An intensive professional development training course on
Team Leader Excellence in the Oil and Gas Industry
Building Competent Team Leaders for Operational Excellence
Why Choose Team Leader Excellence in the Oil and Gas Industry Training Course?
The oil and gas industry is characterized by complex operations, high-risk activities, strict regulatory requirements, and continuous pressure to deliver safe, reliable, and cost-effective performance. In such an environment, the role of the team leader is critical. Team leaders are not only responsible for supervising tasks, but also for influencing behavior, ensuring safety compliance, managing human performance, and maintaining operational discipline across shifts, sites, and projects.
This training course is designed to equip current and aspiring oil and gas team leaders with the leadership knowledge, practical tools, and behavioral skills required to lead teams effectively in operational, maintenance, and project-based environments. The course emphasizes real-world leadership challenges faced in oil and gas operations, including managing safety risks, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, handling pressure during abnormal situations, and driving consistent performance in demanding conditions.
By combining leadership principles with oil and gas–specific applications, this course enables participants to strengthen their leadership presence, enhance communication, promote a strong safety culture, and lead their teams with confidence and accountability. The program is suitable for upstream, midstream, downstream, refining, petrochemical, and LNG operations.
What are the Goals?
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
- Clearly define the role, responsibilities, and authority of a team leader in oil and gas operations
- Apply effective leadership styles appropriate to operational, maintenance, and project environments
- Lead teams safely in high-risk and high-pressure conditions
- Communicate effectively across shifts, departments, contractors, and multicultural teams
- Strengthen safety leadership and human performance awareness
- Manage team performance, behavior, and accountability
- Resolve conflicts and handle operational challenges professionally
- Support operational excellence, continuous improvement, and organizational objectives
Who is this Training Course for?
This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Team Leaders, Supervisors, and Shift Leaders
- Field Operations and Production Supervisors
- Maintenance and Reliability Team Leaders
- Project, Shutdown, and Turnaround Team Leaders
- HSE Supervisors and Coordinators with leadership duties
- Engineers and Technical Specialists transitioning into team leadership roles
- Newly appointed or high-potential team leaders in the oil and gas sector
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes an interactive mixture of lecture-led learning & group discussions.
The Course Content
- Overview of the oil and gas operating environment and leadership challenges
- The role of the team leader in operational continuity and safety assurance
- Differences between supervision, coordination, and leadership
- Leadership styles and their application in oil and gas operations
- Ethical leadership, compliance, and professional conduct
- Accountability, authority, and decision-making boundaries
- Importance of clear communication in oil and gas operations
- Conducting effective shift handovers and daily operational briefings
- Toolbox talks and pre-job meetings: best practices
- Leading multicultural and contractor-based teams
- Delegation, task assignment, and follow-up
- Managing misunderstandings and communication breakdowns
- Safety leadership versus safety supervision
- Role of the team leader in building a strong safety culture
- Human factors, human error, and performance variability
- Hazard identification, risk assessment, and control at the team level
- Managing unsafe acts, conditions, and behaviors
- Incident, near-miss, and emergency response leadership
- Characteristics of high-performing oil and gas teams
- Motivating teams in demanding and remote environments
- Managing underperformance, discipline, and behavioral issues
- Coaching and on-the-job development of team members
- Conflict management and problem-solving techniques
- Building trust, respect, and accountability within teams
- Team leadership during change, shutdowns, and turnarounds
- Decision-making under pressure and abnormal situations
- Supporting operational discipline and standard operating procedures
- Learning from incidents and operational experiences
- Continuous improvement at the team level
- Personal leadership development and action planning
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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