Nominees confirmed to lead the sector’s next chapter in delivering the 2025-30 Skills Strategy – Skills to deliver the UK’s future 

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In December, the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council will hold its first meeting since launching the Skills Strategy 2025–2030, during which members will vote to appoint new Council Leadership.   Bringing together chief executives and managing directors from across the energy, water, and waste industries, the Council turns shared priorities into coordinated action that shapes national policy, guides investment, and keeps skills at the heart of the … Read more

Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper: Positive Intent and Ambition, but Questions Remain

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Energy & Utility Skills Group welcomes the publication of the Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper as a positive and necessary step in strengthening the nation’s skills system. It sets out ambition and intent, but questions remain about how delivery, coherence and pace will match the scale of the opportunity. While the White Paper applies … Read more

Clean Energy Jobs Plan: Opportunity, Ambition and Action

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Energy & Utility Skills Group Statement Energy & Utility Skills Group welcomes the publication of the Clean Energy Jobs Plan, part of the government’s wider Clean Energy Action Plan. The Plan marks an important step towards achieving the United Kingdom’s clean energy ambitions and ensuring that people and skills remain central to national growth. Its … Read more

Policy Update

May – July 2025 There have been several significant policy and regulatory developments relating to our sector over recent months. This update covers the Independent Water Commission’s final report following its comprehensive review of the water sector; publication of the UK Government’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025 and its sector-specific Clean Energy Industries Plan; and Ofqual’s … Read more

Occupational Mapping Overview

The UK energy and utilities sector operates within a constantly shifting landscape shaped by political, social, economic, and technological drivers. These external pressures affect both how organisations operate and how their people work. To remain compliant, productive, and resilient, the sector requires a safe, skilled, and sustainable workforce that can adapt quickly. Occupational Mapping is … Read more

Data & Research

May – July 2025 The ‘UK population projections to 2047 and their implications for the workforce planning‘ whitepaper provides a summary of the latest national and sub-national population projections and considers the implications for the energy and utilities sector’s future workforce planning.UK population projections to 2047 and their implications for the workforce planning. Read the … Read more

‘Super Sector Project’ Overview

As the standards-setting body and employer representative for the energy and utilities sector, Energy & Utility Skills is leading work on two key initiatives: changes to the issuing of Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) cards and the industry-wide ‘Super Sector’ project. Background In October 2024, the Industry Competence Steering Group (ICSG) was formally launched as … Read more

Clean Energy Jobs – Employer Handbook: Delivering the clean energy workforce for the future through government supported training and workforce recruitment programmes

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Energy & Utility Skills are engaging closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to ensure we have the workforce to deliver the clean energy superpower mission through access to the government supported training and workforce recruitment programmes. Through our work on the Energy and Utilities Sector Workforce Demand Estimates – 2024 … Read more

Help shape the national standards for the energy and utilities sector

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Energy & Utility Skills invites employers, training providers and professional bodies to review the revised Utility Management Skills National Occupational Standards (NOS). The suite, covering all utilities, covers the planning, installation, operation, maintenance and resolution of incidents on utilities networks. This includes: NOS describe what an individual needs to do and needs to know to … Read more