Ex-oil and gas workers Bob Forsyth (left) and Russell Bolton with Maria Walker, Director of Education & Children Services, attending a Aberdeenshire Council scheme aimed at getting them into teaching jobs, held at Woodhill House.
Picture by Kevin Emslie
The number of former oil and gas workers receiving financial support through the SNP’s £12million retraining fund has shot up fivefold in less than three months.
Skills Development Scotland (SDS) said more than 450 people had successfully applied to the Transition Training Fund (TTF) for backing and that 650 applications were still being processed.
Last week, about 20 ex-oil workers started retraining for careers in teaching in Aberdeen city and shire with support provided by the TTF.
