UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2013

UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013

7. Female Workforce Since 2006, the industry has seen an increase of 18.7 per cent in the total number of females travelling offshore. However, this is just a 0.15 per cent increase in the proportion of female employees relative to the total workforce population. This confirms that the industry has a long way to go to increase gender diversity. In 2012, 2,138 females travelled offshore, representing 3.75 per cent of the total offshore workforce and an increase of 0.05 per cent from 2011. Of the female employees, 753 were core workers and 763 travelled offshore for 10 nights or less. The distribution of females across the various age ranges has remained fairly constant since 2006, with the highest number of females falling into the 24 to 29 age bracket in 2012 (see figure 22 below). From the age of 30 there is a decline in the number of females travelling offshore.

Figure 22: Female Offshore Population Versus Male Population, 2012

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Under 18 18 - 23 24 - 29 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 65+ Female 0 122 620 419 310 238 194 151 64 15 5 Male 17 3,205 8,799 7,746 7,214 7,455 7,124 6,112 4,370 2,361 441 0

Age in Years

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