Capacity Building

Capacity building goes beyond the conventional notion of training. It is the concept of establishing a mechanism that allows a community, or a nation to empower itself through the development of its human capital to ensure its own sustainability and development to meet the challenges it faces.

Marathon is committed to fostering initiatives that allow host communities and nations to empower themselves through development of its human capital to ensure the sustainability and development necessary to meet the challenges they face.

While the details and the timeframe will vary with the location, Marathon's intent is to assess the capacity-building needs and implement the appropriate programs. Key objectives over time are to maximize opportunities for national employees, provide positions of increasing responsibility, and minimize the number of expatriate employees.

Marathon has had success implementing its workforce integration philosophy in all of the countries where it has operated or currently operates. Marathon has recently updated its model of integration with the help of outside consultancy to ensure that the best processes are part of the integration plan.

Examples of training and development projects include:

• National Workforce Integration: This approach has been implemented worldwide for company-operated oil and gas developments to empower the local workforce (Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Indonesia and Norway). This program enables select employees to participate in short and long-term overseas assignments where they can gain exposure to other operating entities and accelerate their learning experience.     
• On-the-job training: Implemented worldwide for company-operated oil and gas developments.
• Technical and vocational training: Implemented worldwide for company-operated oil and gas developments.
• Safety training: Implemented worldwide for company-operated oil and gas developments.