OQ Services

OPERATOR QUALIFICATION SERVICES

AYUDA utilizes pipeline industry professionals who have the expertise demanded for Operator Qualification needs. Our instructors/trainers use the tools provided by the National Center for Construction Education and Research’s (NCCER’s) Pipeline Training and Assessment Program or PTAP (developed in cooperation with the American Pipeline Institute) and ENERGY worldnet Inc. to conduct knowledge assessment and performance verifications for operator identified covered tasks.

AYUDA's staff strictly adhere to ALL NCCER guidelines, especially those that require hands-on performance evaluations. This ensures your certifications will always remain in good standing with NCCER & ISNetworld.

Some training/certification organizations take shortcuts in this regard leaving you open to prompt OQ disqualification when an offending NCCER sponsor is audited. Don't take the chance of wasting valuable resources with these organizations.

OPERATOR QUALIFICATION THROUGH ASSESSMENT:

AYUDA will administer NCCER's PTAP written assessments at your facility or location of your choosing. This option allows you to reduce the amount of time your employees are away from their routine activities, keeps them in a more familiar setting and reduces travel costs.

In the event that your employee(s) do not pass an assessment, a targeted training prescription is provided and customized upgrade training is available to assist your employees in being successful with their OQ.

OPERATOR QUALIFICATION THROUGH PERFORMANCE VERIFICATION/EVALUATION:

AYUDA provides trained and certified evaluators to administer pipeline performance verifications/evaluations or PVs/PEs. Pipeline performance verifications/evaluations (PVs/PEs) are designed to assess an individual's skill level on specific tasks. PVs/PEs require a participant to demonstrate their skill level in a controlled, observable, and measurable manner and are administered by AYUDA’s NCCER certified performance evaluator or AYUDA'S ENERGY worldnet, Inc. Master Evaluators.

OPERATOR QUALIFICATION THROUGH TRAINING:

Operator Qualification can also be achieved through the use of NCCER’s pipeline training curriculum which includes both knowledge-based training AND performance evaluations. AYUDA can provide OQ TRAINING, resulting in Operator Qualification, customized to an individual company.