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Workforce Development

OPITO provides the strategic perspective for workforce planning and skills development for the oil and gas sector across the UK, develops the standards for those working across lifelong learning and is the voice of employers in this industry on training issues.

 

Example projects:

 

  • OPITO has worked with the industry’s principal safety body, Step Change in Safety to develop and deliver a major basic safety awareness course, the Minimum Industry Safety Training (MIST) programme. 
  • OPITO is facilitating and developing a fresh approach to the assessment of competence in mechanical lifting operations to provide a more consistent and robust approach to competence assessment of personnel involved in lifting and rigging activities.
  • OPITO is embarking on a project to develop an industry wide qualification framework, mapped to national frameworks where appropriate, for technical qualifications.  This is intended to provide employers, learners and the workforce with signposting and access to a broad range of relevant skills and qualifications to:
  • Present industry with clear recommendations about which technical qualifications have been assessed as industry relevant, quality assured and fit for purpose
  • Provide learners and new entrants with information about the qualifications that will provide entry points to the industry and suitable career development opportunites
  • OPITO, through a major project in conjunction with Oil & Gas UK and CIPS (Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply), will develop and roll out a new, structured education pathway for supply chain practitioners within the oil and gas industry. Successful completion of this project will see CIPS and OPITO becoming Alliance Partners.

 

The following link will take you to the Atlas Interactive website where you will find the MIST CBT programme.

 

For a list of Approved MIST Training providers please visit the Approved Training providers page.

 

For more information on any of the projects mentioned above, contact Alison Spice This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it