Step Change in Safety, the UK offshore oil and gas industry’s flagship safety initiative, is holding two events in Aberdeen this month to hear directly from the workforce about their views on offshore safety.
More than 100 safety representatives will be at the Britannia Hotel, Bucksburn, today at a network meeting to share their experiences and insights, learn from best practice and discuss problems and issues arising across the industry.
This will be followed by a share fair at Pittodrie Stadium on Wednesday, June 24, at which more than 200 delegates from throughout the energy industry will promote effective collaboration through the sharing of best practice and learning across all sectors.
Ian Crossan, leader of the Step Change in Safety support team, said: “Since the beginning of the year, we have worked hard to increase our level of workforce engagement.
“We now have a dedicated workforce engagement work group and also have extended our leadership team to include representatives from both trade unions (RMT and Unite).
“Through their input, we can really focus on the needs and concerns of the offshore workforce which will be key in helping us achieve our vision of making the UK continental shelf the safest place to work in the worldwide oil and gas industry.
“Our regular safety representative forums, in particular, are vital in helping Step Change develop new initiatives, providing practical feedback and suggesting new areas of focus for the Step Change in Safety team.
“It also gives the safety representatives a collective voice to get their views heard by senior industry leaders, providing a direct channel of communication between the workforce and the Step Change leadership team.”
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