OREANDA-NEWS. December 26, 2014. Rosneft and General Electric have accomplished a training program for managers and engineers of the Company. The project was realized as part of the strategic partnership between Rosneft and General Electric.

Modern challenges of global energy oblige leading companies of the world invest in human development. Rosneft treats this field of activity as a key one within the framework of the Company’s long-term development program.

The joint program of Rosneft and General Electric allowed to over 80 employees of the oil company to undergo a modern educational program on two specialties: technical training and development of leadership competences. The project was realized at sites of Sapphire training center in Saint-Petersburg and in Moscow.

In the course of trainings on leadership competences development, special attention was paid to development of managers’ professional aptitude.

During technical training a practice seminar was held at a plant of REP Holding, where they produce gas-driven turbines of GE Company, localized in the Russian Federation.

The program on sophistication and revelation of managerial and technical talents of Rosneft human potential, realized in 2014 as part of the partnership between Rosneft and General Electric, demonstrated high efficiency (particularly, analysis of program participants’ feedback showed that the knowledge received is already used in the Company’s operational activity). In 2015 it is planned to carry out a session of technical trainings devoted to key areas of the Company’s activity.