It was superb!
I was an Engineering Officer (EO) posted at Indian Oil Corporation Marketing HO, Mumbai. I got into IOC through Gate 2018. Indian Oil inducts Grade ‘A’ officers from Gate exam, college placements, NET exam, etc.
Training is, no doubt, one of the best parts of any induction into an organisation in which you get a lot of exposure & learning with the least liabilities. I’ll touch upon the highlights of it.
Accommodation-
We were accommodated for almost two months in Radisson Blu Hotel, Dwarka sector 13, New Delhi during our training period for two and a half months, which is a 5 Star hotel. We got superior rooms/ business class rooms. By the time I left, I knew every nook & corner of that hotel. For joining our training, we got 2nd AC train tickets/equivalent amount for Air travel, from our hometown to Delhi.
For our stay in Jalandhar, we were accommodated in country Inn & Suites by Radisson. Likewise, in Amritsar, there was comfort Inn hotel.
- Radisson Blu Dwarka New Delhi
- Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Jalandhar
- Comfort Inn Alstonia, Amritsar
Food-
Restaurants like Rice, Spring, etc. provided a wide variety of cuisines from Italian to American favorites. Even after two months of my stay, we couldn’t taste everything! The food was never a problem at every place we visited. There was a special class on dining etiquette also as part of our training module.
Training modules-
We were inducted into Common Corporate Induction Module (CCIM) after joining, in which a mixed group of Probationary Officers (POs) from every department like engineering, MBA, BSc/MSc, etc., was formed. This module involves ice breaking and team activities, mostly engaging every one of us in some part, which helped in getting to know each others better and encouraging team spirit. It also involves morning compulsory yoga sessions, personality development classes and various leadership & managerial sessions.
At the end of 8–9 days of CCIM, POs are divided for three different departments of Indian Oil i.e. Marketing, Pipeline and Refineries. The officer once inducted in anyone of them will remain in that department only for their remaining service. Who will get which department is dependent on a number of factors like interview remarks, experience, positions taken in school/college and CCIM reviews. I got marketing, so we went through Marketing induction module (MIM) following CCIM.
Marketing department in IOCL is a vast department which further divides into Aviation, Retail sales, LPG sales, Engineering, Terminals, LPG Bottling plants, Lube sales, etc. Likewise, the officers posted will be called Aviation officers, sales officers, engineering officers, operations officers and so on.
MIM consists of both theoretical and field training parts. Field training is the much-awaited part of any training as you visit a lot of places and have a hands-on experience on a lot of things. It is a comprehensive training where 1 week is given to each department of marketing. We first went to Jalandhar city for 2 weeks to visit the Oil Terminal and LPG Bottling plant (Pictures attached).
Indian Oil Jalandhar terminal
Indane bottling plant (Picture of Jalandhar’s plant is not available)
Then we were taken to Amritsar AFS to introduce us to the aviation department and their workings.
…taking a small food break ;)
We went to COCO (Company owned Company operated) pumps, which are Indian Oil owned pumps and franchise owned pumps, in Delhi, for understanding the basic functioning of petrol pumps and various schemes related to them. This part and the following part of LPG distribution involved major public interactions.
As a part of understanding LPG distribution system, we went to different Indane distributors and visited households of the area to interact with them, tell them about the basic safety measures, aware them about their rights as a customer, note down the complaints, if any. Also, we did random inspection on LPG cylinder trucks, distributor’s Indane godown of cylinders and on the spot checking of cylinders carried by delivery personnel.
Door to door interaction with Indane customer
Safety clinic, LPG awareness program
Roadside random checking of Indane cylinders
Checking of LPG cylinders at distributor’s end
Indian Oil also has a Lube brand, called Servo. We went to a lube blending plant at Asaoti, Haryana.
Over this entire two & a half months training, everything including accommodation, inter-state and intrastate travel by road/rail/air, food is covered by Indian Oil. In between our training we visited local places like Golden temple, Wagah-Attari border, Jalliawala bagh, local market & Chandigarh too. In addition to this, Full salary (as applicable) was paid to us. Additional perks like phone & laptop reimbursement is applicable from day 1. After joining, furniture, mobile bill reimbursement, suitcase reimbursement, etc., are applicable. Also Loans for four-wheeler/two-wheeler can be applied for. It has one of the best medical facilities in the country.
Indian Oil has almost everything that an employee wants to lead a decent life. The initial 3 months, after job posting, are part of On Job Training (OJT). I enjoyed each and every moment I spent in Indian Oil, during my training as well as during my service. It is a Fortune Global 500 company which is not only working in upstream & downstream but also coming in midstream market. It has long term sustainable goals with state-of-the-art R&D facilities located in Faridabad, Haryana which is working on renewable Fuels.
This was my CCIM batch photograph.
& That’s me on the second day of training…
Thank you… :)
References: -
Benguluru Indane bottling plant-Buy Bengaluru LPG bottling plant of the Indian Oil Corporation where Emergency response drill was conducted at Devanagonthi in Bengaluru on Oct 22 2019 Photo IANS Pictures, Images, Photos By IANS - Others pictures
Indian Oil Petrol pump image- https://www.jakson.com/case-studies-details/more-than-100-iocl-fuel-pumps-powered-by-jakson-solar-power-packs
