Our Approach
How we work together with partners to build a skilled, inclusive workforce across the UK.
Why collaboration matters
The energy, water, and waste sectors provide essential services to over 68 million people every day. Meeting the UK’s ambitions for growth, resilience and sustainability requires more than individual effort. It requires collaboration across industry, government, regulators, education and training providers, and the wider skills system.
The Energy & Utility Skills Group provides leadership in convening partners and ensuring that skills remain at the centre of national planning. Our role is to connect evidence with action, building a safe, skilled and sustainable workforce capable of delivering the UK’s future needs.
How we work
Our collaborative approach is shaped by our values:
Credible
We are evidence led, bringing trusted data and insight to inform national debates and local action.
Working together
We convene a wide variety of organisations and expertise, so diverse voices are able to influence decision-making and it remains grounded in practical reality.
Making a positive difference
We focus on impact, turning strategy into measurable actions that improve careers, strengthen businesses and support communities.
What collaboration achieves
Our work delivers value well beyond any single organisation. By working with members, industry, and partners, we:
Develop national standards and occupational profiles that underpin qualifications, apprenticeships and training.
Shape government policy through evidence, data and insight that reflects the real needs of industry.
Support innovation and productivity by aligning training pathways with future technologies such as clean energy, hydrogen and digital.
Improve inclusion and opportunity through joint initiatives that open up sector careers to people of all ages and backgrounds.
Provide clear accountability and transparency through shared reporting and progress updates.
UK-wide collaboration
Our work spans the whole of the UK. We collaborate with departments in Westminster, devolved administrations, regulators and skills bodies to ensure consistency in standards and clarity in pathways. Whether it is supporting new workforce strategies in Scotland, informing apprenticeship reform in Wales, contributing to skills planning in Northern Ireland, or helping shape policy in England, our role is to make sure ambition is matched by workforce capability.
Endorsed by partners
The energy, water, and waste sectors provide essential services to over 68 million people every day. Meeting the UK’s ambitions for growth, resilience and sustainability requires more than individual effort. It requires collaboration across industry, government, regulators, education and training providers, and the wider skills system.
The Energy & Utility Skills Group provides leadership in convening partners and ensuring that skills remain at the centre of national planning. Our role is to connect evidence with action, building a safe, skilled and sustainable workforce capable of delivering the UK’s future needs.
Our partners have recently said:
“We look forward to working in partnership with Energy & Utility Skills and others to address shared challenges and, together, to make the most of the opportunities ahead.”
“Our partnership with EU Skills over the last two years has delivered tangible benefits to the offshore wind industry and the wider renewables sector.”
“By championing a collaborative approach to skills development and talent pipelines, this strategy strengthens our collective ability to innovate, drive efficiency, and ensure a resilient, highly skilled workforce for the future.”
“We welcome the Energy and Utility Skills 2025-30 strategy and were pleased to be involved in its consultation and development.”
Moving forward together
Collaboration is not just a principle, it is how we deliver. We provide leadership where it is needed most, and we act as a trusted partner where collective effort creates the greatest impact. By combining expertise, evidence and shared purpose, we create the conditions for success. Together, we will move further and faster to build the skilled, inclusive workforce the UK needs for the future.
Collaborate with us
Government departments, devolved authorities, employers, training providers, professional bodies, media partners and regulators are invited to work with us in partnership. To find out more and to get involved, please email, call or fill in the online contact form below:
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