This course is designed to equip students with interpersonal skills identified by employers as essential for success in the professional world. Using a variety of instructional methods including case studies, group exercises, and discussion, students learn and practice key communication skills.

• Customer Service
• Team Building
• Presentation Skills
• Personal Marketing Skills

The workplace of the twenty-first century demands excellent communication skills. The focus of this course is on learning writing techniques that ensure effective business communication.

• Achieve an Effective Style by using Precise Verbs, Concrete Nouns, and Vivid Adjectives
• Write Memorandums and E-mail Messages that Deliver Information and Make Requests
• Write Letters and Memorandums that Request Information Concisely and Promote Goodwill
• Apply Skillful Writing Techniques in Refusing Requests
• Compose Carefully Planned Sales Letters
• Write Letters of Appreciation, Congratulation, Sympathy, Recommendation, and Introduction
• Write Effective Formal and Informal Reports
• Write a Formal Report including Data, using Tables, Charts,and Graphs

This course helps prepare students for the real world of office work. It provides a simulated office environment where students can practice the skills learned in previous courses.

In this course, students will develop essential English skills through review and application of basic grammar and punctuation principles necessary for successful workplace communication. Students will also learn to proofread business communication as a three-step process that includes reviewing copy once for format; once for content and mechanical errors; and once for references and numerical text. Throughout the process, students will learn and apply standard proofreading symbols.

This segment of the program is an introduction to the Oil and Gas industry, starting with an understanding of where oil and gas is found. Students will also be exposed to the history of the industry, and learn about formations, substructures, and reservoir rocks.

This course teaches the student how to find remote locations by a Legal Land Description, and how to read these special maps. Students also learn about land leases and contracts such as Joint Operating Agreements, and how it is possible to “see” underground with seismic exploration.

Students will be exposed to the following: how to drill a well, how a drilling rig works, what are the requirements of well drilling, what happens when drill operations go into the ocean, how oil and gas is extracted from underground.

This course exposes the student to the process of bringing the oil to the surface and transporting it to a facility to be refined and processed. Students will also explore the Oilsands.

The importance of petroleum and alternative sources to hydrocarbon power are examined. What are hydrocarbons and how do they travel across the country/world?

Students will put oil and gas strategies into practice within an office setting.

In addition to learning career-oriented skills, students learn how to get a job in their chosen profession. Our Employment Services department will assist the graduate in resume writing, as well as preparing for job interviews. Our staff is sensitive to current job market trends and the needs of employers in each local market.
Our graduates receive guidance and training to use career tools that help job seekers build a better resume and cover letter, manage an online portfolio, hone interviewing skills, and develop a personal brand online.
Students will have the use of a computer lab which has unlimited Internet access, as well as job search resources. Facilitators will also be made available to advise on job finding resources, interview skills and techniques and to carry out mock interviews.

This course also looks at the planning, preparation, execution, and follow-up stages of an interview:

• How people find jobs
• Employer expectations
• Presenting an enthusiastic attitude
• Focusing on the right job and the hidden job market
• Transferrable skills
• Thank you letters
• Effective telemarketing
• Handling objections, self-confidence, and self-esteem
• Individual counselling and coaching

Students will be placed in actual workplaces related to their field of study and will be expected to act as a regular employee in order to gain the valuable real-world experience that so many employers seek.  Students are encouraged to find their own work experience placement; however, once placed, continuation in that placement is mandatory.

This is the capstone project component of the Oil & Gas Administration program, which is the opportunity for students to apply their knowledge and skills from the classroom portion of the program to practical situations typically encountered in an Oil & Gas work environment. The variety of tasks to perform as part of the capstone project will be aligned to a typical working environment and real life situations.