Government approves ECITB training levy
ECITB has welcomed government approval of proposals aimed at supporting transition skills and training via a levy on engineering construction businesses.
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Keeping ‘corporate memory’ alive of major oil and gas safety incidents
In oil and gas, the American Institute Chemical Engineers found corporate memory of an incident was almost completely gone after three years.
Investment in people is critical to the UK’s net zero ambitions
The UK’s Climate Change Committee published its report on the impacts of net zero on the workforce last week, but the energy sector is already acutely aware of the challenges the energy transition poses to its future prosperity.
Taking the conference skills shortage talk and turning it into action
For the Energy Voice team, and many others besides, May has been the month of conferences.
‘Significant threat’ as Aberdeen businesses face energy skills crunch
A crunch on the ability of firms to find skills for oil and gas and renewable energy are a “significant threat,” Aberdeen business leaders have warned.
Do Westminster and Holyrood appreciate Aberdeen’s skills gold mine?
News this month that Cromarty and the Firth of Forth have been chosen to become Scotland’s green freeports was unquestionably a bitter pill to swallow for the energy sector in North-east Scotland.
OPITO hails landmark launch of innovative energy transition qualifications
OPITO, the global safety and skills body for the energy industry has launched an innovative suite of strategic energy transition qualifications.
Scotland’s lack of renewables workers? Blame baby boomers
Ahead of a skills summit in Aberdeen this week, employment experts have assessed why Scotland and the wider UK has woes around attracting enough workers in renewable energy.
Floating forecasts: Key questions on the skills challenge for floating wind
Floating offshore wind (FOW) is the new great hope, the next big breakthrough, in renewable energy. It is a huge worldwide growth area with transformative potential for our people, our communities, and our national wealth and wellbeing.
BP received 10,000 applications for 200 low carbon jobs as ‘appetite’ to transition surges
Oil giant BP (LON: BP) has been inundated by applications from workers vying to transition into the low carbon energy space.
Energy industry faces ‘excessive wage inflation’ unless it can improve transferability of workers
An imbalance between supply and demand in the energy labour market could send wages through the roof, the head of a leading skills body has projected.
X-Academy expands senior leadership team alongside second cohort kick off
An Aberdeen-based energy transition skills initiative has bolstered its leadership team with three new appointments.
Repsol Sinopec: Decommissioning talent essential for UK’s energy transition
Globally the energy landscape is changing. It is undergoing significant transition to meet energy demands whilst reducing carbon emissions – a difficult balancing act.
Cross-sector technology and skills at the heart of the transition
With the theme of ‘Oceans of Opportunity’, the much-anticipated Subsea Expo conference later this month will showcase the cutting-edge technologies and innovations of the sector. The UK’s subsea market produces some of the world’s most advanced technology for harsh and hard to reach environments. As the energy transition accelerates, there will be a significant opportunity for the transfer of this technology into growing clean energy sectors.
‘A school for superpowers’
2021 was a big year for climate change.
Energy Institute in skills warning that net zero could leave workers ‘stranded’
The Energy Institute has said the majority of UK workers plan to train for net zero in the coming year, but concerns persist on cost, timing, and availability of courses.
UK businesses concerned by lack of skills required to tackle climate change
UK businesses are facing an era of unprecedented disruption and transformation as a direct result of climate change.
Kick start energy transition projects now to save jobs and hit net-zero targets
Achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is an ambitious and deliverable goal, but on current trajectory it is unlikely to be realised without rapid acceleration of key energy transition projects.
Oil and gas sector risks losing thousands of engineers capable of delivering energy transition
A leading skills body is warning the oil and gas sector it needs to act swiftly or risk losing thousands of engineers capable of delivering the energy transition.
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.
Need for shift in skills unveiled in vital industry report
Leading figures from the North Sea’s oil and gas industry will take centre stage at the launch of a key industry report next month to discuss how changing skills requirements will impact on the industry over the next six years.
If you can’t spot talent, you shouldn’t be a manager
Recent press on a skills shortage for the oil and gas industry prompted me to share my views on graduate training and recruitment. It is focused on my own discipline Chemical (Process) Engineering, a key skill for the oil and gas industry.
Fears grow as oil skills ’emergency’ looms, survey says
Nearly half of oil and gas professionals are worried about an "impending talent emergency", a new employment trends poll shows.
Budget 2017: New T-Levels welcomed by OGUK
New “T-Levels” are to be introduced as part of a fresh bid to give technical training equal standing to academic education, the Chancellor has confirmed.
Warning as skills shortage sees surge in unfilled jobs
Firms are facing an “unprecedented” shortage of skilled workers, with the threat that thousands of vacancies will be left unfilled, a new report has warned. The number of posts left unfilled has increased by 130% since 2011, according to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.