e-Learning Libraries

Industry-validated e-Learning for operators and technical professionals

ePilot™ for Operators and PetroAcademy™ Blended Learning solutions allow you to incorporate effective e-learning to your development programs with hundred of courses and thousands of hours of industry-validated content. Proven instructional design methodology and advanced web technology provide effective knowledge transfer for learners.
PetroSkills | RDC Solutions eLearning for the Oil & Gas Industry

Develop a More Resilient and Skilled Workforce

The ePilot™ and PetroAcademy e-learning libraries enable companies to start using well-balanced industry-driven content immediately without having to develop their own. Subscriptions include unlimited access to all e-learning modules in a library, making it easy to add e-Learning to blended training options.

Identify & Bridge Knowledge Gaps

Develop an enterprise-wide training standard with attention to site-specific requirements.

Assure Competency & Compliance

With pre- and post-assessments so that you can track, report and remediate any training gaps.

Protect Your Investment

By providing the means to develop employees while saving time and money.

An Enterprise subscription to the PetroAcademy Library of skills modules enables companies to pick and choose the modules that are most relevant to their technical professionals. Create a custom blended curriculum from our library of modules for your training needs.

Each skill module ranges from 4-10 hours, depending on the level. More advanced modules include pre-recorded virtual instructor-led sessions offering learners the opportunity to review exercises and hear from the instructor. Participants also have the opportunity to ask questions at any point throughout the modules.

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The ePilot™ Core Competency library focuses on the skills and knowledge required for technicians and operators in the oil and gas industry. Based on the original training program series developed exclusively for the American Petroleum Institute, ePilot expands this industry-validated content with web technology. Sound instructional design means effective knowledge transfer and reaching competency faster.

The ePilot™ Core Competency library contains over 170 courses with over 500 hours of online training. Learners have anytime access to the secure, hosted environment via the internet. Topics include:

  • Fundamentals
    • Equipment
  • Instrumentation
  • Process Operations
  • Process Safety
  • Production Operations
  • Maintenance
    • Safe Work Practices

Skilled workers who are able to anticipate issues and take action to reduce risks and avoid costly errors are critical to safe and productive operations.

The Exploration & Production Core Competency library contains over 75 online courses. Learners have anytime access to the secure, hosted environment via the internet.

Upstream course categories include:

  • Electricity and Electrical Equipment
  • Gas Processing and Operations
  • General Maintenance Knowledge and Skills
  • Geology, Petrophysics and Reservoirs
  • Hydrocarbon Storage and Loading
  • Instrumentation and Control
  • Math and Science Fundamentals
  • Offshore and Subsea Systems
  • Production Operations
  • Stationary Equipment
  • Well Construction, Completions and Interventions

Operator knowledge is one of the most important factors in process operation function and efficiency.

The Midstream & Downstream Core Competency library contains over 40 online courses. Learners have anytime access to the secure, hosted environment via the internet.

Midstream and Downstream course categories include:

  • Electricity and Electrical Equipment
  • Gas Processing and Operations
  • General Maintenance Knowledge and Skills
  • Hydrocarbon Storage and Loading
  • Math and Science Fundamentals
  • Process Operations
  • Process Safety
  • Stationary Equipment
  • Utility, Safety and Facility Systems

This Operations and Maintenance series is complementary to the ePilot™ Core Competency library with a significant electrical
content, expanded instrumentation, and basic mechanical equipment maintenance. The library is more than 250 hours
of web-based e-learning modules available online, anytime and anywhere, and is designed for operators and craftspeople across the value chain.

Learning content is geared toward adult learners and is presented using interactive charts, engaging 3D animations, videos, and easy-to-understand graphics. Content includes process flow, process chemistry concepts, equipment configurations, and process hazards.

Electrical, Instrumentation & Analyzers topics include:

  • Actuators
  • Analyzers
  • Electrical Components
  • Electrical Fundamentals
  • Electrical Systems
  • Measurement Devices
  • Switchgear
  • Tools and Test Equipment

Mechanical Maintenance topics include:

  • Alignment
  • Bearings Maintenance
  • Fasteners
  • Fundamentals
  • Lubrication
  • Pumps and Compressors
  • Stationary Equipment
  • Tools and Test Equipment
  • Valves

RDC has worked together with industry SMEs to identify all knowledge requirements specific to gas processing operations. Applying proven instructional design methods and advanced web technology creates an effective learning solution that delves deep into gas processing equipment and operations. This dynamic learning environment incorporates critical information for operations, systems, equipment, instruments, fundamentals and process safety in a sustainable environment that is available online, anytime and anywhere, to develop and maintain a highly skilled workforce.

This solution provides the fundamentals as well as in-depth coverage of gas processing to help develop a highly qualified workforce to maintain operating efficiency and a safe working facility.

This e-Learning series includes:

  • Introduction to Gas Processing
  • Gas Processing Thermodynamics
  • Turbo Expansion
  • Fractionation
  • Solid Bed Adsorption
  • Amine Sweetening Process
  • Gas Processing Hazards

This ePilot™ library provides an overview of all fundamental concepts and processes related to Midstream Operations. Courses cover operations knowledge of gas processing, pipelines, pigging, storage, and other aspects of the midstream sector. It is ideal for introducing new operators and maintenance personnel to midstream operations, as well as for reinforcing existing concepts for engineers and contractors.

This library extends technical skills fundamentals into midstream specific concepts that build on the ePilot Core Competency topics such as: equipment, pumps, valves, fundamentals, process safety, instrumentation, and mechanical.

Topics include:

  • Analyzers and Inferentials
  • Control Systems
  • Dehydration
  • Electrical Fundamentals
  • Flare Systems
  • Fractionation Process and Equipment
  • Inlet Separation
  • Measurement Fundamentals
  • Pigging
  • Pipeline Fundamentals
  • Pipeline Operations and Systems
  • Railroad and Truck Transportation
  • Storage Tanks

In this e-Learning series, we incorporate information from geosciences, reservoirs, midstream operations, and process manufacturing.

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The Petroleum Industry Overview eLearning library is ideal for both technical and business-oriented professionals who are either new to the petroleum industry or staff who need to be able to understand the various aspects of oil and gas operations and speak the language of the oilfield. The series includes:

  • Modern Oil and Gas Industry
  • The E&P Asset Life Cycle
  • Reservoir Fluids
  • Petroleum Geology
  • Petroleum Reservoirs
  • Exploration Rights and Surface/Subsurface Technologies
  • Drilling Operations and Systems
  • Well Completion and Stimulation
  • Production Technology: Flowing Wells and Artificial Lift
  • Hydrocarbon Recovery
  • Surface Processing of Produced Fluids
  • Midstream Industry Overview
  • Pipelines and Storage Systems
  • Gas Processing Overview
  • Introduction to Refining
  • Introduction to Petrochemicals

As a compliance solution provider in the process industry for more than 50 years, we understand your needs. Unlike other companies that focus only on one aspect of compliance, our experience extends to the requirements of multiple agencies, including OSHA's stringent Process Safety Management (PSM) and ISO 14000.

OSHA's Process Safety Management (PSM) regulation specifies that companies must certify that employees have the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely carry out the duties and responsibilities as specified in their operating procedures.

As well, the ISO 14000 standard states that an organization must ensure that employees whose jobs could potentially have a significant environmental impact are competent. It must identify training needs, deliver training and awareness programs, and maintain training records.

Each standard requires extensive documentation of procedures, extensive training of personnel, comprehensive communication of important issues, and stringent management of change to assure that all employees have access to information and understand it sufficiently to do their jobs safely and efficiently. Our Process Safety e-Learning series includes:

  • Introduction to Process Safety in Operations
  • Hazards
  • Risk Management
  • Projects, Construction and Operations
  • Management of Change
  • Emergency Response and Incident Investigation
  • Audits and Key Performance Indicators

Introduction to Equipment and Concepts

This ePILOT™ e-Learning solution provides an overview of all major process units related to refineries. It is ideal for introducing new operators to process technology and as a process unit orientation for maintenance personnel, process engineers, and contractors. Learners are introduced to both simple and complex refineries to gain a broad understanding of the systems within these facilities.

Learning content is geared toward adult learners and is presented using interactive charts, engaging 3D animations, videos, and easy-to-understand graphics. Content includes process flow, process chemistry concepts, equipment configurations, and process hazards.

Topics include:

  • Refinery Overview Introduction
  • Crude Distillation
  • Fluid Catalytic Cracking
  • Catalytic Reforming
  • Sulfur Recovery and Tail Gas
  • Gasoline Blending

The knowledge requirements in any process manufacturing facility are directly related to the units, processes and equipment at the site. It is specific and absolute to that manufacturing process. All learning content, knowledge requirements, procedures, and policies are specific to each process. Concepts covered in this e-Learning series include:

  • Process Overview
  • Primary Equipment
  • Auxiliary Equipment
  • Key Process Variables
  • Consequences of Deviation
  • Process Hazards

Working closely with Subject Matter Experts, RDC has developed comprehensive knowledge transfer and management environments for several processes, including:

certifying agenciesThe US EH&S e-Learning series contains more than 75 web-based courses addressing Federally Mandated Training. Categories including:

  • Emergency Response
  • Environmental
  • Hazard Communication
  • HazMat Transportation
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Powered Industrial Equipment
  • Product/Process Standards
  • RCRA/Hazardous Waste
  • Safe Work Practices

Many employers struggle with limitations on their training resources, yet the need to stay up-to-date with safety and regulatory mandates is critical. The gaps between what your workers know and what they are required to know for their jobs are knowledge gaps. And knowledge gaps increase the risk to safety and compliance. But what can you do to reduce the risk and eliminate gaps?

With over 50 years of experience in compliance, instructional design, and knowledge transfer technology, RDC Solutions has developed a full library of online courses:

  • Easy-to-use web-based courses available anytime, anywhere
  • Quickly identify knowledge gaps and generate pathways to 100% proficiency
  • Achieve compliance goals with compliance-focused management and automatic reporting
  • Reduce time-to-proficiency, enable refresher training, and improve on-boarding
  • Eliminate expenses of classroom scheduling, travel, and instructor fees

uk-hse-agenciesThe UK/EU EH&S e-Learning series contains over 70 web-based courses addressing UK mandated training. Categories include:

  • Emergency Response
  • Environmental
  • Hazard Communication
  • Industrial Hygiene
  • Powered Industrial Equipment
  • Process Safety
  • Safe Work Practices
  • Security

Many employers struggle with limitations on their training resources, yet the need to stay up-to-date with safety and regulatory mandates is critical. The gaps between what your workers know and what they are required to know for their jobs are knowledge gaps. And knowledge gaps increase the risk to safety and compliance. But what can you do to reduce the risk and eliminate gaps?

With over 50 years of experience in compliance, instructional design, and knowledge transfer technology, RDC Solutions has developed a full library of online courses:

  • Easy-to-use web-based courses available anytime, anywhere
  • Quickly identify knowledge gaps and generate pathways to 100% proficiency
  • Achieve compliance goals with compliance-focused management and automatic reporting
  • Reduce time-to-proficiency, enable refresher training, and improve on-boarding
  • Reduce expenses of classroom scheduling, travel, and instructor fees

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