Oil and gas industry training body Opito has today launched a new service aimed at transferable skills.
This is aimed at meeting the industry’s need to fill a skills gap, which is causing skills shortages in the industry mostly around those with maturity and experience.
Working with the Urquhart Partnership, Opito has expanded its online careers portal to include independent, unbiased information for workers with knowledge and experience from other, potentially declining, industries interested in transferring their skills into oil and gas.
Larraine Boorman, managing director of Opito, said: “In the short-term the lack of transition training to capture transferable skills is the biggest human resources issue for the oil and gas industry.
“The mid-gap of maturity and experience is where the problem lies. Widening the pool of talent available to the industry is essential if the recruitment difficulties identified by employers are to be addressed.”
To help the issue, the pan-industry backed site – myoilandgascareer.com – now includes information on the wide range of careers the sector can offer experienced workers looking to switch from industries like shipbuilding, automotive engineering or the Armed Forces, into oil and gas.
It includes case studies on real people currently working in oil and gas, information on training and development, a guide to which career may best suit an individual’s skills set and impartial information on the range of entry routes open to skilled workers.
“Designed by the industry for the industry, this free resource is very much about attracting and informing the talent that the sector needs to secure going forward,” said Mrs Boorman.
“We have seen tremendous support for the site in the last 12 months with many of the sector’s biggest employers getting involved. In order to take it to the next level we want to see even more engagement from industry.
“By working together we can provide an immediate and effective solution to the industry’s demand for skilled, competent workers who can use their experience to further their careers and drive the oil and gas sector forward.”
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