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Oil companies at risk of losing local content certificate over failure to train, hire Guyanese – Natural Resource Ministry
Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Natural Resource in a statement on Tuesday issued a warning to companies operating within the oil and gas sector that failure to train and hire Guyanese can result in the revocation of their local content certificates
In the statement, the Ministry disclosed that in accordance with the Local Content Act No. 18 of 2021 (‘Act’) and in keeping with the approved Local Content Master Plans and Local Content Annual Plans, the Local Content Secretariat this week, wrote to contractors, sub-contractors, and licencees, reminding of their obligation to prioritise Guyanese nationals having the relevant qualification and experience for employment.
In the missive, the Ministry said that the parties were reminded that when a Guyanese national has the relevant qualification, but lacks the requisite experience, that Guyanese shall benefit from necessary training.
The Ministry noted therefore that contractors, sub-contractors, and licensees are required to ensure that Guyanese nationals employed to support their operations continuously benefit from training and capacity development.
“The Secretariat wrote, too, that it will be conducting audits to ensure compliance with the foregoing and other requirements stated in the Act,” the release stated.
According to the Ministry as part of those audits, contractors, sub-contractors, and licencees will be required to submit evidence of, inter alia, providing Guyanese nationals the opportunity to apply for new and vacant positions, ensuring a level playing of benefits between Guyanese nationals and non-Guyanese applicants, and consideration for overcoming experience gaps for Guyanese national applicants through training and mentorship.
The Ministry warned that a failure to comply with this and other requirements of the Act would render the contractor, sub-contractor, or licensee non-compliant and therefore hinder the receipt of the Local Content Certificate of Compliance and other related approvals.
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