May 1, 2022
With the graduation of 37 employees from the operational area from the Barrancabermeja Refinery, the Professionalization Program of Refining and Petrochemical Process Engineering was concluded, it was completed in the Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS).
This program contributed to strengthen ties between the academy and industry, the professional growth of the students and improvement in the processes execution. As well as to raise the competencies of the operational shift team, impact the analysis with depth and fundamental of the process, improving operative decision making and promoting knowledge transference in the team.
As part of the initiative of generational renewal of operators from the Vice-presidency of Refining and Industrial Processes, the Comprehensive Basic Training Program for Operators was redesigned (FIBO), 59 operators where part of this project. This program seeks to instill in the new workers the company’s cultural statement, fundamental concepts of the industry and operation, promoting collective leadership, operational excellence, humility in a diversity environment, inclusion, and exceptional performance.
The following topics were covered in the program:
HSE
ECP Culture
Processes safety
Industrial Security
Structured Operation
Asset Management
Legal Certifications
Emergency Control
Fundamentals of refining processes
Educational Plan Benefit, Current Collective Labor Agreement CCTV
In compliance with the Collective Labor Agreement CCTV, workers covered by it, have access to an Educational Plan benefit for them and their beneficiaries that allows them "to carry out their studies in preschool, elementary, junior high school and high school according to the curriculum approved by educational institutions, intermediate careers, distance education with its introductory level (including virtual careers), university or similar, as well as postgraduate studies through scholarship allocation" (taken from the Educational Plan Guide for employees benefiting from the Collective Labor Agreement). In 2022, this benefit had continuity, since it contributes to the professionalization of workers (+8800 participants in technical/technological careers, undergraduate degrees, and postgraduate degrees)