2025 NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program

NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program, the intent is to prepare and equip the next generation of Nigerians with practical skills for top careers in the oil and gas industry and position them to take part actively in the oil and gas projects recently launched by some international and indigenous operating oil and gas companies.

The program will have four key segments, namely, classroom training, laboratory/workshop practicals, skills certifications, with emphasis on hands-on work experience, which will entail a minimum of six months on-the-job-training (OJT) carried out in partnership with service companies to impart necessary skills on participants and make them field-ready.

The top-10 skills for the Field Readiness Program are:

• Sub-sea Engineering (wellheads, flowlines, umbilicals, sub-sea trees, etc.);
• Underwater Weldeing Engineering
• Control and Automation Engineering (including cementing, well controls, and rig operations);
• Helicopter Pilots;
• Seamen/Sailors (including vessel mechanics/electricians);
• Production and Maintenance Engineering (Control Room Operators, Maintenance Crew);
• QA/QC Engineers (including NDT Levels 1,2, and 3);
• Geoscience Engineers (including Seismic, Geophysics, Wellsite Geology, etc.) 
• Digitization and Digitalization (AI, ML, IoT, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Drones, etc.)

• Table of Content
• About Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)
• NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program
• Aim and Benefits of NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program
• Requirements for NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB)

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) was established in 2010 by the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act. NCDMB is vested with the mandate to make procedures that will guide, monitor, coordinate and implement the provisions of the NOGICD Act signed into law on April 22, 2010.  The foundation for NCDMB was laid in 2001 when former President Olusegun Obasanjo inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Local Content in the Oil and Gas Industry. He mandated the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to drive the ...... continue reading

NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program

Aim and Benefits of NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program

Participants will be provided with pre-mobilization medicals, monthly stipends, PPEs, and requisite insurance coverage to ensure they are well-supported and can focus on learning.

Requirements for NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Training Program Qualification

• This program is only open to participants aged below 35 years, who possess OND/HND/BSC in Petroleum, Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical, Civil, Gas, Welding and Metallurgy.
• Other applicable fields are Geology, Geophysics, Computer Sciences/ Engineering and other science related disciplines.

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Application Deadline

How to Apply

Step by Step Process 

• New individuals: create account on http://nogicjqs.gov.ng/accounts/login: update your profile and academic records, and complete the NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program Registration
• Individuals with incomplete profile on http://nogicjqs.gov.ng/accounts/login: update your profile and academic records and proceed to register for the NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program.
• Individuals with complete profile on http://nogicjqs.gov.ng/accounts/login: proceed to register for the NCDMB Oil and Gas Field Readiness Training Program.
• Individuals can only select maximum of three (03) skills under the program in the order of their preferred priority.

For more details, visit ncdmb.gov.ng