Out of a total of 1954 applications, Statoil has taken on 181 apprentices in 2010. Statoil’s new apprentices met in Bergen on 2 September 2010. Some will start working in their new jobs on Friday 3 September. Statoil received 400 more applications compared with last year and the company is taking on 181 new apprentices, compared with 168 last year. Some 68 of the new apprentices will be working offshore, while the others have obtained positions in the company’s sites on land. Most of the apprentices will undergo a two years’ apprenticeship in Statoil, apart from those taking their certificate within automation where the apprenticeship lasts eighteen months, and those learning electrical trades, where there is a two-and-a-half-year apprenticeship.