OAA 2024 - Skills Development Award Entry Form

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AWARD ENTRY FORM

The Outstanding Skills Development Award will recognise innovation and excellence from companies in their efforts to bring new talent into the offshore oil and gas and renewables industries, or to develop existing talent within these industries. The judges are seeking evidence of success in the development, assessment and recognition of employees. This may take the form of:

· Graduate schemes

· Apprenticeships e.g. Foundation, Modern and Graduate

· Skills conversion programmes

· Upskilling and or reskilling initiatives

· Talent retention programmes

· Specialist internal training programmes

· School engagement activities either developed solely by your company, or in conjunction with another company or training/industry body.

The judges are particularly interested in schemes that seek to upskill and/or reskill an existing workforce as part of a diversification strategy. Please do not submit other supporting information - only the answers provided in this form will be judged.

HOW TO ENTER

Complete each section following the guidelines and adhering to the stated word count. Once you have fully completed the form to your satisfaction, please click the submit button. Entries must be received no later than Friday 13th December 2024. For any queries, please contact oaa@mearns-gill.com

Full Name*

First NameLast Name

Organization*

Title*

E-mail*

Phone Number*

Area CodePhone Number

Please provide an Executive Summary of your Award Entry. This will help the judges understand your submission and will form the basis of the video script on the night. Max 250 words. (Please mark any information as confidential if it is not to be included in the script)*

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Please provide a brief description of your company. This summary will provide background on your company for the judges but will not betaken into consideration for the scoring. (Maximum 250 words)*

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Please describe your skills development award programme/ initiative in detail. You may wish to include how it began, the structure of the skills development, the aim of it, any links with other organisations / universities, if it receives outside funding and how long it has been running. Please explain how this contributes to skills and career development within the industry. If entering a more general company approach to skills development, please describe it fully. You may wish to describe why it was introduced, how it has evolved,some key activities and how these have brought benefits to your company and the wider industry. (Maximum 500 words) *

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Looking back over the past 2-5 years, what has been your approach to skills development that defines it as outstanding and exemplary. Please identify benefits, initiatives and incentives provided by the skills development initiative in order to attract and retain your talented employees and highlight areas of innovation. These may include initiatives which take place before or after the individuals undertake the skills development. (Maximum 300 words)*

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Provide up to two case studies focusing on candidates who are currently part of your company's skills development plans or have completed a programme within the last 5 years. Please describe each candidate’s journey including projects and activities they were involved in. You may wish to include testimonials and details of how they have progressed since. (Maximum 500 words)*

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Has the company received any prior recognition for this programme, including other awards and external accreditations? State none if applicable. This will not be used in the scoring but will provide background information for the judges. *

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Please submit any backup materials for your entry. Only pdf, zip, mp3, mpg, avi, jpg, jpeg, png, gif files are allowed with a maximum file size of 10 MB.

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I hereby agree that the information provided on this entry is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.*

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