Fears grow as oil skills ’emergency’ looms, survey says

By Mark Lammey

January 22 2019, 8:23 am

Offshore workers arrive on their platform by helicopter

Nearly half of oil and gas professionals are worried about an “impending talent emergency”, a new employment trends poll shows.

And two-fifths feel the sector is already in the grip of a crisis, with a further 28% expecting the problem to hit home within the next five years.

A total of 17,000 people took part in the third annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI), by Airswift and Energy Jobline.

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