An exploratory survey of petroleum skills and training in Ghana

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Title:	An exploratory survey of petroleum skills and training in Ghana
Author:	Panford, Kwamina
Year:	2013
Periodical:	Africa Today (ISSN 1527-1978)
Volume:	60
Issue:	3
Pages:	57-80
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Ghana
Subjects:	petroleum industry vocational education hydrocarbon policy
External link:	https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/africa_today/v060/60.3.panford.pdf
Abstract:	This article concerns an exploratory study that serves as an inventory of petroleum skills, training, and educational institutions in Ghana as of July 2012. It evaluates Ghanaians' state of preparedness to perform competently, especially with regards to technical, professional, management, and supervisory jobs. It examines the extent to which skills needed for the new petroleum sector exist and what is being done by training institutions and programmes to make more nationals ready and able to perform oil and gas jobs. It discusses the roles of an overarching national development vision and plan and an appropriate policy framework to use petroleum resources to generate jobs for indigenous Ghanaians, as one of the most powerful antidotes for the resource curse. By providing a baseline for future studies, it contributes to the crafting of policies and legislation to optimize the use of hydrocarbons in Ghana and the rest of Africa. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. [Journal abstract]