TX 75083-3836, U.S.A., fax 01-972-952-9435. AbstractThe pace of activity, maturing profiles, incoming workforce expectations, and increasingly focused requirements on the industry's well intervention needs, is demanding a new approach to building human capital. Today's challenge is to build the required expertise in a fraction of the time previously available. This paper will provide an overview of current and future skill requirements to determine the most effective way to develop those skills, and a review of on-going programs to develop the required skill levels. Additionally, a review will be completed on the current learning tools as well as the integration of those tools in a comprehensive and accelerated development program.