Energy education and training companies
Join the companies already working with Scotland’s outstanding energy education and training providers to equip local and global teams with the most up-to-date skills.
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Did you know?
Scotland's energy training and education offering is available in a range of formats, including interactive learning and in-class sessions taught by highly qualified industry experts.
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74% of industry leaders
consider Scotland one of world’s best training grounds.
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250,000 offshore workers
are globally trained by Scottish providers to best-in-class OPITO standards.
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1,500 apprentices
have been supported into the industry by the Oil & Gas Technical Apprenticeship Programme.
Benefits of choosing Scotland for energy training and education
Standards and accreditation
The safety of an energy workforce relies on good practice and good practice begins with great training and education. Acquiring the right skills and applying those skills at the right time, in the right way, can save lives and prevent costly environmental damage. Scotland’s highly accredited training suppliers have already trained over 250,000 offshore workers to best-in-class international OPITOopens in a new window standards.
Technology and innovation
Following the acceleration of digitisation during the global pandemic, many of Scotland’s training providers are using the latest learning technologies available to revolutionise their training curriculums. This includes working with virtual reality, cloud security, digital modelling and simulation to deliver interactive content to oil and gas workforces around the world.
Expertise
Scotland’s reputation for on and offshore oil and gas operations is trusted and well respected throughout the world. The high level of industry training expertise found in Scotland is a result of a thriving oil and gas sector, backed by world-class academic and research facilities. This, combined with a culture of knowledge sharing, ensures Scotland's training providers are consistently offering some of the best training solutions in the world.
This world-class expertise is why so many globally focused energy companies — such as ROV and hydrographic solution provider Rovco — choose Scotland as a base to develop and grow their business.
Top Scottish energy education and training companies
Aberdeen Drilling School
A leading training provider servicing the drilling, well services and well engineering industry with internationally accredited and operationally relevant training. Since 1982, Aberdeen Drilling School opens in a new window has trained over 150,000 professionals from over 50 countries.
Aurora Energy
Inverness based Aurora Energyopens in a new window is accredited by the Global Wind Organisation to deliver standardised safety training that ensures the industry's workforce is equipped with the essential skills to deliver the roll out of the thousands of onshore and offshore installations required to power the energy transition.
Namaka Subsea
Namaka Subsea opens in a new window is an Aberdeen-based company that provides skills training and local content programmes to emerging energy markets. These are designed to upskill local professionals to ensure they are competent and compliant.
Access to academia and further education
Scotland is also home to world-class academic institutions, partnerships and programmes that offer energy companies access to expertise, research and training.
Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovation (SPEERI)
The Scottish Partnership in Energy and Engineering Research & Innovationopens in a new window comprises 14 Scottish universities working collaboratively with industry, public sector and government to maximise impact in energy and engineering research and innovation.
SPEERI raises the profile of Scottish energy and engineering research, adding value and bringing the benefits of innovation to external stakeholders in industry, public sector and wider society.
RGU Energy Transition Institute
The Aberdeen-based RGU Energy Transition Institute opens in a new window focuses on the opportunities and challenges of the North Sea's rapidly maturing offshore energy sector. It can provide your company with training, consultancy, professional development and more.
Scottish Carbon Capture & Storage (SCCS)
Through their partner institutes, Scottish Carbon Capture & Storageopens in a new window deliver world class training and education across all aspects of CCS including a Massive Open Online Course on climate change and CCS as well as tailored Continuing Professional Development courses in CCS for industry professionals.
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Scotland leads the world in energy training and education
Blended learning to meet your needs
Scotland’s internationally accredited energy training and education providers offer packaged and customised specialist solutions and consultancy services for on and offshore operations. Backed by over 50 years of experience in subsea oil and gas, customers from every corner of the world are benefiting from Scotland’s world-renowned expertise.
Dedicated to safety and quality, Scottish training providers are made up of talented engineering specialists and leading operational instructors. They bring their vast knowledge and real-world expertise to online and offline classrooms. Through in-depth training regimes and educational programmes, global customers have access to some of the industries most up-to-date skills training available.
Considered one of the best training grounds in the world, Scotland’s energy training suppliers offer state-of-the-art training facilities. They blend practical and theoretical skills, use real life equipment and operational processes and ensure competence and compliance becomes second nature to students.
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