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Introduction
Safety
Environment
Community
People
Governance
Appendix
Developing Our Leaders
We are committed to building a strong learning culture, where all employees are
supported in reaching their full potential.
At the core of every successful Valero leader is a full understanding of our business,
our culture and the people who drive our success. We develop our leaders and
team members to motivate, engage and support an engaged workforce that is
committed to excellence, expands our talent pipeline and reduces turnover.
We offer a comprehensive training and development program for our employees
in subjects such as engineering and technical excellence, safety, environmental,
maintenance and machinery/equipment repair, ethics, leadership and employee
performance.
More than 745,000
hours of training
and more than
7,280 training
classes offered
to employees in
2024.43
We also require all employees to complete training on technical matters, such as cybersecurity, information
technology security, and various compliance and corporate conduct matters, including business ethics, con昀氀icts of
interest, and anti-bribery and anti-corruption, among others.
Our employee development initiatives include customized professional and technical curriculum, efforts to engage
our leadership in the employee’s development process, and providing employee performance discussions.
We offer a virtual training curriculum, which allows for greater availability and access across our global workforce.
Training Programs
ALL-EMPLOYEE PROGRAMS / 162 PROGRAMS IN 2024
LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS / 219 PROGRAMS IN 2024
Developing Team Valero – Instructor-led courses
targeting professional and technical topics.
Supervisor Toolkit – Designed to prepare our new
supervisors for their role, we provide a 12-month road
map on Day 1 of promotion, which outlines information
on developing essential skills, building strong
teams, ensuring an inclusive work environment and
understanding their leadership style.
Individualized Development – Behavioral
assessment review to understand individual
strengths and weaknesses.
Other – Valero development library; compliance and
regulatory training; and business acumen resources.
ROLE-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS / 1,046 PROGRAMS IN 2024
Engineering Technical Excellence Program –
Structured two-track program designed to enhance
and sharpen the technical skills of early career and
experienced engineers.
Subject Matter Instructor (SMI) Development –
Program designed to cultivate Valero’s internal experts
across the organization and prepare them to deliver
training sessions – virtually or in person – on a wide
range of department-speci昀椀c or professional topics.
Frontline and Beyond Frontline – Required program
building essential skills for managing and leading
others includes a year-long cohort learning
experience with an executive leader coach.
Re昀椀nery Supervisor Development – Customized
curriculum designed to reinforce expectations of 昀椀eld
leaders to build strong teams and drive operational
excellence.
Other – Leadership transition guide; extraordinary
leaders program; and performance management
resources.
Instructor Development – Individualized development
and coaching of experts for preparation to facilitate
courses.
Other – Engineering development virtual program;
commercial development program; and operations
quali昀椀cation and unit speci昀椀c courses.
Employees at our San Antonio
headquarters.
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