The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and Opito have come together in a landmark partnership that will consolidate the provision of oil and gas training in the UK.

Under the terms of the agreement, the two bodies will work together to provide a single point of access to vocational and educational qualifications to prepare people for a career in the UK oil and gas industry.

Both companies will focus on providing training regimes that are responsive to the specific needs of the industry, a statement from the companies insisted.

Opito chief executive David Doig commented: "This new approach will give the industry full ownership of what skills and knowledge are needed to make a worker competent and how this is continually measured and recorded."

Opito also last month announced plans to target growth in the south east with a new partnership with the University of East Anglia to produce a bespoke graduate internship training programme.

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