Occupation Mapping: The problem
- Inconsistent UK skills landscape
- Working in a supply and funding-led system
- Funding not linked to industry requirements
- Inconsistent definition of minimum standards of job roles
- Lack of standardisation in routes to competency
- A long lead-time to responding to industry demands
- No robust process to identifying gaps in routes to competency
- Lack of accurate and up-to-date careers information
Occupation Mapping: The solution
Our solution to these problems is to develop the sector’s first Occupational Map
Occupational mapping is identifying jobs and career paths within an industry. It provides information on the skills, qualifications, and competencies required for each role, as well as an understanding labour market trends and demands
The benefits of occupational mapping to the energy and utilities sector as a whole
- The map will provide a standardised view of each job role’s tasks and duties, and how competency can be achieved and evidenced
- It will identify where there are tasks and duties in a specific job role that do not currently have an industry-standard route to competency – supporting our role as a Standard Setting Body
- When new roles are developed by industry, it will provide a consistent process to:
- Develop a standardised list tasks and duties, agreed by industry
- Identify where existing provision delivers the required competencies for each task and duty – and where there are gaps in provision requiring action
- The map will cover the whole of the UK, enabling better coordination of routes to competency across the four nations
We need your help
To deliver the occupational map across the energy and utilities sector, we need input from employers:
- To confirm the critical technical roles that need to be included in the occupational map
- To prioritise and schedule those Occupational Profiles that should be developed first
- To develop a standardised list of tasks and duties for each role
- To review and confirm the routes to competency for each role that are currently available and used by industry
- To help us map course/qualification/NOS units of learning to each task and duty – and identify the gaps
- To sign off each Occupational Profile as being an accurate reflection of industry requirements
Find Out More
If you’re an employer and keen to get involved, please contact communications@euskills.co.uk
To find out more about membership and our policy work, please contact 0121 713 8255 or email membership@euskills.co.uk.