Demographics Report 2014

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014

6.2 WorkforceNationalities In 2013, 51,177 of the personnel who travelled offshore were of British nationality, which is an increase of 8.4 per cent from 2012when therewere 47,192 British personnel offshore. This represents 82.7 per cent of the 2013 total offshoreworkforce, a 0.1 per cent decrease from 2012 and a 3.9 per cent decrease from 2006when Britishworkersmadeup86.6per cent of the totalworkforce.

Figure20: TheNumber ofOffshoreWorkersof BritishNationality from2006 to2013

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Source: VantagePOB

Figure 21 illustrates that theUKCSworkforce remains as diverse as ever, showing the nationalities of thosewhowork offshore.WorkersfromcountriessuchasBangladesh,ElSalvador,Korea,UgandaandYemen joinedtheworkforce in2013.

Figure21: AMapShowing theNationalitiesWorkingOffshoreon theUKContinental Shelf. TheCountries Shown in LightGreenareRepresentedbyEmployees

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