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Learning & Development Programs

Talent Management

Instructor-Led

Self-Directed

Competency

Learning & Development Programs

Talent Management

Instructor-Led
Self-Directed
Competency
Classroom and Simulation Learning

Our instructional programs designed for the oil and gas sector blend lecture, group discussion, and business simulation games to maximizes learning.

e-Learning Courses

Our comprehensive e-Learning products cover industry-specific content and business essentials in all key aspects of the international oil and gas industry.

CMS Online Software

Our proprietary competency management software, assessment, learning, and reporting software incorporates the entire process into one system.

Virtual Learning

Our programs allow you and your team to learn at your own pace, from home or office, and feature a broad curriculum.

Athena Microlearning

Our 5- to 8-minute learning sessions with rich nuggets of content drives job performance and enables participants to learn, retain, and apply knowledge.

Competency Models and Services

Our competency management learning solution offers everything from assessment and assurance through blended development opportunities.

Learning & Development Programs

Instructor-Led

Classroom and Simulation Learning

Our instructional programs designed for the oil and gas sector blend lecture, group discussion, and business simulation games to maximizes learning.

Virtual Learning

Our programs allow you and your team to learn at your own pace, from home or office, and feature a broad curriculum.

Self-Directed

e-Learning Courses

Our comprehensive e-Learning products cover industry-specific content and business essentials in all key aspects of the international oil and gas industry.

Athena Microlearning

Our 5- to 8-minute learning sessions with rich nuggets of content drives job performance and enables participants to learn, retain, and apply knowledge.

Learning & Development Programs

Competency

CMS Online Software

Our proprietary competency management software, assessment, learning, and reporting software incorporates the entire process into one system.

Competency Models and Services

Our competency management learning solution offers everything from assessment and assurance through blended development opportunities.

New Offering

Clean Energy & Sustainability

As the world pivots toward a sustainable energy future, IHRDC is now at the forefront of preparing the oil and gas workforce for the transition to net-zero carbon emissions. Our new strategic initiative offers a comprehensive set of courses and competency training tools designed to empower energy industry professionals with the knowledge and skills needed for this seismic shift.

 

IHRDC's Business Lines | Thought Leadership

For more than 50 years, IHRDC has led the industry in Learning & Development and Talent Management methodologies using proven technologies in innovative applications. Our three business lines including Instructional Programs, e-Learning Solutions and Competency Management, are constantly evolving, offering new products and services to solve our clients’ learning goals as new challenges emerge. Explore our thought leadership pages below to learn more about our underpinning core principles that guide new development.

Instructional Programs

Adult Learning, Blended, Innovative, Virtual, Acclaimed

Delivering highly acclaimed, instructional programs for energy professionals, in both live and virtual formats, combine our strong faculty with blended learning resources. Programs are designed around Adult Learning Principles to be engaging, enjoyable, competency focused and, most of all, allow learning to be internalized at the highest level.

e-Learning Solutions

Inspired, Innovative,
Instructional 

IHRDC has been the oil and gas industry’s e-Learning leader and innovator for more than 50 years. We are a proven advocate for our clients and we remain committed to designing, producing, and publishing enhanced virtual solutions to meet the industry’s evolving needs.

Competency Management

Drive Your Talent Strategy with our Competencies Expertise

By delivering our competency assessment services to the oil, gas, and power industries, we have partnered with our clients using our team of specialists, a comprehensive database of competency models, and our industry-leading competency management software, CMS Online.

What Training Product or Service Do You Need Today?

Find IHRDC Training Products or Services to Improve Your Energy Skills

Management Change at IHRDC​

We are proud to share the news that Brad Donohue, IHRDC’s VP of Competency Management, has been named as our new President and CEO. He is succeeding Dave Donohue, our founder, who has led the firm for 54 years and now assumes the role of Chairman. For more on our new management appointments and what they mean for our clients, you can find the details here.
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Learning Pathways

IHRDC’s Pathways enable learners to progress in their training from foundational industry knowledge, to generalized functional training, and finally to industry segment-specific learning. By following these plans, learners can achieve the required level of competency to better perform their jobs.

Watch Now

Take a few minutes to watch these three informative webinars that outline our leading energy industry training product offerings. 

Energy Transition through 2050

This program responds to the most pressing challenge faced by energy suppliers and consumers today: The energy transition commitments that you, your company as well as governments must make to reduce carbon emissions to net-zero.

During this 5 day program, (March 4-8, 2024 in London, U.K.) you will learn the drivers of global warming, the extent of global energy demand growth through 2050, and potential emission-reduction strategies associated with energy supply & demand, and carbon capture projects to limit global warming. You will also learn the various actions that stakeholders, including governments, corporations, advocates, and energy supply companies, take or could establish to promote action and achieve these important goals.

 

Prospect Generation

Join IHRDC’s Timothy Donohue, Executive Vice President, e-Learning Solutions and Dean Mento, Discipline Manager, Petroleum Geophysics as they introduce IHRDC’s new IPIMS e-Learning topic: Prospect Generation. They will discuss why this topic is of value to the industry and summarize and demonstrate the topic content including:

Identifying Geologic Anomalies as Leads and Prospects; Distinct Rock Classifications of a Petroleum System; Defining The Five Essential Components for Petroleum Accumulation; Explaining the Purpose of Geophysical Reconnaissance Surveys; Risk Assessment; and, Economic Analysis.

How do you manage competence?

In this webinar, Brad Donohue, VP of Competency Management at IHRDC, demonstrates CMS Online | IHRDC’s Learning Platform. Learn how CMS Online manages assessments, tracks compliance requirements, provides a gateway to various learning options and provides integrated business analytics reporting. Let us show you how CMS Online can streamline your learning and development activities to ensure a competent workforce.

IHRDC’s Award-Winning Achievements

We have consistently earned recognition for the innovative and effective education and training programs, products, and services we have developed for our global customers.

The Telly Awards

IHRDC is the proud recipient of 18 Telly Awards for our outstanding workplace education and training videos.

Petroleum Industry Training Provider of the Year

IHRDC received this award in 2010, 2011, and 2012 to recognize our longstanding commitment to providing innovative training, competency management, and e-learning resources to the oil and gas industry.

AVA Digital Awards

IHRDC received a Platinum, first-place award in 2011 to recognize Petroleum Online’s interactive suite as an extraordinary example of web-based training. Additionally IHRDC received AVA Gold awards in 2018 and 2020 recognizing IPIMS.

Corporate Award for Excellence in Distance Learning

IHRDC’s IPIMS e-Learning program won the 2003 Corporate Award for Excellence in Distance Learning Programming from the U.S. Distance Learning Association in Washington, DC.

IPIMS Video Wins AVA Gold Award

As part of IHRDC’s ongoing program to upgrade the extensive IPIMS library of e-Learning topics related to Upstream Petroleum Technology, we produce new video content that make courses both timely and engaging for our audience of E&P professionals. IHRDC’s “Unconformities and Tectonic History” video, part of IPIMS topic, Basic Seismic Interpretation has won a Gold Award from AVA Digital Awards. This international competition recognizes excellence demonstrated by creative professionals responsible for the planning, concept, design and production of digital communications.

Latest News

Catch up on the latest IHRDC news as well as the current topics featured in our Perspectives on the Oil and Gas Business blog.

Learning to Work Remotely

The COVID-19 pandemic changed office work routines around the globe as lockdowns and worries about the spread of infection caused millions of employees to start

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