We aim to use local labour and talent wherever possible, and seek to recruit from the local community or country.
A number of our major operating sites are working to improve local and national representation in their workforce. For example, our training programme in Azerbaijan has helped petro-technical graduates to develop the skills needed for a successful career in BP. A total of 45 trainees have completed the programme and a further 88 have joined, selected from approximately 3,000 applicants.
In Angola, approximately 70% of our total workforce are Angolan nationals and we are helping to develop the pool of skilled local labour. Since 2009, 32 people have joined BP in Angola having graduated from our scholarship programme in chemical, electrical, mechanical, structural and petroleum engineering fields from universities in Turkey, South Africa and the UK.