Coping with Covid and training for the future
Three of the north-east’s top oil and gas industry training providers share their insights on the challenges created by the Covid-19 pandemic and energy transition with emeritus editor Jeremy Cresswell.
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Reskilling the energy workforce, and inspiring the next generation
The energy sector faces two existential shifts in the coming years, with the digitalisation of existing energy systems and the transition to a future energy mix.
Oil and gas bosses welcome reopening of new-look Aberdeen Science Centre
Oil and gas bosses are confident the revamped Aberdeen Science Centre will encourage youngsters to learn about the “vital role they can play” in the energy transition.
Maersk Training invests seven figures into Aberdeen
Maersk Training has recently announced a significant investment of $1million into its UK business, headquartered in Aberdeen.
Renewables group is powering ahead
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (Areg) has grown its membership over the past 12 months, with sign-ups coming from leading companies within the renewables sector, renowned industry bodies and energy companies who are placing an increased focus on clean energy.
OPITO marks strategic shift with launch of new training standards for renewable energy workforce
Global skills body OPITO has marked a “strategic shift” in the business after it made its first move into the renewable energy industry.
New OPITO initiative launched to help seafarers make move into oil and gas
Global skills organisation OPITO has launched a new initiative to help seafarers make a move into the oil and gas industry.
Oil firms urged to reach for those digital heights
Oil firms must seize the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to grasp the nettle and embrace digital technology and data analysis, industry experts have said.
Covid-19: Protect, survive and recover
Looking after the wellbeing of our colleagues in the global energy workforce during the coronavirus pandemic is, in a sense, business as usual for all of us at Opito.
Opito energises young people’s futures at Subsea Expo
More than 140 young people from a dozen schools around the north-east of Scotland took part in the final day of Subsea Expo 2020.
The changing face of a modern apprentice
Our industry is facing a tremendous challenge as we tackle the energy transition, and developing a workforce that is multi-skilled, flexible and technology-enabled is critical.
Opito selects former petrol pump designer as Apprentice of the Year 2019
A former petrol pump designer has scooped Opito’s Apprentice of the Year Award at the age of 33.
Aberdeen Science Centre to reopen in June with ‘massive wow factor’
The head of Aberdeen Science Centre has revealed the building will reopen in June, following a huge revamp which will create “a massive wow factor”.
SPE Aberdeen: Inspiring the next generation
Now more than ever, it is important we work to attract the next generation into the industry.
Opito sees a world of difference
The white heat of digital technology has greatly intensified during 2019. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is massively disrupting and transforming our industry and society all around us.
‘Difficult times ahead’ – OGTC chief on digital transition
The chief executive of the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has forecasted “some difficult times ahead” as the industry embraces digital innovations.
North Sea warned digitalisation ‘not a gender balance magic wand’
A network dedicated to increasing the number of women in the UK energy industry has warned that digitalisation is not a guaranteed “gender balance magic wand”.
Significant concerted action needed to address gender imbalance
The energy sector gender pay gap (GPG) remained relatively high last year thanks in part to the traditionally male-dominated oil and gas sector – but the changing nature of employment could offer the chance to change that.
Astronaut to talk Peake oil at Opito conference
A British astronaut will blast off to a major oil and gas conference later this year.
Embracing change and learning for the future: An energy skills alliance for the 21st Century
Psychologists know that change creates stress. And the bigger the upheaval, the greater the fear, anxiety and doubt.
Next gen ‘energised’ by Opito event at Offshore Europe
School pupils raced salt-water-fuelled cars, operated drilling simulators, calculated their carbon footprints and donned “smart goggles” at Offshore Europe in Aberdeen today.
Increase women working offshore to increase sector profit, industry experts say
Figures show that a more diverse workforce will increase oil and gas sector profit, especially if more women work offshore, according to industry experts.
New identity for RGU oil and gas institute
The Oil and Gas Institute at Robert Gordon University (RGU) has been renamed in response to "customer demand", its director said.
Has the energy industry made the career shortlist?
Thousands of young people across the UK who graduated university, finished college or left school this summer are now intensely scrutinising career opportunities, seeking out their first step on to the career ladder.
Vision 2035 to play crucial role in energy transition, oil chiefs say
UK oil chiefs believe their “vision” for the future can play a crucial role in tackling one of the biggest challenges ever faced – the energy transition.