Workforce skills

Even if geological conditions for the presence of hydrocarbons are promising, host country political and fiscal conditions must also be favourable for the commercial success of exploration ventures. Distance to potential markets, existence of an infrastructure, and availability of a skilled workforce are further parameters which need to be evaluated before a long term commitment can be made. 

Training grants and/or facilities to assist towards the cost of acquiring a suitably skilled workforce ... 

The complexity of the plant design, the degree of sophistication, and the quality requirements of the fine chemicals to be produced the necessity to process hazardous chemicals the sensitivity of product specifications to changes of reaction parameters and the availability of a skilled workforce all determine the degree of automation that is advisable. 

Clearly, in a large outbreak, the demand for mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit beds, and skilled personnel could overwhelm available resources. Chapter 6 will discuss the role that physicians can play in addressing the skilled workforce needs during a mass disaster. 

Schedule training and refresher training to maintain a properly skilled workforce... 

A skilled workforce is essential for successful manufacturing. Many unskilled jobs have been replaced by robots and automation. More jobs are high-tech, requiring some training beyond high school. Technicians are... 

Warehouse is a key enabler to customization and innovation through skilled workforce, standard operating procedures and multifunctional teams. 

The selected process technology should be the latest and should suit the purchaser s local conditions and availability of raw materials, power, water and skilled workforce. The manpower available with the purchaser should be able to easily understand the process technology and operate and maintain it. 

A job as a whole consists of the task or set of tasks which are required to be earried out by a person holding a particular position in an organization. This will not rrecessaiify just include the specified tasks in reality, it m also include tasks which for one reason or another, fall to the lot of that person. Job descriptions or position descriptiorrs attempt to write down the functions or tasks reqtrired by a person in that positiorr, and trstrally include the estimated percentage of time different tasks will take. One problem with job descriptions is that they may interfere with the organization s desire for an adaptable and multi-skilled workforce. They may also be difficrrltto keep up to date as demands change. 

Perhaps, immature institutional framework and limited skilled workforce. 

The objective of Phase III is to select a set of desirable potential sites within each region where facilities are to be located. Sites should be selected based on an analysis of infrastructure availability to support the desired production methodologies. Hard infrastructure requirements include the availability of suppliers, transportation services, communication, utilities, and warehousing facilities. Soft infrastructure requirements include the availability of a skilled workforce, workforce turnover, and the community receptivity to business and industry. 

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