Vicki Cook

Announcing New Strategic Partnership Energy & Utility Skills and Solar Energy UK announce a strategic partnership, recognising the importance of developing and retaining a skilled, competent and diverse workforce within the solar and energy storage industry. This is crucial to achieving the governments’ aim of tripling UK solar capacity by 2030, tackling climate change, improving … Read more

Enabling a safe and sustainable transition to net zero through a safe, skilled and sustainable workforce. Steve Barrett, our Director of Membership and Strategic Engagement, contributed as a guest speaker at the annual ENA Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) Management Conference, on Thursday, 5 June 2025.  He was joined by Session Chair Steph Trubshaw, Senior … Read more

In April, EUSR launched a new scheme developed in collaboration with water companies. The scheme aims to ensure the workforce’s compliance with water regulations and ultimately help safeguard public health and maintain high-quality drinking water. The Importance of Regulation 31 The driving force behind the new scheme is Regulation 31 of the Water Supply (Water … Read more

On Thursday, 29 May 2025, Phil Beach CBE, Chair of the Board of Energy & Utility Skills Group, attended the Ministerial Launch of the Northern Ireland Green Skills Action Plan in Belfast, Northern Ireland.   Energy & Utility Skills has worked in close collaboration with the Department for the Economy (DfE) and the Green Energy Skills … Read more

Steve Barratt, Director of Membership and Strategic Engagement at Energy & Utility Skills, contributed as a keynote speaker at the annual National Water Resilience Debate on Thursday, 22 May 2025.   He was joined by Elouise Leonard-Cross, Group Head of HR at Northumbrian Water, Hugh Thomas, Water Treatment Service Line Director at AtkinsRéalis, and Fiona Punchard, … Read more

The Potential and Opportunity of Occupational Mapping and Standard Setting Paul Cox, Group Chief Executive of Energy & Utility Skills Group, contributed as a guest speaker at the ‘Grid and Networks 5: Workforce and the Grid – People and Skills’ panel, which formed part of the ‘Engineering a Net Zero Future’ programme at the All-Energy … Read more

Our new schemes are designed to enhance workforce knowledge on critical safety topics, further promoting a culture of safety and compliance, as part of our commitment to offering a portfolio of induction-focused awareness schemes.  All these schemes have been carefully developed and reviewed in collaboration with employers and stakeholders in the energy and utilities sector, … Read more

Energy & Utility Skills have been working with industry representatives across the energy and utilities sector to review a number of National Occupational Standards (NOS) and a Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) for sewerage and drainage. NOS describe what an individual needs to do and needs to know to perform a work activity, including the skills, … Read more

Pictured: Denise McGlynn, Client Manager, Energy & Utility Skills, Matt Heaton, Head of Training Delivery, Phil Beach CBE, CEO, Energy & Utility Skills, Grant Batty, Water Services Director United Utilities has become the first water company to extend the Competent Operator Scheme beyond water treatment works to include water networks, setting a benchmark for workforce … Read more