Two companies with a vested interest in promoting careers in oil and gas to university students have worked together to provide them with a real taste of life on a North Sea production platform.
Apache, one of the world’s top independent oil and gas exploration companies, invited Gradcracker, the UK’s careers website for engineering and technology students, for a trip offshore to visit the Forties Delta platform in the North Sea.
Gradcracker recorded interviews and took footage of the trip to showcase on their online TV channel,
gradcracker.com/gctv
Now, students from across the UK can watch the film and discover what it is like to work as an offshore engineer.
Gradcracker’s Rachel Mutters said “This is a real opportunity to show our students the exciting opportunities available to them in the oil and gas industry.
“When talking to our students at careers fairs, especially those in England, the oil and gas industry does not seem to be very much on their radar as a career option.”
Apache arranged the pre-trip training for Gradcracker’s Rachel Mutters and Annie Greenfield-Edwards. They also organised the helicopter flights and they provided a guided tour of the entire platform with expert input from their employees who work on Forties Delta.
Gradcracker also interviewed and filmed three Apache graduates who told Rachel about life in Aberdeen, their journey from university to the sector and what their roles involve.
This film is also available on GCTV.
Rachel said “Many Aberdeen-based oil and gas companies use gradcracker.com for their graduate recruitment and we are well aware of the concerns about an ageing work force in the sector and therefore the need to continually recruit fresh talent.
“There is also a real need to address diversity imbalances, particularly those relating to gender.
“The videos will help us to encourage our students to consider and investigate the exciting and rewarding opportunities that the industry can offer them.”
The videos can be viewed at www.gradcracker.com/gctv