Workforce Report 2018

4.6. Age The average age of offshore workers in 2017 was 42.2, compared with 42.7 in 2016. Although this is still one of the highest average ages recorded in the last ten years, the number of workers under the age of 30 has increased by over 20 per cent since 2016. A marginally younger age profile is positive news for the industry’s future. However, the number of younger people working offshore is below 2012 levels. The age range 18-23 has seen the largest reductions since 2014 (44 per cent). This could be a result of much lower levels of new recruitment into the industry.

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Figure 17: Age Profile of the Offshore Workforce from 2010 to 2017

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The contractor workforce has a higher proportion of those aged under 30 than that of operators. This could perhaps be explained by a higher number of apprenticeships being offered by the service sector and that contractors’ personnel make up the majority of the offshore workforce.

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The average age of the core workforce is 43, slightly older than that of the non-core workers at 41.4. Both average ages have increased slightly since 2014 when they were 42.2 and 39.6, respectively.

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Figure 18: Age Profile of Core and Non-Core Workforce

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