Access to learning and knowledge is often the first hurdle to overcome. How is The Competence Club supporting professionals to access and develop new knowledge and competencies for hydrogen pipelines specifically?
Our ability to collaborate with top industry experts has always enabled us to create excellent courses and resources to support our members’ learning journey. The topic of hydrogen pipelines is no exception!
In January 2023 we developed the hydrogen competency standard in conjunction with several experts. It’s a key resource in The Competence Club. This competency standard outlines the minimum necessary principles, concepts, practices, problems, challenges, and technical parameters involved in the role of these transmission pipelines in the energy transition. It also covers key technical, design, operation, and integrity management issues.
Members can now access self-paced and instructor lead courses on hydrogen. The hydrogen e-learn helps members grow their knowledge and awareness of the reasons for hydrogen pipelines, the basic properties of hydrogen, its transportation and storage, the different types (‘colors’) of hydrogen and their production, plus the basic design and issues faced with hydrogen pipelines. The virtual course enables members to discuss pipeline design principles, standards, and regulations, as well as outlining and summarizing the bases of the key contents of hydrogen design standards and their integrity management. In addition to this, attendees of our 2-day course in partnership with the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, can join an interactive session on how to repurpose an existing gas pipeline by applying the concepts discussed during the training sessions.
Furthermore, we have a special interest group in the community focused entirely on hydrogen transition. This is where members can learn from each other by engaging in discussions.