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Professional Training & Skills Department

The Professional Training & Skills Department trains practice-ready professionals for the geoscience and energy industry. Students master industry-standard software such as Petrel, OpendTect, and COMSOL, field-method training including seismic acquisition and well logging, and laboratory-skills instruction, all combined with simulation-based and case-study learning, while continuously updating their expertise through workshops and continuing-education courses. Graduates emerge with the practical competencies and industry certifications employers require, ready for immediate deployment in the field.

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Field-based Curriculum · 12

This department's curriculum is built directly on the GeoVerse Lab research fields its professors hold — click a field to see how it is taught.

Coaching & Mentoring
Coaching & Mentoring
Coaching and mentoring are the craft of one-to-one relationships that accelerate…
John Whitmore
On-the-Job Training & Job Instruction Training
On-the-Job Training & Job Instruction Training
OJT's codified ancestor is the four-step Job Instruction method. This course pra…
Charles R. Allen
Simulation & Human-Error-Informed Skills Training
Simulation & Human-Error-Informed Skills Training
Human-error-informed simulation deliberately stages the conditions of failure. B…
Jens Rasmussen
Motor & Cognitive Skill Acquisition Stages
Motor & Cognitive Skill Acquisition Stages
Skill acquisition research is the science of what practice does to the performer…
Paul Fitts
Training Evaluation (Four-Level Model)
Training Evaluation (Four-Level Model)
The four-level model is the working common sense that organizes training evaluat…
Donald L. Kirkpatrick
Human Performance Technology
Human Performance Technology
Human performance technology is a diagnostic discipline that begins from the her…
Thomas F. Gilbert
Train-the-Trainer & Public Instruction
Train-the-Trainer & Public Instruction
Train-the-trainer rests on the premise that subject expertise does not transfer …
Dale Carnegie
Field Methods Training & Geoscience Field Mentorship
Field Methods Training & Geoscience Field Mentorship
Field methods training is the geoscience apprenticeship. This course covers both…
Florence Bascom
Intensive/Bootcamp Training Design
Intensive/Bootcamp Training Design
Bootcamps trade calendar time for intensity. This course teaches the levers — im…
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Safety Training & Hazard Recognition
Safety Training & Hazard Recognition
The cognitive core of safety training is hazard recognition. This course address…
Herbert William Heinrich
Technical Workshop & Organizational Training Design
Technical Workshop & Organizational Training Design
The workshop's unit of learning is the working group, and organizational trainin…
Douglas McGregor
Registered Apprenticeship Systems in Skilled Trades
Registered Apprenticeship Systems in Skilled Trades
Registered apprenticeship formalizes earn-while-you-learning, converting skilled…
Samuel Gompers