Petrofac splashes £200k on second freefall lifeboat in Aberdeen
Oilfield service firm Petrofac has taken delivery of a second freefall lifeboat at its marine training centre in Aberdeen following an investment of £200,000.
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Odfjell redundancy deal should be ‘benchmark’ for North Sea, says union boss
A redundancy deal for the crew of an Odfjell Drilling rig should be the “benchmark” for the North Sea, according to a union boss.
AFBE-UK Scotland and Spirit Energy team up to give youngsters from under-represented groups career advice
Students and graduates facing up to the challenges of finding work in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic have an opportunity to gain career advice at an online event next week.
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.
New OPITO initiative launched to help seafarers make move into oil and gas
Global skills organisation OPITO has launched a new initiative to help seafarers make a move into the oil and gas industry.
SSE launches pilot jobs programme to help recruit people into the renewables industry
Scottish energy firm SSE has launched a pilot jobs scheme to help recruit people into the renewables industry.
Digitalisation drive unlocks modern training approach
The acceleration of digitalisation during the coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the opportunities for digital technical training within the oil and gas sector.
Total awards contract for offshore survival training to 3T Energy Group
Two offshore energy sector training firms in the 3T Energy Group have been picked to provide services to Total E&P UK.
Offshore training firms surviving the downturn
The uncertainty caused by the outbreak of Covid-19 has touched every part of the North Sea oil and gas sector, not least businesses that supply the survival training the industry needs to keep ticking over.
Survivex starts wind industry safety training courses after £100k investment in Aberdeen
Survivex will start running wind industry safety training courses after making a £100,000 investment in its base in Aberdeen.
£4.5m pledge to support oil and gas skills
The North Sea oil and gas industry is poised to benefit from a new £4.5 million scheme to support the retention of essential skills during and after the Covid-19 crisis.
New jobs for Survivex after £140,000 investment
Offshore survival trainer Survivex said it had created two more jobs for instructors after a £140,000 investment in a new training centre of excellence for drilling and well control.
Sparrows Group training centre – behind the training
Sparrows Group has been dedicated to improving the standards of offshore lifting operations since the inception of the UK North Sea oil industry and has led the way with its industry standard for offshore crane operators.
3T Energy and Survivex now virtually indivisible
The boss at 3T Energy Group said the training and technology organisation had “nailed” the integration of Aberdeen-based survival training firm Survivex.
Oil and gas ‘bible’ just gets better
A new resource for quickly upskilling new recruits to the oil and gas sector is getting better and better, and even better.
Owner puts in funds to match name change for RelyOn Nutec
There have been big changes for Falck Safety Services, now RelyOn Nutec, since it was bought over last summer.
Survivex gets biggest intake since before crash
Survivex is reporting the highest numbers of people through its doors since before the 2014 oil price crash.
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.
UK Government doubles support for maritime trainees
UK government funding to help train new recruits in the maritime sector has been doubled to £30million per year.
Step Change in Safety releases ‘suite of safety tools’
Step Change in Safety (SCiS) has released a report designed to enchance safety, standardise common practices and saves time and money to the wider UK oil and gas industry.
Opinion: Sir Ian Wood – ‘Focus on those who don’t want university education’
Some three years ago, I chaired a Commission on Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce.
Partnership to deliver high-risk industry training
Two Aberdeenshire firms are offering enhanced training services to businesses operating across a range of high-risk industries.
Ex-oil workers could be solution to police shortage
The downturn in the North Sea oil industry could prove the answer to the police's long-term recruitment headache in the north-east.
Oil and gas decommissioning courses to be offered in London and Aberdeen
Professional courses to help plan for the future of North Sea oil and gas decommissioning are to be offered in Aberdeen and London.
Oil and gas jobseekers urged to take up Transition Training
Jobseekers leaving the oil and gas industry are being urged to apply for one of more than 400 training places.