North Sea oil & gas workers trying to get into offshore renewables say they are being obliged to take offshore safety training that repeats what they are already versed in, moreover, to a higher level they claim.
Some are up arms about it, even to the point of letters being penned to local MPs. Jake Molloy, offshore leader for the Trade Union is angry and David Doig, group CEO of the UK’s Offshore Petroleum Training Organisation (OPITO), believes common baseline standards could have been sorted out years ago.
Indeed, Molloy is building a dossier of notes from RMT rank-and-file members who have been experiencing safety training-related issues when looking for work in UK North Sea offshore renewables.
