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Competences and Resources
for the Oil Sectors - CROSS
A lack of manning resources is seen as one
of the biggest obstacles for Danish offshore
internationalization and further growth.
The Danish offshore industry is experiencing
a declining number of qualifi ed job
seekers. It was therefore decided to initiate
untraditional ways to attract resources,
among others, looking at countries with
no or very few oil and gas related activities
and attract people from there.
Offshore Center Danmark has asked its
members to participate in a questionnaire
to defi ne a need of qualifi ed human
resources and offshore competences. The
results of the questionnaire have shown
that companies in the offshore industry are
currently missing 180 new employees and a
total of 320 new employees for the coming
year. 2/3 of all companies feels that it is
diffi cult to recruit the new employees.
Germany, Scandinavia and the Baltic
countries were mentioned among the potential
sources for new human resources.
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In this regard Offshore Center Danmark
has participated in a job fair in Kolding
where focus was on the potential employees
from Germany. Additionally, Offshore
Center Danmark was present at job fairs
in Hamburg and Berlin. All the attempts
have resulted in an increased interest in
opportunities within the Danish offshore
industry and have helped participating
companies in recruiting new employees.
The essential focus in the project is on
upgrading the existing educational level
of the new employees required to be able
to work in the offshore sector and to
match the particular Danish standards. An
analysis of the existing education for the
industry has been made taking interviews
with the representative companies in the
industry to investigate their judgement of
the existing offshore education. Companies
are in general satisfi ed with the
education offered, although they require a
better adjustment to offshore.
A common working scheme between educational
institutions and industry should
Project Team:
Offshore Center Danmark
Danish Offshore Industry
University of Southern Denmark
Aalborg University Esbjerg
JobCenter Esbjerg
Sydvestjysk Udviklingsforum
EA Vest
Valtor Offshore
Deloitte
165+ OCD member companies
Job fair in Berlin
be set up to create the training programs.
Sponsorship for the newcomers should be
established for the period of their training.
The project has been started in August
2006 and runs until September 2008.■