UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2013

UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013

Figures 23 and 24 below show that 28 per cent of the total number of female employees (around 600) work in the catering discipline. The number of females in catering has increased year on year with the exception of 2010 to 2011. Other key disciplines in which females work offshore are as follows: maintenance (219 – 10.2 per cent), health, safety and environment (106 – five per cent) and medical (89 – four per cent).

It should be noted that there were 324 females (15 per cent) with ‘unknown’ in the job role field on Vantage.

Figure 23: A Comparison of the Total Number of Female Workers with those in Non-Catering Roles between 2006 and 2012

2,200

2,000

1,800

1,600

1,400

Number of Female Workers

Excluding Catering

1,200

All Female Workers

1,000

2006

2007

2008

2009 Years

2010

2011

2012

Figure 24: The Total Number of Female Workers and those in Non-Catering Roles between 2006 and 2012

Excluding Catering

Year

All

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

1,756 1,881 1,887 1,895 1,833 1,930 2,138

1,279 1,386 1,362 1,326 1,289 1,371 1,539

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