April 20, 2011
George Dzyacky, RSI Director of Training Services, was invited to speak at the NPRA Workforce Training and Development Forum held in San Antonio Texas. George spoke on the need for dramatic improvements in the way console operators are trained. Of all the professional, trade and administrative disciplines needed to operate a refinery or petrochemical facility, managers, accountants, engineers, electricians, pipefitters, machinists, administrative assistants etc., console operators, who arguably occupy the most safety-critical position in the plant, are the only ones trained and brought all the way to “qualification” by their coworkers. George went on to say that, console operator certification should be no less rigorous than that of a journeymen electrician or machinist.