A reindeer driving licence may not be a qualification you need to work in the oil and gas industry, but one intrepid legal professional has picked up some interesting skills on the road to her dream job.
THE offshore industry is keen to encourage young blood through graduate schemes, training programmes and arguably the most successful Modern Apprentice programme in the UK.
When Mark Arnold, 26, stepped up to collect the award for overall excellence at a recent oil and gas industry event in Aberdeen he said he hoped it would inspire other young people.
Dave Maxwell was among the group of promising high fliers rewarded late last year by Oil & Gas UK. He was then a technician, but today, he is operations production supervisor on the Forties Delta platform operated by Apache North Sea.
There is a budding generation of potential energy industry recruits out there if we, as adults, manage to push the right buttons and capture their enthusiasm.
