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Work in oil and gas and Project Management Student looking to get into planning?Best place to start.....

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cameron archibald
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Hi everyone,

 

I'm currently away to start my second year of my MSc in project management. I'm a full time engineer who doesn't really use MS Project or Primavera in his job. In fact my only experiance of planning software is through my course but I want to get into the field of planning as I feel thats is something that I could do!

 

My main problem is finding entry level roles or trainee ones for that matter, I know how to use MS project but perhaps not to the level required for a full time planner.

 

Can anyone recommend resources/online sites that are either free or low cost that I can learn more complicated procedures for planning? I'm familar with EVA and im doing the best I can teaching myself most of the stuff but would really like to have formal training of some sort.

 

I'm really fed up in my current job but want to ensure that if I gain a job in planning that i can do the work and secure employment safely, im still a fairly young guy(27) and want to make the change now.

 

Any advice is welcome,