Demographics Report 2014

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014

5. CoreWorkforce Thecoreworkforce isdefinedas thosewhoworkoffshore forover100nights inacalendaryear.Themostcommon rotationpatterns for thecoreworkforce isequal time (twoweekson, twoweeksoff/threeweekson, threeweeks off) or twoweekson, threeweeksoff. Thenumberofcorepersonnelhas risen from25,760 in2012 to27,749 in2013, representinga7.7percent increase. This thehighest number of coreworkers sincedatawerefirst analysed in2006, albeitwith a smaller percentage rise from2012 to2013 than from2011 to2012,which stoodat 8.4per cent. Despite thedecrease inexplorationdrillingandan increase inoperatingcosts in2013, thecoreoffshoreworkforce continues to rise year-on-year. As mentioned earlier in the report, this could be due to increased manpower needed for maintenance programmes, upgrades and key projects, as well as record capital investment of £14.4billion last year innewandbrownfielddevelopments 7 .

Figure10:Number of CorePersonnel TravellingOffshore from2006 to2013

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Source: VantagePOB

Source: VantagePOB

7. Oil&GasUK’sActivity Survey2014 is available todownloadat:www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/forecasts.cfm

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