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In responding to the great crew change in the oil and gas industry, over hiring fresh graduates engineers/geoscientists has become one of the solutions for many companies. Medco E&P, an independent Indonesian oil and gas company, has taken similar steps by recruiting almost 200 fresh graduate engineers and geoscientist in the last 3 years. After one year of intensive accelerated training program for fresh graduates, the company has follow up program to develop the technical competency for all technical professional staff.In 2005, the company established a competency development program assisted by external consultants. This is a customized technical competency model based on the uniqueness of the organization, operation and future technical capabilities required. After establishing the competency model, 80 young engineers and geoscientist were assessed to identify the organizational technical competency gaps and strength. We also developed the internal capability to assess competency by appointing and training senior level technical professionals to be internal assessors.The assessment process starts with self assessment then interview with experts in related discipline to validate the result. To support this process a web based self assessment tool was implemented to ensure engineers and geoscientists have access to the system.Mentoring program was put in place as a critical part of the technical competency development program to tailor different approaches to meet individuals development needs. The main challenge is the scarcity of the senior/middle technical professionals to be assigned as assessors or mentors, while the need to accelerate the development of young engineers and geoscientist is increasing.In conclusion, the technical competency development program provides the company a structured way to enhance and accelerate the competency development of technical professionals and encourage interaction between senior and juniors which supports technology and knowledge transfer within various disciplines in the company.