Maersk signs up for ATS courses
Allied Training Services (ATS), an Aberdeen-based offshore-training specialist, is to provide services to Maersk Training under a deal worth an estimated £100,000 over the coming year.
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Highland diver school agrees Unique tie-up
A Fort William subsea diver-training school and equipment-trial centre has agreed a partnership with an Aberdeen company.
Intertek pours another $200k into bugs research
Quality and safety services firm Intertek is investing $200,000 (£125,000) in phase two of a groundbreaking five-year oilfield bugs research project at the University of Calgary.
Our fantastic Energy Energy Alphabet Competition
The race to produce more of our power from renewables is on - but fossil fuels remain the mainstay of our energy economy, powering our cars, heating our homes and helping produce substances including plastic.
Taking the business of model-making seriously
On your marks, get set . . . Build a drillship with a helipad. That was the challenge set to the north-east finalists of this year's Junior Engineer for Britain K'Nex Challenge.
Alness romps home in Junior Saltire Awards
Schools from the Highlands have romped home with a clutch of awards from this year's Junior Saltire Prize.
EFC builds Mastiff system
EFC Group of Aberdeen has designed, built and delivered a multi-million pound mechanical handling contract to provide a self-erecting "rigless intervention system (RIS), otherwise known as Mastiff for Baker Hughes, which provided the brief.
Bid for funding
A consortium of business and public sector organisations in East Anglia has joined forces to bid for funding for energy industry firms to help take on and train new recruits.
Orkney scoops prize in Big Green Challenge
Kirkwall Grammar School students have proved Orkney has what it takes to call the shots on renewable energy.
Partnership will provide global perspective
Energy experts from around the world are to come to Glasgow to study as part of an international MBA programme launched in May.
Graduate profile: Zofia Korczak
When Zofia Korczak moved to Aberdeen to study it was with fashion management in mind - it did not take her long to see the opportunities a very different career in the oil industry could offer.
Energy students benefit from awards
The Society of Petroleum Engineer's Aberdeen section has presented a total of £15,000 to students in Scotland in its annual round of bursary awards.
Oil and gas engineer named top trainee
A young oil and gas engineer has been named apprentice of the year by an Aberdeen training centre.
Jobs go begging as sector hit by lack of talent
North-east MPs have called for action to tackle a skills shortage which threatens to stifle growth in the thriving subsea sector.
Fear of ‘skills shortage’
The booming north-east subsea industry is poised to offer jobs to up to 10,000 workers over the next year.
Inspiring future engineers
Pupils from across Caithness and Sutherland have visited the Dounreay atomic-energy site as part of a project to encourage young people into engineering.
Aberdeen energy recruitment market thriving
The upsurge in activity may appear in contrast to the national economic outlook but it has been gathering momentum since mid 2011 and is set to continue in the wake of contract success and investment announcements by energy sector companies, fuelling the demand for skilled workers.
Driving forward
Project management specialist EPC Offshore has announced plans to expand its workforce with the creation of 15 new positions in Aberdeen.
Full steam ahead at Ocean Installer
It's exciting times for Martin Sisley, managing director of Ocean Installer.
Striving for excellence
Job hunters are invited to AMEC's Excellence on Show event at Hilton Treetops Hotel on Monday.
Ace recruiting 17 apprentices
North-east engineering company Alfred Cheyne Engineering said yesterday it had recruited a record intake of Modern Apprentices.
Opito’s global reach delivers results
More than 500,000 offshore oil and gas workers in 40 countries have been trained to health and safety standards set by Opito.
Skilled workers still in demand
With new projects coming on stream and platforms like Kittiwake producing oil and gas for years longer than expected, the offshore industry needs new skilled workers now more than ever.
Middle East calling
People move overseas for a number of reasons namely to experience new cultures, challenge themselves, live in a warmer climate and/or better their income.
Students get ready for work
Mechanical engineering students at Banff and Buchan College visited EnerMech in Aberdeen as part of their course.