The North American pipeline industry is facing a significant loss of valuable experience as a result of shifting demographics in a time where the industry is facing increased scrutiny and the effective management of operational risk is increasingly important. While this is a multi‑faceted challenge, one of the critical aspects of meeting this challenge is ensuring there is a strong pool of talent – that can be demonstrably shown to be competent and support management of pipeline assets.As the pace of retirements accelerates, access to technical mentoring has become increasingly limited, the industry’s pool of experiential knowledge is diminishing and a more structured approach to competency management is needed as part of effective asset management.&nbsp; The Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) and the Australian Pipeline and Gas Association (APGA) have joined forces for the adaptation and usage of the APGA competency management system for use in Canada.&nbsp; The international collaboration will provide a technically robust, systematic, and consistent way of understanding and managing competency in the pipeline industry.&nbsp;This paper will focus on describing the system, its key components, as well as how this approach, grounded in management systems, provides the industry with a significant toolset for dealing with the impact of demographic issues in the North American industry – laying the foundation for more effectively managing the loss of deeply technical, experiential knowledge. The intent is that sharing learnings from this&nbsp;project will prompt greater exchange of experience, ideas and insights associated with competency management&nbsp; on a global level within the pipeline industry.

Managing Competency – a Critical Aspect of Asset Integrity Management – Adaptation of the Apga System for Canada

Paper Proceedings: https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/IOGPC/IOGPC2021/volume/84805

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