Energy Graduate: In Profile – Angus Haig
I am currently working with Stork Technical Services on their new diver trainee programme. It is the first of its kind in Scotland and is a three-year work-based training initiative.
I am currently working with Stork Technical Services on their new diver trainee programme. It is the first of its kind in Scotland and is a three-year work-based training initiative.
I’m involved in some of the development of the Z-Sight auto well surveillance system, assembling early prototypes, installations in the field, modelling oil wells and ultimately working with the customer to use the system to optimise their oil fields.
Since leaving school at the end of sixth year, I am training to become a process operator through OPITO on the Industry’s Upstream Oil and Gas Industry Technician Training scheme.
Within the oil and gas industry I am able to carry out research and investigations which will ultimately be implemented to improve a process.
Working in the oil and gas industry has been one of my dreams.
Sustainability is very important to me.
Whether they are trying to break into the industry or have been flying to rigs for years, one thing offshore workers seem to become nervous about is the safety exercises they need. Ross Davidson confronts his fear and goes through the helicopter training course to find out what is in store for anyone flying to a North Sea platform
Bob Keiller, chief executive of Wood Group, looks at the importance of graduates to the oil and gas industry and to Wood Group
Science, technology engineering and maths; anyone who has emerged from university, college and other sectors of industry with those types of skill sets and competencies is potentially highly attractive to oil and gas companies and their supply chain.
The shortage of skilled personnel is cited as one of the biggest challenges for the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry. It has long been a big issue but this is one British industry that is working cohesively to try and meet the challenge.
Experiencing the energy industry first hand is the best learning tool toward career in the sector, a graduate engineer has discovered.
Making the most of your time off to gain work experience is key for securing a job in the energy sector, believes an industry graduate.
An energy course graduate has taken one step closer to realise their dream of becoming an underwater welder - and the fact that she is a girl is not stopping her.
An energy-related career in Aberdeen is a safe investment for the future, believes a banker-turned-business adviser.
There are no barriers stopping aspiring individuals from climbing up the career ladder in the energy sector, believes an industry manager.
Aberdeen may be synonymous with the oil and gas boom but for many young people the opportunities in the lucrative and ever-changing energy sector can seem as distant as an offshore rig.
Gavin struggled to find employment for nine months before taking part in the Get into Oil and Gas course.
No such thing exists at the Department of Energy & Climate Change here in the UK, however, the US Energy Department has just awarded nearly $5million to undergraduate and graduate students pursuing nuclear engineering and science degrees.
Centrica Energy says that its oil and gas engineers, whatever their discipline, have the chance to develop careers for life through early exposure to projects - both on and offshore - and opportunities to progress into senior and specialised roles.
I am looking forward to working offshore and getting some more hands-on experience.
A total of £15,000 has been awarded to students in Scotland by the Society of Petroleum Engineers Aberdeen Section as part of its 2012-13 bursary programme.
More than 3,000 students took on the ultimate challenge in energy-efficient driving on the streets of Rotterdam last month.
A pioneering collaboration aimed at inspiring the next generation of much-needed petrophysicists into the energy sector has been launched at Aberdeen University.
A Scottish masters programme was Rachel Furlong's launch pad into the world of renewable energy.