Environmental Aspects in Vocational Training in the Gas And Oil Sector

Implementing Environmental Knowledge in the European-Turkmen Advanced Training Centre for Oil and Gas Engineering
In the context of an EU R&D project (TEMPUS) for the construction of an advanced education centre for interdisciplinary professional training in the gas and mineral oil sector of Turkmenistan, Prof. Runge carried out advisory tasks as an independent expert. The setting-up of the European-Turkmen Advanced Training Centre (ETWZ) offers the institutional and organisational basis to teach the necessary professional skills with an interdisciplinary approach of defined thematic circles. The ETWZ is to cooperate closely with the educational institutions and the businesses involved and to organise the exchange between the European members of the consortium and the Turkmen cooperating partners. Thus it is guaranteed that graduates from Turkmen University gain permanent access to international know-how, which they can apply in national enterprises, while at the same time allowing the university to move towards internationalisation.

The project is based on the development of seminars for further qualification. The seminars offered will include the following topics, which are all related to the gas and oil industry and include environmental protection aspects: transport and freight forwarding; economics and management; foreign languages for special purposes ; computer-based solutions and management methods. The sustainable success of the project and its institutional integration will only be guaranteed if the contents are adapted to the existing knowledge and practical experience in Turkmenistan. Therefore all contents will have to be communicated adequately and coherently with the experts of the institution. After the initial phase this exchange will be carried out via the Internet by way of email communication and video conferences. The explicit aim is the development of a modular system of further qualification based on EU standards which allows the students as well as the enterprises to acquire exactly the required know-how to fit their purposes.