UKCS Offshore Workforce Demographics Report 2013

UKCS OFFSHORE WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT 2013

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Executive Summary

The data used in this report came from the Vantage Personnel On Board (POB) system and have been analysed to identify trends in the UK oil and gas industry offshore workforce.

The following summarises the key findings for 2012:

• A total of 56,982 people travelled offshore in 2012, which is the highest number since 2006 when data were first analysed and nearly a nine per cent increase from 2011 when 52,300 employees travelled offshore. • The core workforce (those working over 100 nights per year offshore) remained at approximately 45 per cent of the total workforce, reflecting the continuing stability of these roles. At 25,760, the number of core workers is at its highest since 2006 and represents an increase of 8.4 per cent from 2011 when there were 23,758 core workers. • Three and a half times more non-operator personnel than operator personnel travelled offshore in 2012. The total number of personnel travelling offshore increased by five per cent and ten per cent from 2011 to 2012 for operators and non-operators, respectively. • Over eighty per cent of the total number of workers travelling offshore are of British nationality. • Female employees represented 3.75 per cent (2,138) of the total offshore population in 2012, of which 753 are core workers. This is an increase of only 0.05 per cent from 2011. • The average age of the offshore workforce was 41.1 years. This is similar to the average age recorded over the last seven years; the lowest during that time was 40.4 years in 2009. • 2012 saw an increase in employees travelling offshore in all age brackets. There was a 13.7 per cent rise in the number of workers under the age of 30.

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