The adage: "it costs money to train, but it costs even more not to train" is one which all companies will do well to consider. Continuous investments in the human resource capital is perhaps the only way to ensure continuing survival and growth. Real security can only be achieved by maintaining high levels of organisational capabilities, chief among which are those of the human resources. The issue of investing in the development of the workforce will be a topic of discussion at the upcoming T&T Energy Conference