Show no worry about jobs for budding Rock hounds many college men preparing for graduation worry about how fit into jobs but for several groups of young men joining oil exploration organizations this problem is eliminated in a unique wr warf these young graduates all of them geology majors leave school to join oil companies then go right back to school again to learn their jobs the system that makes this possible is the geological training program conducted by the exploration and production departments technical services vices division of the firms in the program newly hired geologists get an indoctrination in company wide policies a and d practices but the main ur pose of the program is to each teach the them in to adapt their geological knowledge to methods of operation and to learn some additional tricks of the trade spanning more than a year in time and several states in space the training program is one of the most comprehensive indoctrination and training courses in the industry about A dozen trainees make up each class of this school tor for Rock hounds 11 they go through three stages of training stage A currently being conducted in and around fort collins colo 0 by one oil firm lasts about four months the trainees after reviewing field mapping methods undertake actual mapping projects using a variety of surveying ln instruments tet and ad learn to apply I 1 their heir knowledge to the science of rocks they are also indoctrinated in such things as benefits safety company organization equip ment maintenance report writing and public ic relations as it pertains to exploration since the training program got underway in 1947 trainees have mapped areas ln in new mexico wyoming and colorado all areas where the company Is interested te in acquiring information in stage B which lasts from six to eight months the trainees are assigned to exploration divisions there working with division geologists they get practical experience peri ence on the job assembling analyzing and reporting field data this on the job training completed the trainees assemble at headquarters of the technical services div slon sion for the final stage stage C requiring about four months consists of lectures and laboratory work in a number of technical subjects falling failing under the general headings of subsurface methods petro physics geophysics evaluation and reservoir mechanics ten instructors conduct the classes with additional experts offering special lectures once out of school again the trainees now full fledged eupora tion geologists are given permanent assignments it has been a long pull getting settled into the job but now do better |