Our Past Training Related Projects

Syncrude Canada Limited

Petroleum

UE-1 Project

• Developed task inventories
• Conducted hazard identification and risk/criticality analysis for all operating and maintenance tasks for the new refinery and extraction units associated with the expansion project

SER Project

• Developed task inventories 
• Conducted hazard identification and risk/criticality analysis for each task associated with the project

FFT-CFSP Project

• Developed task inventories 
• Conducted hazard identification and risk/criticality analysis for each task
• Developed training packages for each 8 operating job posts, including classroom training material, competency evaluations, field training guides, and competency review check sheets

Tailings and Lease Development

• Developed tailings and lease development training packages, including operator training manuals, trainer guides, learner guides, competency evaluations, and field review checklists

Utilities and Offsites

• Provided technical authoring and technical illustrating of wastewater treatment training manual for Mildred Lake and Aurora plant sites, including collection and treatment processes

Equipment and Reliability Engineering

• Technical writing of the Electrical Equipment Quality Assurance Manual

Suncor Energy

Petroleum

Oil Sands Extractions Operations

• Plant 4 – Froth Treatment Plant Training Manual
• Plant 87 – IPS Operations Training Manual

Plant 85/86

• Primary extraction control room operator procedures

Millennium Project

• Facilitated the operating task analysis workshops to develop the operating procedures for all new equipment and processes installed in the Millennium upgrading project

Petro Canada 

(now Suncor Mackay River)

Petroleum

Designed and developed process operations training manuals for:

• Well pads
• Process water treatment units
• CoGen unit
• Plant overview

Shell Canada

Petroleum

Shell Albian Sands Expansion 1 Project

• Technical writing of Expansion 1 Maintenance Procedures
• Muskeg River Mine High Temperature Froth Treatment (HTFT):
  • Completed field training and competency evaluation check sheets for 4 field operator positions and main control room operators
  • Created independent level and certified level competency development programs for all field and control room job posts
  • Managed the HTFT training department

Peace River Complex Well Pad #19

• Developed commissioning and startup plans
• Developed training plans
• Developed Operator Training Manuals for Well Pad #19
• Developed startup procedures

Opti-Canada Inc. 

(Now Nexen)

Petroleum

Long Lake Project

• Developed task inventories 
• Conducted hazard identification and risk/criticality analysis for each task associated with the greenfield plant
• Mechanical maintenance task analysis for greenfield startup

SaskPower

Utilities

2nd Class Power Engineering A3 Paper Tutorial Project

• Developed training program curriculum (lesson plans, presentation material, handouts) for a 10-day tutorial offered to SaskPower employees preparing to write their 2nd class power engineering A3 paper
• Delivered two 10-day tutorial sessions

Metro Vancouver Water District

Municipal Government

Secondary Treatment Facilities

• Developed and/or revised procedures and field training for Secondary Treatment Facilities 
• Facilitation of operating task analysis workshops and HIRAs

Capilano Hypochlorite Dosing Facility

• Operations and maintenance procedures (operating, maintenance, confined space entry, lockout, preventive maintenance, emergency response, rescue)

Train-the-Trainer

• Developed a training workshop: Training Presentation Skills

Metro Vancouver Corporate Safety

Municipal Government

Training Needs Analysis

Metro Vancouver Parks Department

Municipal Government

Working Alone or in Isolation

• Task analysis to define task inventory and risk/criticality analysis

Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District

Municipal Government

Development of Computer-based Training Modules

• Re-designed the wastewater treatment facilities computer-based orientation training program for workers, contractors, and visitors
• Developed lesson plans 
• Conducted training workshop for updating the computer-based training material

Development of Plant Orientation Training Programs

• Developed training programs for each of the wastewater treatment facilities in the GVRD
• Updated wastewater treatment program operations training material

Wastewater Treatment Program

• Developed confined space entry procedures
• Developed and delivered the following custom training programs:
  • Confined Space Entry Program Training
  • Respiratory Program Training
  • Lockout Program Training

Mead Corporation

Pulp & Paper

Job Task Analysis

• Pulp process assistant

Georgia Pacific

Pulp & Paper

Operating Task Analysis for ClO2 and Bleach Plant

• Developed operating procedures for:
  • Chlorine dioxide plant 
  • Bleach plant

Propal Productora de Papeles S.A. 

(now Carvajal Pulpa y Papel)

Pulp and Paper

Competency Development Project

• Designed and developed mill wide competency-based training program for operations and maintenance personnel in more than 500 job positions throughout two pulp and paper plants
• Involved designing a competency program for training, evaluating and certifying all operations and maintenance employees
• Designed and developed career/succession planning programs for professionals/management positions at two pulp and paper plants

Train-the-Trainer

• Developed the following training programs:
  • Desarrollar y Usar Planes de Lecciónes
  • Presentación de Entrenamiento
  • Escribiendo Técnico

Corporación Centro de Capacitación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Papelera (Cenpapel)

Industrial Training and Development Organization

Training Needs Analysis of the Colombian Pulp and Paper Industry

• Conducted a training needs analysis of pulp and paper producers within Colombia, South America

Standards and Certification Program

• Designed and developed a set of standards and a program to certify operators in the Colombian pulp and paper industry
• Using the standards and certification program, Cenpapel (Corporación Centro de Capacitación y Desarrollo Tecnológico para la Industria Papelera de Colombia) became accredited as a certifying organization under the Sistema Nacional de Normalización, Certificación y Metrología

Rubbermix S.A.

Manufacturing

Plant-Wide Job Task Analysis

• Conducted task analyses for all operating job positions at the tire manufacturing facility

Primac Reliability Consultants Ltd.

Industrial Equipment Condition Monitoring

Designed and developed Phase I of the Condition Monitoring Specialist competency development program:

• Designed and developed Phase I of the Condition Monitoring Specialist competency development program: Phase I (competency profile and competency training)

Lafarge Canada

Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing

Job Task Analysis for:

• Canadian sales rep
• Human resources assistant

Lafarge Corporation

Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing

Job Task Analysis for:

• US sales rep
• US human resources administrator

Train-the-Trainer

• Developed workshop: DACUM Facilitation