AOG 2012 to tackle skills shortage in Australia's oil and gas industry
20.05.12
Jody Elliot, Director of The Resource Channel, will chair a conference session at the 2012 Australasian Oil & Gas Exhibition & Conference (AOG) examining the growing skills shortage in the Australian resources sector.
The oil and gas industry is not doing enough, Elliot states, to provide entry-level opportunities, information and advice to jobseekers in an attempt to counter this shortage, which threatens to leave Australia's resources sector 36,000 tradespeople short by 2015.
Elliot further explains that she believes one of the greatest obstacles in attracting skilled workers to the oil and gas industry is the lack of clear communication from the industry as to where jobseekers should train, what skills they should train in, and how they can increase their chances of getting a foot in the door.
"As an industry we are happy to cry poor from a skills perspective, but reticent to share information to the job market which would significantly assist those seeking a start and us, as employers," Elliot says.
Source: Ferret