As Canada’s oil and gas industry adopts new digital technologies such as automation, data analytics and blockchain to improve its safety, productivity and profitability, these changing priorities are creating demand for different skills and knowledge and new jobs. PetroLMI will discuss what these industry changes mean for occupations and worker competencies over the next three-five years – and where we expect to see opportunities and challenges.

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Changing Careers in a
Technology-Driven Energy
Industry

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Acknowledgements and Disclamers
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Presenters
Who We Are
The Petroleum Labour Market Information (PetroLMI)
Division of Energy Safety Canada is a leading resource for
labour market information and trends regarding Canada’s
oil and gas industry. PetroLMI specializes in providing oil
and gas labour market data, analysis and insights, as well
as occupation profiles and other resources. Careers in Oil
+ Gas is a PetroLMI initiative and is Canada’s leading
website for oil and gas labour market information and
insights, as well as occupational tools and other resources
for career and workforce planning.
Dzifa Agbemabiese
Analyst, Labour Market Information
dzifa.agbemabiese@energysafetycanada.com
Breanne O’Reilly
Advisor, Communications and Outreach
breanne.oreilly@energysafetycanada.com

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Agenda
• Overview of PetroLMI
• Oil and Gas Workforce:
• Diversifying
• Distribution, Work Patterns and Income
• Skills of the Future
• What next for Job Seekers?

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PetroLMI Division of Energy Safety Canada
• The source for labour market information and trends in Canada’s energy industry.
• Our mandate is to provide oil and gas labour market data, analysis and insights, as well as
occupational tools and resources for workforce and career planning.
• Key initiatives:
• Labour Market Information
• Occupational Tools and Resources

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Oil and Gas Workforce: Diversity,
Distribution, Work Patterns and Income
• The industry’s workforce is growing older, more educated and
more culturally diverse.
• More diversity is needed, but progress has been made.
• Canada’s oil and gas industry will be challenged to replace its
workforce should a significant rebound in hiring activity occur.
• Increase in average employment income among oil and gas
workers aligns with increase in educational attainment.

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Canada’s Oil and Gas Workforce
The direct oil and gas workforce expanded 15%, from 165,000 workers in 2006 to almost
190,000 in 2016, despite downturns during that period.

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2016 Occupational Distribution by Sex
Proportion of women in STEM8 and leadership roles on par with share of men in similar roles

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Occupational Distribution by Job Family
Canada’s oil and gas industry employed a diverse set of skills and occupational groups.

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Occupations with the Greatest Share in
the Oil and Gas Industry
• Contractors and supervisors, oil and
gas drilling and services (9,845; 5.3%
share of workforce)
• Petroleum, gas and chemical process
operators (no steam ticket required)
(9,720; 5.2%)
• Oil and gas well drillers, servicers,
testers and related workers (7,620;
4.1%)
• Heavy equipment operators (6,815;
3.6%)
• Truck drivers (6,090; 3.3%)
• Oil and gas drilling, servicing and related
labourers (6,035; 3.2%)
• Oil and gas well drilling and related
workers and services operators (5,310;
2.8%)
• Financial auditors and accountants
(5,255; 2.8%)
• Petroleum engineers (5,050; 2.7%)
• Managers in natural resources production,
drilling and well servicing (4,980; 2.7%)

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Geographical Distribution
• 85% of the industry’s
workforce lived in
Western Canada (AB, BC,
and SK).
• The remaining 15% of
workers lived in either
Central (Manitoba,
Ontario, Quebec) or
Atlantic Canada (New
Brunswick, Nova Scotia,
Newfoundland and
Labrador and Prince
Edward Island).

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Age
In 2016, 17% of the industry’s workforce was over 55, up considerably from 10% in 2006. In
2016, 7% of the industry’s workforce was 24 and under, down considerably from 15% in 2006.

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Participation of Women
Women’s share of Canada’s oil and gas labour force,
by census year and sub-sector
In 2016, women made up 22% of the oil and gas workforce, little changed from 2006.
Women accounted for 25% in exploration and production, 17% in services and 34% in pipeline.

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Cultural Diversity
In 2016, immigrants and non-permanent residents accounted for 16% of the workforce, up from 12% in 2006.
Immigrants and non-permanent residents’ share of Canada’s
oil and gas labour force, by census year and sub-sector

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Visible Minorities
The proportion of visible minorities in the oil and gas workforce nearly doubled from 7% in 2006 to 13% in
2016.
Visible minorities’ share of Canada’s oil and gas
labour force, by census year and sub-sector

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Indigenous Peoples
In 2016, Indigenous Peoples accounted for 6.3% of the oil and gas workforce, up from 5.6% in 2006.
Indigenous Peoples accounted for 3.9% of the total Canadian workforce.
Indigenous Peoples’ share of Canada’s oil and gas
labour force, by census year and sub-sector

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Persons with Disabilities
• In 2016, persons with disabilities accounted for 10.6% of the workforce, little changed
from 2006.
• The nature of the work in the oil and gas sector makes it difficult for people with
physical disabilities to participate.
• Interviewed companies indicated they actively hire people with disabilities by carving
out specific positions, providing workspace accommodations or working with non-profit
associations with employment-focused programs.

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Education
Labour force distribution by educational attainment
in oil and gas, by census year
The oil and gas workforce was more educated in 2016 than 2006.

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Income
Average employment income, by census year (2016)
Average employment income among oil and gas workers remained well above earnings of
other trade-intensive industries.

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Commuting Trends
• Oil and gas workers were 6 times more
likely to commute to a different province
than the average worker in 2016.
• Temporary relocations, also known as
Fly-In Fly-Out (FIFO) employment have
been a common method of filling job
openings.
• In Wood Buffalo-Cold Lake, for example,
workers came from across Canada.

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Work Patterns
The industry had a higher share of full year, full-time (FY/FT) workers than the average across all
Canadian industries.
Labour force distribution by work activity across
Canada in oil and gas in 2016

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Oil and Gas Workforce: Skills of the Future
• Regulatory changes and workforce shifts
• Automation and big data
The following trends are having an impact on workforce requirements, occupations and skills
that will be required over the next five years:

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Automation in the Oil and Gas Industry
• Automation will improve operations, decision-making, increase
productivity and profitability.
• Existing automation efforts have supported workers to be safer and
more efficient rather than eliminate jobs.
• Workers will need to be digitally literate along with having a mechanical
aptitude to interpret data and use the information to improve processes.
• Workers will need to be more innovative, creative and willing to look for
potential productivity improvements as tasks become automated.

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Digitizing the Future Oil Field

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Impacts of Automation and Data Analytics
on Occupations and Skills
• Increased need to collect and analyze data and to build and maintain databases.
• Increased need for software engineers, data management and analytics specialists to
measure operations in real-time in the field, conduct course corrections and innovate.
• Increased need for instrumentation technologists to support and maintain automated field
equipment and machinery.
• Demand for technology-based competencies and creative problem-solving to analyze data
conduct course corrections and innovate.

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What's Next for Job Seekers?
Todays Oil and Gas worker needs to …
• Be comfortable with technology
• Have business acumen
• Be innovative
• Be able to negotiate successfully
• Strive for continuous improvement
• Be highly skilled at reading, numeracy, communication and problem solving
• Plan and execute projects of all sizes
• Be aware of the regulatory and compliance implications of projects

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