Skills for Net Zero Action 2024 webinars:
Following on from the highly successful Green Skills workshop on 29th February 2024 held in Brussels, two further action orientated webinars will take place on 10th and 11th September 2024. These two webinar have the ambition to create collaborative UK-EU partnerships which enable skills for Net Zero development in the Sustainable Construction and Renewable Energy sectors.
Check out the full article from the Green Skills Workshop held on 29th February 2024.
Hosted again through the partnership of UK Mission to the European Union and the UK Skills Partnership, supported by the Department of Business and Trade’s International Education Team these webinars will focus on turning the outcomes of the previous workshop into sustainable action plans for the longer term.
If you deliver Skills For Net Zero in the construction or renewable energy sectors within the UK or in the EU , then you are invited: we encourage skills and training providers, further education and national colleges, awarding organisations, industry and trade bodies, enterprises, trade bodies, skills technology suppliers, sector skills councils, institutes of technology, national skills academies, centres of excellence and more besides, to join the action orientated conversation and create a legacy that bridges the Net Zero skills gap.
For reference: Industrial Sectors
Renewable Energy sectors
- Understood as a dynamic, rapidly evolving field focused on harnessing environmentally sustainable sources of power to meet the world’s energy needs, in which professionals engage in research, development, implementation, and management of technologies that generate energy from renewable resources such as solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and biomass.
- Skills e.g. include expertise in renewable energy technologies, project management, environmental science, engineering, policy analysis, as well as understanding and operating with/ within regulatory frameworks, financing models, and the ability to innovate and adapt to emerging trends.
- Jobs would include e.g. wind turbine technicians, urban planners, solar PV & batteries installers, renewable project planner and designer.
The Sustainable Construction sector
- Involves a multidisciplinary approach to designing, constructing, and managing buildings and infrastructure aimed at minimising environmental impact, conserving resources, and promoting long-term resilience, demanding a diverse skill set in sustainable design principles, green building certifications, energy-efficient technologies, and materials expertise.
- Skills include the technical proficiency (incorporation of renewable energy systems, life cycle assessments, implementation of eco-friendly construction practices), a deep understanding of environmental regulations and green buildings standards, knowledge of e.g. water conservation methods, waste reduction strategies, and green certification standards.
- Jobs include e.g. architects, engineers, project managers, sustainability consultants, and skilled tradespeople specialising in eco-friendly construction practices.
