Demographics Report 2014

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014

7. FemaleWorkforce Therewasanadditional 99femaleworkers travellingoffshore in2013comparedtothepreviousyear, bringingthe total to2,237. This is in comparison to theadditional 4,811maleworkers on theUKCS (bringing the total ofmale workers to59,655). Despitetheincreaseinactualnumbers, lastyearsawa0.2percentdecreaseintheproportionof femaleemployees relativetothetotal offshorepopulation, comparedtoa0.1per cent increase in2012. Femalepersonnel therefore accountedforonly3.6percentof thetotaloffshoreworkforcein2013and2.9percent (798)of thecoreworkforce. Thispercentage reflects the lowest level of femaleoffshorepersonnel in relation to the totalworkforce since the first DemographicsReport published in2006. Gender diversity is still an area of concernwith regards to the offshoreworkforce, especiallywhen the females working in catering are removed. Thirtyper cent of femaleswhoworkedoffshore in2013were in catering roles, thehighest percentage since2009. Tenper centwere inmaintenancepositions, four per centweremedical staff and1.6per centworked ingeosciences.

Figure23: Breakdownof FemalePersonnel byKeyDiscipline

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Catering Maintenance Other

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Source: VantagePOB Source: VantagePOB

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