£2m energy training fund boost
Efforts to relieve the skill shortage in Scotland's energy industry have received a £2million boost.
Efforts to relieve the skill shortage in Scotland's energy industry have received a £2million boost.
Integrated production data solutions specialist Aventa Systems recently presented its latest Robert Gordon University award to the university's top BSc (Honours) information systems technology year four student.
Online Electronics Ltd (OEL) has announced the appointment of Paul Sergeant as senior design engineer.
Nurturing talent is key to the success of any industry, with schemes to aid and encourage personal development on an international level becoming increasingly popular with oil and gas companies.
Imagine working as part of a Formula 1 pit crew having to change four tyres and make adjustments in around five seconds - do you think you could achieve this if you didn't work as a perfectly-tuned team working together seamlessly?
When it comes to careers, girls should aspire to be a first-class woman, not a second-class man, says Scotland's first UK Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador, Jeanette Forbes.
The next Subsea UK Lunch and Learn takes place at the AECC on Tuesday.
Duncan Harwood spent five years in the armed forces, leading soldiers on tours of Iraq and Northern Ireland, along with managing construction sites in the Falkland Islands. The 32-year-old has now joined Aberdeen-headquartered independent energy consultancy ADIL as a subsea project engineer.
Highland youngsters aged 16-24 are being offered the chance to train for a career in the energy industry.
For a family firm which started life as an idea discussed over Sunday dinner, Survivex has had a good debut year.
A joint industry project . . . SURF IM . . . that aims to enable an integrated approach to integrity management of subsea, umbilical, riser and flowline (SURF) systems, and develop new best practice guidelines for subsea integrity management is under way.
Pupils from Bucksburn Academy triumphed in the north-east heat of an online competition which sees pupils around the world take on the role of oil barons.
Skills learned in the armed forces can often be transferred to civilian jobs and one Aberdeen student has used experience gained exploring the high seas to secure an energy industry scholarship.
After flirting with a career in the RAF, aeronautical engineer Emma Stephenson instead chose the oil and gas industry.
Total has decided to team up with the Schlumberger and Chevron collaboration to further develop the Intersect next-generation reservoir simulator. The French major is to contribute engineering resources and expertise to expand the effort.
3Sun Group is seeking £3.2million of public funding as part of an £8.4million project to tackle an estimated lack of wind turbine and offshore technicians in the supply chain.
Peterhead engineering firm Score Europe is taking steps to forge closer links with primary schools in the area.
Not far from the earth's surface is a source of energy we could use to heat our homes, schools and businesses.
Pupils from Gordon Schools Huntly got to dip their toes in the energy industry through a visit to offshore safety and survival firm Falck Nutec in Dyce earlier this year.
A small north-east energy service business has taken on its first employee thanks to a £1,000 grant from Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire councils
The Highland energy sector will have a skills gap amounting to nearly 900 people over the next five years, trade body Energy North said last night.
Within days of taking the helm at Viking Moorings in September 2011, Bill Bayliss launched a 100-day plan to propel the company forward.
Oil and gas engineering consultant Optimus (Aberdeen) has launched a new subsidiary focused on North Sea decommissioning.
HB Rentals has relocated its operation in Aberdeen to a much bigger site in the shire in anticipation of continued global business growth.
Aberdeen company Broad Cairn is targeting a near-50% rise in turnover this year of on the back of expansion at its three operating divisions.