• Posted by Blake Doré
• 17 July 2010
• News

OQSG is now offering Partial Skills Assessments in OQVerify. This means companies can schedule separate components of a Skills Assessment that are more job-specific to an employee’s position. By scheduling only certain assessments, individuals can complete assessments that pertain to his/her covered task.

OQSG is constantly reviewing and working with its safety training services in an effort to ensure customer satisfaction and convenience. In the past, operators and contractors were only allowed to schedule entire Skills Assessments. For example, an individual completing CT15 (Place and Maintain Line Markers) was required to complete all sections of CT15. This includes 15.2 (Locate Pipeline), CT15.3 (Install Line Markers), and CT15.4 (Inspect and Maintain Line Markers). Now, if an operator feels as though an individual need only complete assessments on Locating Pipelines and Installing Line Markers, he can schedule only CT15.2 and CT 15.3.

• Posted by Blake Doré
• 29 June 2010
• News

Starting now, OQSG can host other courses in the OQVerify system. With plans to host partial skills assessments and safety courses, OQSG is dedicated to easing your burden by going beyond Operator qualification. In addition to improving the functionality of OQVerify, OQSG has also changed the desktop application. The new and improved OQV5 desktop application automatically pulls down any necessary updates and courses, creating a more efficient system.
In the near future, OQVerify users can expect to find even more improvements, such as a communication screen for administrators and customized homepages for companies.
We would personally like to thank our valued client, Annie Ochoa, who helped us locate a small glitch in the OQVerify video streaming. At OQSG, we appreciate all of our clients, and we value your productive feedback!

• Posted by Blake Doré
• 16 February 2010
• News

OQSG has updated CT35 (Backfilling a Trench Following Maintenance) to include new information. This Covered Task now includes a section on “protection when minimum cover is not met”. The addition to the course has been finalized, and it can be assigned through OQVerify.

The decision to update our course to include information on protection when minimum cover is not met came as a result of a request by the operator Kinder Morgan. Kinder Morgan requires that this subject be covered for qualification. If your company would like to give feedback or make suggestions on this Covered Task or any other OQSG Covered Tasks, we encourage you to contact us.

• Posted by Blake Doré
• 05 February 2010
• News

The Operator Qualification Solutions Group (OQSG), a Louisiana based company, is now accepting resellers of their compliance system, proctor, and evaluator services, in order to further expand its market reach. OQSG is weathering the economic climate and is in need of resellers around the country to continue to service the more than 350 pipeline operators (owners) and contractor customers. For information on becoming a reseller, commissions and available reseller service offerings please view the online reseller presentation.
OQSG specializes in the computer-based training, assessment and evaluation of pipeline personnel for operators (pipeline owners) and contractors. Satisfying operator qualification requirements set forth by U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Code of Federal Regulations 192 and 195, the courseware accommodates learners of differing types by implementing spoken audio, textual information as well as graphics and video.

Each OQSG course has corresponding training, assessments, and evaluations. The software that manages the 55 surface and 15 underwater covered tasks also has robust administrative tools for the management of courses and users as well as reporting functions, record keeping and database exporting.

OQSG remains committed to easing the burden of Operator Qualification through great products and services. OQSG has specialized in delivering safety training solutions to pipeline and industrial operators for over a decade. The company uses its own program, OQVerify, to provide computer-based training and assessments. OQSG also offers solutions for completing Skills Qualifications and certifying Skills Evaluators.