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Once the consenting and preconstruction 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, coupled with operators, maintenance and
management. 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 so 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
• Project Managers
• Carbon capture and storage
Understanding and acting on data, Digital
processes to improve productivity, enabling digital
systems to aid the worker to achieve higher
productivity rather than a reliance on recruiting
more people.
Project managers will be required for large scale
operations, which will require experience and
knowledge. There are many smaller projects such
as solar installations happening currently, these
smaller operations are also struggling to recruit
project managers. Could a pathway be created
where project management is developed via
smaller projects to gain vital experience for
progression to larger projects, via a work-based
learning model, in essence creating a good pipeline
of project managers for all project sizes.
Smarter ways of working will be needed. 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, data
analysis etc.
This in turn creates jobs that could potentially
appeal to the digital generation of future workers.
Potentially there is a roll 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
• Renewables
• Solar
• Hydrogen power
• Retrofit
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