Commissioned review of capacity and capability Q4 2005

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Industry Leadership Team

• Commissioned review of capacity and capability Q4
  2005
• Scope
• Understand what workforce shortages are currently
  affecting operations.
• Identify solutions which would alleviate the
  problems
• Project assigned to OPITO
• Approximately 200 companies across 7 major trade
  association supplied informative and confidential
  information

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Key Messages from Employers

• Every sector of industry is experiencing skills
  shortages
• Shortages are across the full spectrum of job
  roles i.e. riggers, scaffolders, technicians,
  geologists, subsurfacereservoir engineers
  subsea engineers
• Recruitment drives are not delivering as expected
• Real demand from other UK projects and industries
• Experienced labour pool shrinking but the
  industrys behaviour is not.

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Information into Projects

• Analysis Criteria
• What would fix the problem?
• Short medium or long term intervention.
• Something the market can sort or will
  collaborative action give better value?
• Can the solution align with longer term programs
  and avoid expensive one off solutions?
• OPITO defined project proposals
• Cross Industry Focus Group reviewed these
• 7 pinchpoints identified

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2006 Pinch Points Projects

1. A Web Based Industry Information Centre
2. Online Skills Assessment Tool
3. A Skilled Entry Technician Programme
4. A Fast Track Entry Route for Work Ready Riggers
5. An Industry Trainee Scaffolders Program
6. A Review of Green Hand Training for Rig
   Floor-persons
7. A project to investigate employers needs and the
   supply chains capacity for developing
   geologists/subsurface and subsea disciplines

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Project Scope and Timeframe

• Project 7.
• To investigate the consistent and repeated
  reporting of shortages in qualified
  geoscientists, subsea and surface engineers as
  this is an area that cannot be tackled in the
  same way as a the other projects which
  potentially have short term solutions.
• Action to be taken
• Gain a better understanding of reported
  shortages.
• Report
• Articulate employers needs
• Define the current supply chain
• Make recommendations to improve the position
  going forward

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Proposition

• Listen to users (employers) suppliers
  (education) establish a common understanding of
  the problem
• Stakeholders provide information
• Share preliminary findings 31 May, Ardoe House,
  Aberdeen
• Decide and agree action
• Learn from successful experience e.g. ESEU, ESTA
  etc

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Successful Practice

• Systemic and sustainable change
• Embed activity
• Avoid expensive one off interventions
• Build a solid coalition with appropriate
  stakeholders based on shared and agreed action
• Recognise and build on existing effort
• Joint venture real partnership
• Establish mandate and accountability
• Resource allocation
• Monitor delivery and results