Calgary Economic Development: Fueling the Energy Workforce Presented August 12, 2014

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Oil Sands Operations Labour Demand Outlook
to 2023
August 12, 2014
Carla Campbell-Ott, Executive Director, Petroleum HR Council (a division of Enform)
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2. Table of Contents (Agenda)
• Oil Sands Operations Outlook to 2023: Key Findings
– Scope
– Business Trends
– Employment and Hiring Outlooks
– Occupations with the Greatest Labour Demand/Supply Risks
• Oil Sands Construction, Maintenance and Operations Labour Demand Outlook to 2023
– Overview of the Report
• Workforce Strategies
– Workforce Challenges
– Meeting Future Workforce Demands
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3. Petroleum HR Council – A Division of Enform Canada
• Primary resource to address workforce development and labour market issues in the Canadian petroleum
industry
• Provides innovative and strategic HR solutions to help the industry develop its workforce and proactively
address labour challenges
• Addresses issues by
– Developing strategies, solutions, products and services to resolve industry’s short, medium
and long-term workforce issues
– Facilitating the exchange of ideas and information
– Providing industry-related information on workforce issues and career opportunities
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4. LMI Value to Oil and Gas Stakeholders
• Timely, relevant, and credible LMI provides facts and insight into current and future labour and skill
shortages within Canada’s oil and gas industry.
• With petroleum LMI, stakeholders can develop and implement effective workforce strategies to build a
sustainable oil and gas workforce. Specifically, LMI helps:
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5. Oil Sands Labour Demand Outlook to 2023
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6. Scope of Oil Sands Operations Labour Demand Outlook
Oil sands operations sector:
extraction, production and upgrading of bitumen.
Oil sands operations workforce:
directly employed by oil sands companies and
includes workers:*
– located on-site
– in head and regional offices (e.g., in Calgary,
Edmonton)
*The worker must be fully supporting oil sands operations
in order to be counted in the sector’s workforce numbers.
Out of scope:
• Workers supporting both oil sands and
conventional E&P (usually employed by large,
integrated companies)
• Oil and gas service workers
• Construction workforce
• Support service roles (i.e., induced workforce)
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7. Business Trends Impacting Oil Sands
• Market diversification
– Pipeline projects
– Rail and trucking to transport product
• New federal rules
– Increased scrutiny on foreign investment
– Merger and acquisition activity
• Attraction, retention and development of workers
– Changing demographics
– Pace of industry activity
• Shortage of workers
– Impacts all of Canada
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8. Oil Sands Construction Employment to 2023 (BuildForce)
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E = Estimated; F = Forecasted

9. Oil Sands Operations Employment to 2023 (Petroleum HR Council)
Between 2014 and 2023, direct employment within oil sands operations is projected to increase by another
15,330 new jobs – with employment estimated at 41,880 workers by the end of the projection period.
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E = Estimated; F = Forecasted

10. Oil Sands Construction and Operations Workforce Projections to 2023
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E = Estimated; F = Forecasted

11. Construction Occupations with
Greatest Job Increases due to
Industry Activity (BuildForce)
The top five occupations make up over 50 per
cent of the aggregated oil sands construction
workforce at the 2019 peak.
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TOP 10 OIL SANDS CONSTRUCTION
OCCUPATIONS WITH GREATEST JOB INCREASES
DUE TO INDUSTRY ACTIVITY TO 2019
Total BuildForce Trades Occupations 16,420
Contractors and supervisors 2,265
Steamfitters, pipefitters and plumbers 2,170
Electricians 1,990
Trades helpers and labourers 1,315
Carpenters (including scaffolders) 1,165
Boilermakers 985
Construction managers 985
Sheet metal workers 900
Ironworkers (structural and reinforcing) 860
Insulators 820

12. Operations Occupations with
Greatest Job Increases due to
Industry Activity (Petroleum
HR Council)
Power engineers and heavy equipment
operators account for 28 per cent of new oil
sands operations jobs.
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TOP 10 OIL SANDS OPERATIONS OCCUPATIONS
WITH GREATEST JOB INCREASES DUE TO
INDUSTRY ACTIVITY TO 2023
Total Oil Sands 15,330
Power engineers and power systems operators (9241) 2,895
Heavy equipment operators (except crane) (7521) 1,470
Petroleum engineers (2145) 825
Engineering managers (0211) 660
Facility operation and maintenance managers (0714) 555
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (7312) 495
Managers in natural resources production and fishing
(0811)
465
Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics (2243) 405
Mechanical engineers (2132) 375
Geoscientists and oceanographers (2113) 325

13. Net Hiring Requirements for
Total Operations
Total hiring to support growth
15,330
Total hiring due to age-related attrition
6,380
Net hiring requirements to 2023
21,710
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TOP 10 OIL SANDS OCCUPATIONS WITH
GREATEST NET HIRING REQUIREMENTS
TO 2023 (# OF JOB OPENINGS)
Total Oil Sands 21,710
Power engineers and power systems operators (9241) 4,130
Heavy equipment operators (except crane) (7521) 2,070
Petroleum engineers (2145) 1,050
Engineering managers (0211) 980
Facility operation and maintenance managers (0714) 880
Heavy-duty equipment mechanics (7312) 735
Managers in natural resources production and fishing
(0811)
685
Industrial instrument technicians and mechanics (2243) 550
Mechanical engineers (2132) 505
Industrial electricians (7242) 460

14. Overview of the Oil Sands Construction, Maintenance
and Operations Labour Demand Outlook to 2023
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15. Oil Sands Construction, Maintenance and Operations
This table shows the overlapping occupations that are required for oil sands construction, maintenance and
operations.
OCCUPATION (NOC)
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BUILDFORCE
(Aggregated Oil Sands
Construction)
OILMAP
(On-site Oil Sands
Construction &
Maintenance)
PETROLEUM
HR COUNCIL
(Oil Sands Operations)
Construction millwrights and industrial
mechanics (7311) • • •
Crane operators (7371) • • •
Heavy equipment operators (except crane)
(7521) • • •
Industrial electricians (7242) • • •
Industrial instrument technicians and
mechanics (2243) • • •
Steamfitters, pipefitters and sprinkler system
installers (7252) • • •
Welders and related machine operators (7237) • • •

16. Workforce Strategies
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17. Workforce Challenges for Oil Sands Operations
• Oil sands expansion
– 15,330 new jobs are required over the next decade
• Shortages for certain occupations
– Occupations requiring specialized training
– Occupations coveted by other industries
• Aging workforce
– 6,380 workers will be eligible for retirement over the next decade
• Difficulties recruiting to remote locations
– Higher costs of living
– Rotational work arrangements
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18. Meeting Future Workforce Demands
• Attracting and retaining under-represented workers
• Alternate sources of labour supply
• Training and Development
– Government of Alberta
– Oil Sands Learning Network
– Investing in talent management
– Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW)
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