Future North Sea: Firms grapple with skilled talent conundrum
Future North Sea event hears optimistic vision of the energy sector's future, but significant challenges remain.
skills shortages
‘It’s not rocket science’: Workers have their say on 3/3 offshore rotas and skills shortage
Scrapping unpopular “three on, three off” rota patterns will not solve the North Sea skills shortage alone, according to offshore workers.
Ditching three on, three off rotas can ease North Sea skills shortage, says union boss
Doing away with hated shift patterns has been mooted as one way to help alleviate North Sea worker shortages.
Lack of skilled workers threatens to derail UK’s energy transition, OEUK report warns
A tightening labour market and a lack of available workers threatens to derail the UK’s energy transition, a key industry study is warning.
FOI figures show energy firms casting the net far and wide to plug skills gaps
Energy companies are looking further afield to plug their skills gaps as the industry grapples with a tight resource pool.
Industry outlook confident, despite challenges
Confidence in the global oil and gas industry for 2013 has increased compared to the previous year - despite multiple challenges facing the industry, according to a new report.
Oil and gas salaries pumped up to fill skills gap
Soaring salaries in the North Sea oil and gas industry could kill the goose laying the golden egg, an energy expert warned yesterday.
Tackling skills shortages in renewables
A £1.2million training initiative has been set up to tackle skills shortages in the renewables industry.
We must work collectively
Going into a new year, most of us will be looking forward to the coming 12 months having a brighter outlook than the prior 24.