Thinking about a career in the oil and natural gas industry?
Thinking about a career in the oil and natural gas industry? Whether you have a high school diploma, possess a college degree or are in the middle of a career transition, America’s oil and natural gas industry needs you. There is no better time to join an America’s oil and natural gas industry than right now. Increasing demand for energy and current employees nearing retirement has created an unprecedented opportunity. One out of four current engineers, geoscientists, multi-skilled maintenance professionals, process and production operators, and health and safety professionals are eligible for retirement by 2009. There are many opportunities to advance to other exciting, challenging, and responsible positions. America’s oil and natural gas industry needs your skills, your spirit, and your commitment to meet America’s demand for energy.
High Schools and College API provides information to inform high school and college students about the tremendous opportunities in the oil and natural gas industry, particularly for students with a two and four-year degrees. The oil and natural gas industry will experience significant change with the retirement of the Baby Boomer generation. America’s oil and gas industry is so concerned about attracting the best and the brightest that, in 2007, API partnered with Monster.com to reach out to students across the country through www.makingitcount.com/energyapi.
Oilfield Training Program
The API Oilfield Training Program is a unique educational partnership between America’s oil and natural gas industry and the Carville Job Corps Academy in Carville, Louisiana. The program trains students in the basics of the oil and natural gas industry and prepares them for entry-level positions.
Rockies Energy Workforce The Rockies Energy Workforce Collaborative is a forum for educational institutions, the energy industry, and public workforce centers in the Rocky Mountain region (Colorado, Montana, New Mexico North Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming) to develop strategies for meeting the growing demand for industry workers throughout the region.
Industry Careers Research
API publishes research on important workforce issues and trends. In 2005, API published a study to identify certain positions which employers anticipated demand would exceed supply. The eight positions were petroleum engineering, geosciences and geophysics, engineering analysts, multi-skilled maintenance crafts, geoscience analysts, process/ production operators, and mechanical engineering.
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