Workshop for next generation following North Sea workforce review
Secondary school pupils from across the north-east are being encouraged to sign up for the opportunity to delve into the innovative world of energy.
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‘Training saves lives’ will be hero pilot’s message at Opito energy conference
The co-pilot who helped land a stricken passenger flight on New York’s Hudson River will outline how safety training and teamwork saved lives during a global energy conference.
MSc funding worth thousands of pounds available through Piper Alpha scholarships
Scholars are in with a chance of winning thousands of pounds worth of funding to study safety in the oil and gas industry.
North Sea needs 10,000 new roles by 2035, says ‘crucial’ review
The North Sea workforce will require 10,000 new roles in emerging areas such as robotics and data management by 2035, according to a new report.
Skills for safer future, 30 years since Piper Alpha
It’s almost 30 years since the Piper Alpha disaster shocked the world; the devastating events on July 6, 1988 will never be forgotten. In the wake of the incident, the oil and gas industry collectively vowed to do everything it could to protect the safety of its people and prevent a cataclysm like this from ever happening in the future.
Three new board members appointed at Oil and Gas UK
Oil and Gas UK has appointed three new members to its board to make further progress “on the industry’s road to recovery”.
Findings of major North Sea skills study to be revealed
The findings of a major report to address any potential North Sea skills shortages will be revealed next month.
OPITO event to focus on industry safety in 2018
Safety skills are expected to take centre stage at this years’ OPITO Global event in Malaysia later this year.
New drilling assessment launches for offshore upskill
International recruitment firm Atlas Professionals has launched a new drilling assessment designed to help offshore employers’ upskill staff.
Subsea 2018: North-east pupils glimpse below the surface of the industry
More than 100 north-east high school pupils got to experience the life of an offshore diver, or even an ROV driver, at Subsea Expo 2018 yesterday.
Opito event looks to encourage more girls into energy
Events are to be held next week in an effort to encourage more young women into the oil and gas industry.
Transformation is the future for oil & gas skills and roles, Opito says
Over the past 12 months, the energy sector has taken stock looking at how it can become more flexible to appeal to today’s offshore worker within the current cost constrained environment. Industry is also questioning what the training requirements will be for the roles of tomorrow.
Top apprentice Ashley earns Opito recognition
A former Peterhead Academy pupil who followed in his family’s footsteps into the oil and gas industry despite its recent woes has scooped a prestigious award.
Opito: ‘We want to make sure that this is an industry that’s attractive to young people’
School age students were shown the future work possibilities within the oil and gas industry through an Energise Your Future (EYF) programme.
Opito’s ‘interim’ boss takes over the reins on a more permanent basis
Global oil and gas industry safety, standards and workforce development organisation Opito has named John McDonald as its new chief executive.
Links with schools key to securing best talent for oil sector, Opito boss says
Building relationships with schools is “absolutely key” if oil gas companies are to harness the best of local talent, according to OPITO interim chief executive John McDonald.
Opito calls for US industry to adopt common global standards
Skills development body OPITO has called on the US industry to bring the Gulf of Mexico in line with global safety standards following the Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Malaysians first to pass new Opito training standards
A group of Malaysian onshore oil and gas workers have become the first to pass safety training that conforms to new standards set out by industry skills body Opito.
Exclusive: Revolutionary North Sea scheme will emulate football free transfers in bid to save jobs
The North Sea oil and gas industry is looking to a football-style loan transfer scheme to resolve skills shortages after it emerges from a long and brutal downturn.
Oil and gas training doyen David Doig’s legacy will live on, says widow
The legacy of oil and gas training doyen David Doig will live on through a charitable fund, his widow has revealed.
New trainee levy ‘effectively another tax on oil industry’
The interim chief executive of Opito told MPs yesterday the UK Government’s new apprenticeship levy will have “unacceptable” implications for Scotland’s oil and gas sector.
Memorial to North Sea stalwart David Doig will be held this month in Aberdeen
The life and work of former Opito chief executive David Doig will be celebrated in Aberdeen later this month.
Apprentice switches from cars to oil, wins top accolade
A former trainee car mechanic from Norwich who switched careers to join the UK oil and gas sector at the start of the global downturn, is on track for success after scooping the sector’s Apprentice of the Year Award.
Levy risks driving apprenticeships out of Scotland
An oil and gas skills organisation has warned employers may shift apprenticeship training to England after the Scottish Government revealed it would not ring-fence funds allocated via the new UK-wide Apprenticeship Levy.
Scottish oil and gas employers call for clarity on £220million levy
Oil and gas business leaders have demanded to know how the Scottish Government plans to spend the £220million a year that will start to be collected from large employers next year.