PORT HARCOURT — The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Heritage Energy Operational Services Ltd and Global Oceon Engineers Nigeria Ltd have started training 48 Nigerians in subsea engineering. Trainees will spend six months in the classroom and six months on the job, covering risers and hydrodynamics, offshore structures, pipeline engineering and AutoCAD. NCDMB Executive Secretary Felix Omatsola Ogbe, represented by the board's General Manager for Human Capacity Development, Emelle Alexis, said the programme is part of the board's initiatives to prepare Nigerians for jobs in the oil and gas industry.