Swapping the rigs for the classroom
Northsound has been meeting some of the ex-oil workers who are retraining as teachers in Aberdeenshire
Northsound has been meeting some of the ex-oil workers who are retraining as teachers in Aberdeenshire.
Tens of thousands have been made redundant since the fall in the price of oil.
But the North East has also been facing a crisis in classroom recruitment - and it's been made worse by families leaving Aberdeen city and shire because of the North Sea slump.
They've been helped by the Transition into Education Scheme funded by the Scottish Government.
We've been chatting to Bob Forsyth from Newmachar who lost his job after more than three decades in the oil industry - he's now training to be a maths teacher.
And Russell Bolton from Alford is aiming to teach chemistry after being made redundant more than a year ago.