General Evaluation and assessment of the 20 days training

First certificate (Pre-employement roughneck): the program describes it as a 6 days course from 9:00 to 16:00. the book, from the University of Austin, Texas is not bad. others materials: there are no simulators. in a world full of pressure gauges, electrical and hydraulic devices and computers, call simulator a pair of old tongs is ridiculous.
First surprise: the lunch break is 1 hour, 12:00 to 13:00. Some days, anyway is from 11:30 to 13:00. (1/7 of the course time, the 15%, dissapears suddenly)
Teacher: Reggie. "Time lost in speech about nothing, or trying to shell you the "3 modules driller training" is about the 20%. time lost in another ways, for instance complete lack of activity, personal phone calls, visits, paperwork.. around other 20%
Yes, you are reading properly... the teacher, when have a phone call, stop the class during minutes.
Sunday: it is a 20 days non stop course. the second surprise is that the first Sunday you have a free day (but nobody returns you 1/20 of your money)
The last Saturday the thing happens once more, but in this case is not a surprise, you´re so tired and bored that likes it.
2 days without a minute of class: another 10% of your time evaporates.
A couple of days the class finish at lunch time (Saturday after 3,5 hours, Sunday, after 3 hours class) another day more evaporates.
So... 40% of the day is a waste of time, I mean literally, without activity, I´m not evaluating the quality when the activity runs. In addition 3 of 20 days (15%) there are no activity plus 1 hour lunch time

Total: 70% of your time is stolen.

this why Reggie offers a 20 days course, when other schools are offering a week. putting air in the balloon.

Next training: Rig Pass: trainer Reggie, quality... Guess yourself. You can buy this course in a lot of serious and decent places.
3 training: Introductory level Well control.
After the pre employement, this certificate was easy to understand, maybe the only positive point I found here.You can find too this training in another good schools

rest of the trainings (about general safety) teacher Carla. Relationship with the oil and gas industry: none, are construction oriented courses, except the forklift that was warehouse oriented. The first aid was for domestic and traffic issues.

the only exception was the H2 S alive, because was provided by a external body. This, the H2S is the only professional delivered training, but logically is not a 5.000 bucks course.