Company: Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Company Description: Saudi Aramco is one of the world's largest integrated energy and chemicals companies, creating value across the hydrocarbon chain, and delivering societal and economic benefits to people and communities around the globe who rely on the vital energy Aramco supplies. The company has 70,000 plus pationate employees achieve a common objective: unlocking the full potential of the Kingdom’s resources.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year - in the Middle East and Africa
 Nomination Title: Drilling and Workover Empowers a New Generation of Students Through a New Social Responsibility Program
- Which will you submit for your nomination in this category, a video of up to five (5) minutes in length about the achievements of the nominated organization since 1 January 2021, OR written answers to the questions for this category? (Choose one):
Written answers to the questions
- If you are submitting a video of up to five (5) minutes in length, provide the URL of the nominated video here, OR attach it to your entry via the "Add Attachments, Videos, or Links to This Entry" link above, through which you may also upload a copy of your video.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this first question: Briefly describe the nominated organization: its history and past performance (up to 200 words):
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Drilling and Workover Training Division (D&WOTD) is a division falls under the in the D&WO Admin Area in the Upstream Business Line of Saudi Aramco with a mission of providing a world-class training platform, through state-of-the-art evolving learning solutions. The vision of D&WOTD is to become the best-in-class in developing a highly competent workforce to meet D&WO objectives. D&WOTD is dedicated to training, mentoring and the professional development of D&WO employees.
Under the Human Capability Development Program of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision, there has been an increased focus on the younger generation by empowering them with the educational and basic skills and knowledge at an early stage, to prepare the youth for their future career in the workplace. In alignment with the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, Saudi Aramco Drilling and Workover Training Division (D&WOTD) paved the way forward in launching a program under the theme of Social Responsibility and encouraged the social responsibility activities within the organization to actively improve and give back to the community.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this second question: Outline the organization's achievements since the beginning of 2021 that you wish to bring to the judges' attention (up to 250 words):
Total 165 words used.
Drilling and Workover Training Division (D&WOTD) is a division falls under the in the D&WO Admin Area in the Upstream Business Line of Saudi Aramco with a mission of providing a world-class training platform, through state-of-the-art evolving learning solutions. The vision of D&WOTD is to become the best-in-class in developing a highly competent workforce to meet D&WO objectives. D&WOTD is dedicated to training, mentoring and the professional development of D&WO employees.
Under the Human Capability Development Program of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision, there has been an increased focus on the younger generation by empowering them with the educational and basic skills and knowledge at an early stage, to prepare the youth for their future career in the workplace. In alignment with the Kingdom’s 2030 vision, Saudi Aramco Drilling and Workover Training Division (D&WOTD) paved the way forward in launching a program under the theme of Social Responsibility and encouraged the social responsibility activities within the organization to actively improve and give back to the community.
- If you are providing written answers for your submission, you must provide an answer to this third question: Explain why the achievements you have highlighted are unique or significant. If possible compare the achievements to the performance of other players in your industry and/or to the organization's past performance (up to 250 words):
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The main outcome of the program “Your Future With D&WO” is to increase the awareness and promote the D&WO Engineering career path for the youth and future engineers of the company. It was designed to equip the students that participated with the fundamental knowledge of the D&WO career path in addition to understanding the highly important safety standards and practices required when performing their jobs as D&WO engineers. With the goal to foster the best future talent pool, D&WOTD engages in social responsibility programs with high school students which are led by D&WO representatives that are highly motivated to attract and develop their target audience by presenting real life work scenarios and facilitating a number of engaging activities. The success of the program was realized when the special request from the General Directorate of Education in the Eastern Province was made to have more social responsibility programs for high school students which benefits the community and is directly linked with the core principles of the company.
- You have the option to answer this final question: Reference any attachments of supporting materials throughout this nomination and how they provide evidence of the claims you have made in this nomination (up to 250 words):
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The program "Your Future with D&WO" featured interactive breakout sessions that enabled the students who participated in the campaign to receive a most effective realistic on the job experience of the D&WO operations and the high importance of safety in the workplace. The attached photographs that are within the report give a snippet of the sessions within the program such as presentations on safety and D&WO Operations delivered by D&WO Engineers, a tour of the D&WO facilities and technologies with an interactive Virtual Reality experience for the students.
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