What Is Required by Law, and What Employers Ask For

Many energy roles depend on a safety or technical credential. Of the 9 listed here, 1 is required by law anywhere we have checked; the rest are required by employers and site operators by contract, or are accepted as evidence of competence. The difference matters when you set the requirements for a role.

• Basic Offshore Safety Induction & Emergency Training with EBS (OPITO 5700)OPITO · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• GWO Basic Safety TrainingGlobal Wind Organisation · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• Helicopter Underwater Escape Training with EBSOPITO · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• CompEx Ex01–Ex04: Ex electrical equipment, gas & vapoursCompEx Certification Ltd · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• Licensed Electrical Worker (electrician/technician/engineer grades)Energy Market Authority (Singapore) · Required by law in Singapore.
• Professional Engineer (Electrical), Singapore — annual practising certificateProfessional Engineers Board Singapore · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• IECEx Certificate of Personnel CompetenceIECEx (IEC System for Certification to Standards Relating to Equipment for Use in Explosive Atmospheres) · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• GWO Basic Technical TrainingGlobal Wind Organisation · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.
• OEUK offshore medical certificateOffshore Energies UK (OEUK), issued by OEUK-registered examining doctors · Not required by law anywhere we have checked. Where it is needed, employers and site operators require it by contract.

Only credentials whose awarding body's page we have read are listed. Each page links that source.