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Once the consenting and pre-construction phases
are completed the next phase skills will be required.
• Manufacturing
• Construction
• Operations
• Decommissioning of Black Industry
Skilled trades will be required in abundance at this
phase, should there be a desire to keep these
processes locally, community engagement and
upskill pathways must be encouraged now.
As documented, there is a labour market squeeze
across all sectors, therefore in order to meet this
demand with a local workforce different approaches
to recruitment and job roles will be required.
Energy & Environment
Future Skills
Future Skills Mapping
• Digital
• Data and Analysis
• Drone pilots
• Sensor & Monitoring
• Robotics
• Compound Semi Conductors
• Skilled Trades
• Welders
• Pipe fitters
• Engineers
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• High Voltage Electrical
engineers
• Hydrogen
• Solar
• Battery and energy storage
• Carbon capture and storage
Smarter ways of working will be required to
understand and act on data. Digital processes to
improve productivity, enabling digital systems to
aid the worker to achieve higher productivity will all
be potential solutions rather than recruiting more
people.
The Energy sector are considering options now for
how these kind of innovative approaches could be
used, such as the use of drones for turbine
inspection and maintenance, sensor monitoring
systems etc.
This in turn creates jobs that could potentially
appeal to the digital generation of future workers.
Potentially there is a role for all skill levels and
demographics within this sector from technical,
managerial, planning, analysis, environmental,
sustainability through to traditional trades and
engineers
Projects
• Net Zero
• Freeport
• FLOW / Onshore wind
• Baglan
• DARE
• Renewables
• Solar
• Hydrogen power
• Retrofit
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