each company they perform work for throughout the year.
The average contractor sits through 4-8 orientations, with similar material
being presented each time. This adds up to almost 1.25 million lost
manhours due to redundant training. Members of the North Dakota Petroleum
Council (NDPC) identified this duplicative training as an area they could
increase efficiency. Last spring, they began developing a standardized
orientation program with input from 99 committee members including producers,
contractors and training providers.
These efforts
produced the ONE BASIN
-
One Way!
program, an
orientation program that covers safety orientation at all producer’s
sites. This will eliminate the need for contractors to sit through hours
of orientations at every site where they work. Simplifying what
contractors need to learn will also lead to a better understanding of the rules
and guidelines at all sites, safer work practices, and fewer injuries. By
consolidating these individual programs into one program delivering fifty five
prominent safety topics, the ONE BASIN
-
One
Way!
program will deliver a robust safety
orientation while concentrating on improving the overall industry safety
record.
To provide the
training, the ONE BASIN
-
One Way!
advisory
committee selected the North Dakota Safety Council, TrainND Northwest, and Diamond
B.
The North
Dakota Safety Council (NDSC) is a private non-profit whose mission is to
reduce injuries and save lives through effective training techniques in a
diverse lineup of courses. The NDSC provides training all across the
region utilizing 11 full- and part-time safety consultants. The NDSC has a
proven track record with standardized safety training due to its work with the
Energy Coalition for Contractor Safety (ECCS).
TrainND
Northwest
is a training
organization with a mission to provide North Dakota with a safe and highly
skilled workforce. TrainND NW is located in Williston, ND, and is powered by
Williston State College. They have a proven track record of delivering
contractor orientations and building custom trainings. TrainND has multiple
trainers on staff with a passion for safety and a wealth of experience in the
oil & gas industry.
Diamond B
has an office in Fargo, ND with a large
presence in the Bakken. They developed a software platform called ProCertX
which was built specifically for the training and certification challenges
subcontractors and producers face. ProCertX delivers value-added solutions that
reduce administrative workload through a highly scalable, modern, cloud-based
solution.
This coalition
will provide training as well as database management to assist companies and
contractors in tracking who has attended training and when it must be completed
again. The North Dakota Petroleum Council is encouraging all its members
to join the ONE BASIN
-One Way!
program so we can see increased efficiencies and safety
across the oil and gas workforce in North Dakota. ONE BASIN
-
One Way!
will have a formal kickoff on February 19, 2019,
in conjunction with the NDSC annual safety conference.