US EditionOil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce
The UK aims to double clean energy employment to 860,000 by 2030, focusing on training plumbers, electricians, and welders while aiding oil and gas workers' transition.
- On Sunday, the UK Government published the Clean Energy Jobs Plan projecting 400,000 extra jobs by 2030 and 860,000 total jobs by the same year.
- Facing a skills shortfall, the strategy targets the UK's green electricity target by 2030, identifying 31 priority occupations and converting five colleges into Technical Excellence Colleges.
- The plan will extend the `energy skills passport` to new sectors, with the UK and Scottish Governments pledging up to £20 million for bespoke training in clean energy roles, including pilot schemes with £2.5m in funding.
- Scotland will benefit with up to 60,000 greener energy jobs by 2030, London could directly employ 25,000 in clean energy, and Sizewell C nuclear power station, Suffolk is expected to support 10,000 peak construction jobs.
- Unions, while supportive, noted skills alone do not guarantee jobs, while critics and industry groups urged more investment and a stronger supply chain, with Professor Paul de Leeuw saying `you can't train people for jobs that aren't there`.
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The British Government has presented the first national plan for recruitment in its clean energy transition plan, with the creation of 400,000 additional jobs by 2030, twice the existing places. According to the plans, ministers have identified 31 priority occupations with special demand, such as plumbers, electricians and welders, which will be distributed in five "techniques of excellence," according to the Government. A new program will also …
Oil and gas workers offered cash to retrain, in major plan for future clean energy workforce
Unions welcome the new plan but warn funding for training does not equate to jobs, saying they won't materialise without further investment, nor measures to revitalise the country's dwindling manufacturing capacity.
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