Job opportunities are expected to increase across the sector during the 2012, according to the annual Salary Survey by regional recruitment… By Duncan Brodie (edp24) Source: edp24, December 29, 2011; Image: rwe
Five young men have taken their first steps into a new career in the offshore wind energy industry having been accepted as trainees. By Richard Evans ( northwalesweeklynews ) Source: northwalesweeklynews , December 16, 2011; Image: repower
Called ‘Champions for Wind’ it is an innovative careers education engagement programme designed to raise awareness amongst 13 to 14 year olds of the full range of potential career opportunities in offshore wind energy and give an understanding of the qualifications and experience required to gain employment in the industry. Being implemented by Hull-based apprenticeship [...]
As Europe strives to meet its renewable energy generation targets, there will be a need for skilled workers. by John Hill (nebusiness) Source: nebusiness, November 17, 2011; Image: siemens
A £6M energy centre has been opened to ensure young people can take advantage of nuclear, wind and tidal power jobs heading to Anglesey. by Owen R Hughes (dailypost) Source: dailypost, November 14, 2011
Falck Nutec Teesside has revealed a brand new £550,000 extension to its existing industrial training unit. (hazardexonthenet) Source: hazardexonthenet, October 20, 2011
The first group of trainees to complete the inaugural 12-month training programme with the UK’s only dedicated academy for the offshore… (eeegr) Source: eeegr, October 18, 2011
Harwich International Port is joining forces with Colchester Institute, the largest vocational training provider in North Essex, in order to create ‘The Energy Skills Centre at Harwich.’ The new Skills Centre, to be developed in Harwich, will have an engineering focus and is designed to meet the current needs of employers in the area, [...]
AN INDUSTRIAL training company has invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in its Tees Valley centre to ensure the safety of workers in the… By Andy Richardson (thenorthernecho) Source: thenorthernecho, October 14, 2011
Total, ParisTech and Ecole Polytechnique are introducing the Renewable Energy Science & Technology Master II postgraduate degree program in fall 2011, with the backing of French electric utility EDF, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Saint-Gobain and Schneider Electric. Offering best-in-class instruction and coordinated by Ecole Polytechnique engineering school, the degree program is open to engineering, mechanics and [...]
