Due to the particularities of the sector's activities, which require the hiring of specialized services through companies providing goods and services at the national, regional, and local levels, the linking of labor in the sector is mostly done indirectly. This means that the personnel performing the activities are linked through contractor companies or by the same operator through a temporary contract.
When reviewing the trend of the last five years, it is evident that on average, 88.1% of labor is hired indirectly. In the last year, 64,967 people were linked through this modality, while 13,050 were hired directly by the operating company.
Direct hiring tends to be the payroll personnel responsible for the most strategic positions in companies and is usually skilled labor. In fact, 91.1% of direct labor linkage is skilled, while the remaining 8.9% is unskilled labor that holds key positions for the development of activities, due to their experience or background in the industry.
Colombian Association of Oil and Gas 