Industry body Oil & Gas UK has launched a labour market study to map out the health and breadth of the UK workforce.
The study, undertaken by EY and commissioned in conjunction with skills body Opito and the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS), will look at the current employment profile and future needs of the oil and gas sector.
The aim of the study is to formulate strategies to successfully address skill deficiencies and market needs, the body said.
“By gathering data on the workforce’s profile across operators and the supply chain and identifying future requirements, we hope to better equip our industry for the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead,” said Stephen Marcos Jones, Oil & Gas UK’s business development director.
“We are operating in a global industry and as such, must build a world-class talent pipeline.
“We aim not only to provide more accuracy around the number of jobs supported by the industry, but to identify what skills our people have, where they are based and how we might need to develop them to promote our advantage in the oil and gas sector.
“Industry willingness to participate in this study will be vital to its success.”
This project is a response to the UK’s Oil and Gas Industrial Strategy which aims to create conditions in which offshore oil and gas businesses are best placed to take advantage of new opportunities and compete globally.
It comes just three months after the completion of a project to map the UK oil and gas supply chain, commissioned by Oil & Gas UK, also completed by EY.
Data for the new project will be gathered by a range of methods including analysis of existing information and a series of interviews with organisations in 32 sub sectors of the upstream oil and gas supply chain.
“The UK has an excellent track record in nurturing world class oil and gas talent to develop our resources and export expertise,” said Chris Lewis, partner at EY.
“We are delighted to be working with Oil & Gas UK on this project that aims to shed some light on the skills required to deliver an industry that has the expertise to deal with extending the life of mature fields and developing new ones.”
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