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3. Introduction
This report provides an up-to-date analysis of demographics data for the offshore workforce on the
UKContinental Shelf (UKCS) between2006and2013.
The offshore population comprises a core workforce, defined as those who work offshore for 100 nights or
more in one calendar year, and those who have travelled offshore for at least one but less than 100 nights.
Dataareextracted from theVantagePersonnel onBoard (POB) systemwhich tracks themovement of personnel
toand fromoffshore installations.
The reportwill consider thedifferences that arisebetween the core and total workforce andbetweenoperators
and contractors, as well as analysing theworkers’ UK residential locations, the nationalities represented by the
workforce, the femaledemographic and theageprofileof theworkforceandhow thishas changed.
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