The current skills gap in the energy industry is understandably a great worry to employers. Cultivating enthusiasm in the next generation for a career in oil and gas is vital to putting this right, but will take years for the full results to be felt.
This is a long-term industry, with continual challenges which we will need new people to solve, and to lead us in the future.
Lyle Andrews, head of graduate recruitment at BP, and Trevor Garlick, regional president, BP North Sea, look at what you should be doing to land a place on a graduate scheme
Type the words “corporate graduate training scheme” into Google and it is not a leading American or European company that throws up at the top of the first page, it is an Asia-Pacific group with UK roots – Swire.
I work in the marine business unit at Apollo. So far I have been able to work on a wide variety of engineering projects typically related to vessels and drilling rigs.
My late grandfather always had advice for me saying that I should always try to better myself and not be scared of new challenges.
I am currently working with Stork Technical Services on their new diver trainee programme. It is the first of its kind in Scotland and is a three-year work-based training initiative.
I’m involved in some of the development of the Z-Sight auto well surveillance system, assembling early prototypes, installations in the field, modelling oil wells and ultimately working with the customer to use the system to optimise their oil fields.
Within the oil and gas industry I am able to carry out research and investigations which will ultimately be implemented to improve a process.
Since leaving school at the end of sixth year, I am training to become a process operator through OPITO on the Industry’s Upstream Oil and Gas Industry Technician Training scheme.
Working in the oil and gas industry has been one of my dreams.
Sustainability is very important to me.
Whether they are trying to break into the industry or have been flying to rigs for years, one thing offshore workers seem to become nervous about is the safety exercises they need. Ross Davidson confronts his fear and goes through the helicopter training course to find out what is in store for anyone flying to a North Sea platform
Bob Keiller, chief executive of Wood Group, looks at the importance of graduates to the oil and gas industry and to Wood Group
Science, technology engineering and maths; anyone who has emerged from university, college and other sectors of industry with those types of skill sets and competencies is potentially highly attractive to oil and gas companies and their supply chain.
The shortage of skilled personnel is cited as one of the biggest challenges for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry. It has long been a big issue but this is one British industry that is working cohesively to try and meet the challenge.
More than 200 people packed a north-east church at the weekend to remember the victims of a North Sea helicopter crash.
The families of four oil workers who were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this year will attend a special service today in their memory.
Experiencing the energy industry first hand is the best learning tool toward career in the sector, a graduate engineer has discovered.
THE last survivor to escape from the wreckage of a helicopter that plunged into the North Sea has revealed he still has nightmares about the disaster.
The current problems at the Grangemouth refinery and petrochemical complex are deep-seated, and developments in the international oil and gas markets have exacerbated these problems.
Making the most of your time off to gain work experience is key for securing a job in the energy sector, believes an industry graduate.
Sir Robert Smith, acting chairman of the energy and climate change committee at Westminster, writes exclusively for the Press and Journal and Energy Voice on why the group has summoned the bosses of the “big six” firms to explain rising consumer bills.
An energy course graduate has taken one step closer to realise their dream of becoming an underwater welder - and the fact that she is a girl is not stopping her.
An energy-related career in Aberdeen is a safe investment for the future, believes a banker-turned-business adviser.