Demographics Report 2014

UKCSOFFSHOREWORKFORCEDEMOGRAPHICSREPORT2014

4. TotalOffshoreWorkforce Thecoreoffshoreworkforceaccounts for justover sixpercent (27,749)of thetotal numberofemployees 3 working in,orasaresultof, theUKoffshoreoilandgas industry.Thisfigureincreasestoalmost14percentwhencalculating the total offshoreworkforceas apercentageof theoverallworkforce in2013.

Figure1: BreakdownofOnshoreandOffshorePersonnel in2013

6%

8%

RemainingWorkforce (Onshore) Non-CoreOffshorePersonnel CoreOffshorePersonnel

86%

Source: VantagePOB

Atotal of 61,892workers travelledoffshoreon theUKCS in2013, thehighest number since2006whendatawere first analysedandan8.6per cent increase from2012when56,982employees travelledoffshore.

Whilst this is not the highest year-on-year increase since this report has been produced, it is arguably a higher than expected figure given the reduction in helicopter capacity resulting from the suspension of the entire Super Puma fleet on 23 October 2012 following a helicopter ditching on the UKCS the day before. This suspensionwas lifted on certain AS332L, L1 and L2 variant helicopters on 26 October 2012with a phased reintroductionof theEC225model 4 . The reduction inhelicopter seat capacitywas compoundedwhen, on23August 2013, therewas a fatal accident involving a Super Puma L2 which resulted in the tragic death of four offshore workers. As a result of this, the Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) 5 recommended the temporary precautionary grounding of the entire Super Puma fleet. This was implemented throughout the industry but, within seven days, with no evidence to support thecontinuedsuspension, the temporarygroundingended. 3. Oil&GasUK’s EconomicReport 2013 cites 450,000 jobs supportedby the industry. This includes those employedbyoperating companies; thoseemployed in the supply chain; jobs inducedby theactivityof the industry; and those involved in theexport of goods andservices. The report is available todownloadat www.oilandgasuk.co.uk/publications/viewpub.cfm?frmPubID=753 4. StepChange in Safety’sG-CHCNHelicopterDitching Incident Fact Sheet canbedownloadedat www.stepchangeinsafety.net/templates/asset-relay.cfm?frmAssetFileID=1568 5. TheHelicopter SafetySteeringGroup (HSSG) is abodywithin the industry’s StepChange inSafety initiative. Its remit is toworkproactively to identifyandaddress cross-industry issues aroundhelicopter safety, related tohelicopter operations in theUKoil andgas industry.

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