Building local skills and expertise

Title:  Seizing the dream: Gaining skills for a better life

Duration: 5:26 minutes

Description:  

The Malampaya Foundation’s Bridging Employment through Skills Training (BEST) programme trains people like Brenda in new skills that will help them gain employment or establish their own businesses.

[Video footage]

Close-up of a rooster and a black dog cutting, as the rooster crows, to wider footage of the people and dwellings in a rural Filipino homes and village.

[Audio]

Rooster crowing, birds chirping, people chattering in a foreign language.

[Narrator]

South of Manila in the Philippines, Brenda Anyayahan seemed destined to a life struggling to make ends meet, just like many underprivileged Filipinos do today. But she found a way to break the mould and trained for a job which set apart from most women in her community.

[Video footage]

Mid view of Brenda and other women sitting together on the porch, the woman seated alongside Brenda talking on her mobile phone as Brenda looks on.

More footage of the rural village – people gathered around the porch, talking, a middle-aged woman preparing food at an outside kitchen close to which the rooster is perched.

Footage of Brenda walking away from the house and approaching the camera.

[Background music plays]

Instrumental music, including strings and keyboard, at times soft, other times building to rhythmic and anthemic.

[Text displays]

Seizing the Dream: Gaining skills for a better life

[Video footage]

Text displays on screen in a yellow-shaded frame against a background of out-of-focus footage of Brenda walking past the camera and out of shot.

Interview with Brenda

[Brenda - subtitles]

Most of the women here work in the SM Mall in Laguna. I don’t want that. I don’t want a typical women’s job. I want something that motivates me – body and mind.

[Video footage]

Footage of Brenda riding a motorcycle down a street in the town. The road is paved and bustling with pedestrians, vehicles and other bikers.

Close-up of Brenda against the out-of-focus background of the village.

[Narrator]

Brenda was lucky. An opportunity opened up, training for a job that’s pretty unusual for a woman in the Philippines.

[Video footage]

More footage of Brenda riding her motorcycle on a busy street in a more urban setting.

Wide view of the signboard denoting the pedestrian entrance to the Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp.

Wide view of geese waddling down the road and a terracotta painted boundary wall in the background fencing in a collection of buildings, cutting to and then zooming to a close-up of the entrance to the property where a large poster provides information on the Malampaya Foundation, the BEST programme, and the courses for which scholarships are available.

[Audio]

Geese calls.

[Brenda - subtitles]

They posted it everywhere. So that’s how I found out about how to take a course in welding. I thought why not try and see if I can do it?

[Video footage]

Close-up of Brenda against the out-of-focus background of the village.

[Narrator]

Over ten years ago, Shell and its joint venture partners set up the Malampaya Foundation which runs projects to support and encourage social, environmental and economic development in communities neighbouring the Malampaya Deepwater Gas to Power project.

[Video footage]

Wide view of the larger vehicle entrance to the same group of buildings. A motorcycle passes in the foreground.

Cut to a close-up of the signboards posted at this entrance. The three signboards advertise the Malampaya Foundation and Shell’s other joint venture partners.

More footage of Brenda’s village – Brenda and others gathered on the porch of a house, others walking past, the middle-aged woman preparing food in the outdoor kitchen, a close up of a child.

[Audio]

Motorbike engine sound. Rooster crowing, people chattering in a foreign language.

[Narrator]

One of these, the BEST project, is specifically designed to give opportunities to young people.

[Video footage]

Close-up of water dripping from a palm leaf as it rains in the background.

Footage of a man walking towards the pedestrian entrance as previously described, his umbrella open above him.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]

BEST means Bridging Employment through Skills Training which focuses on skills training that leads them into the employment of different courses that we have. So this year we have 465 scholars and 85% of the scholars have their employment this time.

[Video footage]

Close up of a man seated in an office setting, a colleague to his left in the background, cutting to a wide shot of the table around which he and three colleagues are seated.

Close-up of one of the women at the table paging through documents, cutting to a close-up of a laptop screen displaying images below the wording, Best Graduation 2015.

[Narrator]

But Brenda had to work hard to convince the board that she was right for this course.

[Video footage]

Footage of Brenda on her motorcycle, approaching the shot.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]

They have to be 21 to 35 years old. They have the high school diploma. And after that, they have to pass the examination, interview and orientation.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the speaker outside the premises previously described, holding an umbrella above his head.

High angle view of the documents also previously described as the woman pages through them. They appear to be applications, with a passport photo attached to each stapled set of pages.

High angle view of the four people seated around the table, all with documents and a laptop in front of them on the table, cutting to a close-up of a multiple choice question paper.

[Unidentified Female Speaker]

We need to choose at least ten best qualified and you’re going to ask them to come over for the interview later.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the woman previously described as paging through the documents, cutting to close-ups of the others around the table while she speaks.

[Brenda - subtitles]

They asked why I chose this job even though I’m a woman. So I said I know I’m tough. I can do this. I can do this.

[Video footage]

Footage of Brenda riding her motorcycle on a busy street.

Close-up of Brenda against the out-of-focus background of the village.

[Narrator]

The interview went well.

[Video footage]

Footage of Brenda riding her motorcycle on a busy street.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]

I think Brenda is doing her everything. She has the courage and she has the fire of doing that. It’s, like, her passion.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the speaker outside the premises previously described, holding an umbrella above his head.

[Narrator]

After being selected, Brenda had to go through a four-week course, learning new and challenging skills.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Brenda approaching and walking through an entrance sign-boarded as MHPS-PHL.

Close-up of Brenda putting a protective covering over her head, a mask over her nose and mouth, a safety helmet on her head and safety goggles over her eyes.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]

Brenda is very determined to do what she wants to do and push the limits beyond limitation.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Brenda pulling a welding helmet down over all the other protective items.

Close-up of the male speaker in the training environment, also wearing a safety helmet. 

Footage of Brenda and an instructor as he trains her in welding technique.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]

Brenda is very precise in movement with her welding technique so I think she’s going to go far.

[Video footage]

More footage of Brenda in the training environment, welding pipes.

Close-up of the male speaker in the training environment, as previously described.

[Brenda - subtitles]

Sir, what’s this? Is this the edge where metals are attached?

[Unidentified Male Speaker 3]

Yes, this is the edge designed to be formed like this then metals are attached to it. It should look like this.

[Brenda - subtitles]

It’s small, should be thin.

[Video footage]

Footage of Brenda and her instructor discussing technique.

[Narrator]

Brenda is nervous as the course draws to a close.

[Video footage]

Close-up footage of Brenda and her instructor.

[Brenda - subtitles]

We’ll be graded to see if we pass. It was difficult, but we saw it through to the end.

[Video footage]

Close-up footage of Brenda and her instructor, cutting to an extreme wide view.

Close-up of Brenda against the out-of-focus background of the village.

[Audio]

Rooster crowing, dog barking.

[Narrator]

Her passing grade in her welding technique will allow her to find well-paid jobs in the Philippines or overseas. Some of the best graduates have found work on the Malampaya project. Others have chosen to go abroad.

[Video footage]

Footage of the training environment where Brenda and her fellow students, all dressed in safety gear, work on their welding and inspect parts for welding.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]

Some of our best students were dispatched in Australia and Japan and also we had dispatched them in Malaysia.

[Video footage]

More footage of the students in the training environment, cutting to a close-up of the male speaker.

[Narrator]

It seems likely that Brenda will pass and this will change her life forever.

[Video footage]

Footage of Brenda’s village and home, as previously described. Brenda is seated on the porch with friends and lifts a little girl onto her lap as she talks with her friends.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 1]

When we come here, they give a chance, they give an option, they give a choice.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the male speaker seated at the table, a colleague in the background, as previously described.

[Unidentified Male Speaker 2]

It’s not about gender anymore. So as long as they have the will to do what they want to do, and then they would be good in that skills.

[Video footage]

Close-up of the male speaker in the training environment, as previously described, cutting to close-ups of Brenda as she pulls her welding helmet down and works on the pipe she is welding.

[Brenda - subtitles]

Even though it’s hard, I’m going after a better future because I know it’s going to be easier to support my family if I work in welding.

[Video footage]

Footage of the students in the training environment, welding in their cubicles, cutting to a close-up of Brenda listening to her instructor.

Close-up of Brenda against the out-of-focus background of the village.

[Narrator]

The Malampaya Deepwater Gas to Power project is bringing change to the Philippines, not only through the clean burning natural gas now helping to provide around 20% of the country’s energy needs, but through the employment, training and skills opportunities now benefitting people like Brenda.

[Video footage]

Footage by day and then by night of the Malampaya Deepwater platforms and support vessels against the background of the ocean.

Fast motion footage of city streets, buildings and bridges by night.

Close-up in profile of Brenda welding the pipe.

Close-up of Brenda as she talks and laughs with her instructor in the training environment.

More footage of Brenda’s home in the village.

Close-up of a smiling Brenda against the out-of-focus background of her village.

[Audio]

Rooster crowing, people chattering in a foreign language.

[Text displays]

Following filming, Brenda passed the course and found work locally as a welder.

Over 80% of graduates have now found work both locally and internationally.

[Video footage]

Text displays in a white-shaded frame against the out-of-focus background of a city street by night.

[Graphic]

Shell Pecten centred on a white background.

[Audio]

Shell jingle.

Title: Building a better future: New lifelines on Luzon 

Duration: 4:08 minutes

Description:  

Marco’s Story, Building a Better Future

Marco Camacho used to work in the garment industry in the Philippines. He applied for the Shell scholarship and took a course for insulators which gave him skills in insulating pipes and other equipment. This allowed him to get a job with a local firm which was helping on the upgrade project at the nearby Shell Tabangao refinery. The training programme has a strong focus on safety and allows Marco and many others from the area to gain vital hands-on experience and trade skills, thus building a better future for themselves.

[Background music plays]

Instrumental music

[Video footage]

View of a tree and a house made out of bamboo. Pan to the side where we can see two children. Shot of a lady inside the house folding laundry. Close-up shot of the two children, a girl and an older boy.

[Voiceover]

When Marco Camacho’s widowed mother brought the family to a village near Batangas City in the Philippines…

[Video footage]

Close-up shot of a Marco working with a sewing machine. Wider shot of Marco.

[Voiceover]

At just 15 years of age Marco had to start earning money. Pretty soon he was working in the garment industry. But after five years a better opportunity came along.

[Video footage]

View of Marco sitting outside his house being interviewed. Behind him, there is a bamboo structure.

Interview with Marco Camacho

[Marco Camacho]

[Foreign language]

[Text displays]

My cousin encouraged me to apply for a Shell scholarship. I took the exam. After a week, I found out I made it. I chose to take a course for insulators.

[Video footage]

Shot of Marco and another male behind a brown object on a table. Marco is using a saw on the object. They are both wearing masks and a helmet. Back to the aforementioned shot of Marco being interviewed at his home.

[Voiceover]

The course has given Marco skills in insulating pipes and other equipment. This has meant he could get a job with a local firm which is helping upgrade the nearby Shell Tabangao refinery to meet new environmental fuel standards. It’s win-win. Marco and others like him gain vital hands-on experience and the upgrade project is carried out quickly and efficiently.

[Video footage]

Various shots of Marco and the other male at work. Outside view of the Shell Tabangao refinery. Various shots of people at work in the refinery.

Interview with Ed Chua

[Former Country Chairman, Shell Companies in the Philippines]

[Ed Chua]           

This project actually is a very complex project and one which is very important for Shell and for the country.

[Video footage]

Shot of Ed Chua being interviewed. Sped up footage of a very large pipe-like structure being transported and then installed at the refinery. Shot of Arnel Santos being interviewed.

Interview with Arnel Santos

[Former Vice President, Manufacturing Operations East, Shell]

[Arnel Santos]  

This is the first project of this magnitude that the site in the process of executing for the last 25 years.

[Ed Chua]           

This is about confidence in the country. This is about continued training and development opportunities for our people.

[Video footage]

Various shots of people at work in the Shell refinery.

[Arnel Santos]  

It’s our investment for the future generation.

[Video footage]

Shot of Marco walking, approaching his home. He is wearing a yellow jumpsuit.

Interview with Marco Camacho

[Text displays]

Marco’s Story

Building A Better Future

[Background music plays]

Piano music

[Video footage]

Shot of the refinery. Several workers can be seen walking towards a bus. They step onto the bus. Shot taken inside the bus as the workers take their seats. Various shots of the workers inside the refinery.

[Voiceover]

Like Marco, hundreds of others from the area have taken part in training programmes supported by Shell, giving them the trade skills needed for this kind of work. The trickiest part of the project involves hooking the new components into the original plant.

[Video footage]

Close-up shot of a large sign posted at the refinery. It says danger, men working above, with a large red arrow pointing upwards. Various shots of the workers at the plant. They are all wearing safety gear. Another sign saying danger, steam blowing in progress, is shown.

[Voiceover]

Many more construction workers than usual are busy across the plant. This work is anything but routine and Marco is very aware of the hazards that this type of work can bring.

[Marco Camacho]

[Foreign language]

[Text displays]

Being an insulator is tricky work. When you cut some materials, you have to avoid breathing in the flying particles and dust. The culture of safety starts within you. And if you’re not careful, other people will step in and remind you to think about safety.

[Video footage]

We follow Marco around the plant. Back to the aforementioned shot of Marco being interviewed at his home. Shot of several workers standing in a semi-circle paying attention to one male giving safety instructions.

[Voiceover]

On top of this, there are programmes in place for plant employees and contractors alike to make sure safety remains a priority for all.

[Video footage]

Shot of the workers are trying out some of the safety gear. Shot of a worker pointing to a wall with several posters explaining the importance of safety.

[Unidentified Shell worker]

[Foreign language]

[Text displays]

So we have the 12 Life Saving Rules.

[Voiceover]

But safety isn’t the only concern.

[Video footage]

Close-up shot of a partly collapsed bridge. It is raining and there is heavy wind. Close-up shot of part of the bridge collapsed into a river.

[Voiceover]

Partway through the project typhoon Glenda with winds of up to 260 kilometres per hour washes out roads and bridges, risking vital materials not getting through.

[Video footage]

Night-time shot of the refinery. Sped up footage of parts being delivered and assembled at the refinery. Shot of Marco at work at the plant. Back to the shot of Marco being interviewed at home.

[Voiceover]

But the team manages to bring them in at night when access via one bridge is permitted. Despite this major challenge, the upgrade can be completed on time and on budget. The project success is in part down to Marco and hundreds of others like him.

[Marco Camacho]

[Foreign language]

[Text displays]

I am happy. Not everybody gets the opportunity to work here, or anywhere for that matter. The money I earned in my previous jobs wasn’t enough. My job today provides me with enough.

[Video footage]

Shot of Marco at work at the plant. Back to the shot of Marco being interviewed at home. Shot of many workers at the plant. Back to shot of Marco at work.

[Voiceover]

This opportunity to receive training and employment has been a lifeline for Marco and his family. And even though the upgrade at Tabangao is now finished, Marco can go on to other jobs thanks to the skills he’s learned fit for the future.

[Background music plays]

Shell jingle

[Text displays]

Shell logo

Title:  Bonga

Duration: 2:54 minutes

Description:  

The Bonga deep-water oil field, Nigeria’s first oil and gas project, featuring one of the world’s largest floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSO.

[Background music plays]

Stately instrumental music.

Interview with Prince Nwocha

[Title]

Operations Supervisor, Bonga

[Prince]

One, two, three…

[Justin]

One, two, three, four, five.

[Prince]

My son, Justin, likes computation, mathematics, playing with things. And I can see that engineering streak coming out in him.

[Video footage]

Footage of Prince with his son seated around a coffee table in a living room, playing a numbers-related game on the table in front of them.

Wide view of Justin walking between Prince and presumably his mother along a street lined with parked vehicles, cutting to a mid-shot of Prince as he approaches the open rear door a black vehicle, Justin on his hip and a school bag in his other hand.

[Text displays]

Prince Nwocha / Operations Supervisor, Bonga

[Prince]

My name is Prince Nwocha. I'm the first engineer in my family.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Prince against the living room background.

[Narrator]

That’s a role Prince doesn’t take lightly. It’s why he spends nearly half the year here.

[Video footage]

Footage of Prince placing Justin’s school bag into the trunk of the car while Justin leans over from the back seat. Prince closes the trunk.

Footage from a helicopter of the Bonga oil platform and FPSO in the ocean, cutting to footage of the cloudy skies as text displays in the upper part of the frame.

[Text displays]

Building a new generation of engineers / The Bonga deep-water oil field

[Narrator]

Welcome to the Bonga field, Nigeria’s first oil and gas project in more than 1,000 metres of water. Shell Nigeria Exploration Production Company used one of the world’s largest floating production, storage and offloading vessels, or FPSO, for the project. Three hundred metres long and the height equivalent to a 12-story building, the FPSO’s deck spans an area as large as three football fields.

[Video footage]

More footage of the FPSO in the ocean, including panning shots and closer shots of parts of the FPSO.

Interview with Dare Famuyide

 

[Title]

Shift Supervisor, Bonga

[Text displays]

Dare Famuyide / Shift Supervisor, Bonga

[Dare]

The most impressive aspect of the Bonga Project to me is in her development of in-country capacity. When we started, it was novel, we were possibly the first deep-water offshore assets in the gulf of Guinea. And over time, the company has been able, through the Bonga FPSO, to develop in-country capacity.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Dare against the background of shelving at frame-right and an easy chair and curtains drawn back from the window at frame-left.

Footage of an office environment, workstations lining the walls at frame-left and frame-right with various employees in red overalls standing in the room or seated at workstations.

Close-up in profile of Dare at his workstation, cutting to close-ups of his hand on the computer mouse and of the data on the computer screen, followed by more footage of employees standing alongside or seated at workstations in the office.

Close-up of Dare as previously described.

[Narrator]

That commitment has helped create the first generation of Nigerian deep water oil and gas engineers.

[Video footage]

Footage of employees in red overalls seated around a long table, engaged in discussion.

[Dare]

Let’s try Little Red Riding Hood.

[Narrator]

And perhaps the next.

[Video footage]

Footage of Dare with his family, seated on a sofa, Dare’s young daughter playing on a tablet and claps her hands in delight.

[Dare]

I’ve noticed some engineering trends in my daughter, although more on the destructive end than the constructive side so she can break stuff down very easily but she is also very keen and adept on computers. She’s quite the baby engineer so to speak.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Dare as previously described.

More footage of Dare and his family, his daughter playing on the tablet.

[Narrator]

Shell’s offshore activities in Nigeria are drawing on industry-leading deep water expertise to deliver safe, economic projects that provide jobs and training for local people.

[Video footage]

Mid shot in profile of a man seated at a workstation in an office, speaking into a microphone.

Footage or employees dressed in safety gear on site, some completing work permits other paperwork, another welding, others tightening bolts.

Interview with Theo Ekiyor-Katimi

 

[Title]

Bonga Operations Manager

[Text displays]

Theo Ekiyor-Katimi / Bonga Operations Manager

[Theo]

The Bonga operations, in addition to being a significant revenue earner for the Nigerian economy, has contributed immensely in developing the local workforce in deepwater skills.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Theo, seated against the background of a blue wall, a photo frame and pot plant visible on the window sill at frame-right.

Rear view shot of two men walking down the deck of the FPSO, blue seas and sky visible in the background.

High angle mid shot of two employees seated and looking up at a screen, cutting to footage of data on the computer screen, followed by underwater footage of new parts being installed.

[Narrator]

Today, 95% of Bonga’s core offshore staff are Nigerian.

[Video footage]

More footage of various groupings of employees in red and orange overalls, some wearing safety gear.

Interview with Austin Uzoka

 

[Title]

Head Nigerian Content Development Department, SNEPCo

[Text displays]

Austin Uzoka / Head Nigerian Content Development Dept, SNEPCo

[Austin]

The future of the business would rely largely on our ability to utilize local alternatives to help bring down the cost of doing business and by so doing, support the government’s aspiration of building truly Nigerian companies that can stand on their own – not just on the local scene but on the global stage at large.

[Video footage]

Close-up of Austin against the background of an office.

Footage of people seated at desks with laptops in front of each of them, and an instructor standing at the front of the class addressing them.

Footage of an employee dressed in safety gear, operating a large panel of controls.

Close-up of Austin as previously described.

[Narrator]

It’s a dream shared by those who have seen first-hand how going the distance can help reach new heights.

[Video footage]

Footage of the pipes and deck of the FPSO, pulling back to an aerial shot of the FPSO at sea.

[Audio]

Shell jingle

[Graphic]

Shell pectin centred on a white background, text displaying below.

[Text displays]

© Shell International Limited 2016