Department of Energy and Climate Change

The Department of Energy and Climate exists to tackle the challenges to our environment, our economy, and the future security of our energy supplies. The Energy Development Unit promotes and regulates all aspects of the UK's oil and gas industry from exploration to decommissioning and also promotes UK Supply chain capability.

Title Competence Management Service Description OPITO provides the oil & gas industry with a defined competence management criteria by which individual organisations can measure the competence of their workforce. OPITO audits and approves competence management systems, giving companies an external and internationally recognised stamp of approval. PDF Click here to download PDF

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Title Education and Industry Attraction Description It is essential that the oil and gas industry is provided with a feedstock of new talent. OPITO aims to inspire school leavers, college graduates, university graduates and postgraduates by raising awareness of the breadth of exciting career opportunities in the sector. By working with partners in education, academia and industry, OPITO continues to establish sustainable relationships that focus on enhancing and enriching the curriculum. We aim to showcase the application of academic subjects and the people who use them in their jobs. PDF Click here to download PDF

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Title Petroleum Open Learning Description POL provides the upstream oil and gas industry with low cost, flexible self learning courses to enhance technical training and knowledge and improve skills and performance in the work place. Industry technical experts continually revise the learning modules to ensure they reflect the changing needs of the workplace. Open learning courses are available in Oil & Gas Well Technology, Petroleum Processing Technology and Oil & Gas Electrical Engineering Systems and are used by individuals and employers in over 30 countries. PDF Click here to download PDF

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Title Product Certification Description Learning providers can have quality learning products certified as meeting OPITO's best practice criteria. This enables the industry to efficiently identify valuable learning products from the extensive range available in the open market. PDF Click here to download PDF