New sector report highlights innovative ways to unlock workforce capacity

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Energy & Utility Skills Group has published the Innovative Ways of Working Report, developed through collaboration across the electricity transmission and distribution supply chain. Produced as part of the Electricity Transmission Industry Skills & Workforce Planning Programme, with input from 21 organisations across the sector, the report explores how innovation can help unlock workforce capacity … Read more

First cohort begins on Level 4 AI & Digital Transformation Apprenticeship

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Closing the energy and utilities sector’s digital skills gap starts with people. Next month, that principle is put into practice as the first cohort begins the new Level 4 AI & Digital Transformation apprenticeship, at The Clancy Group in partnership with Baltic Apprenticeships. Brought together through Energy & Utility Skills Group’s work with the UK-wide … Read more

Energy & Utility Skills and The Careers & Enterprise Company Have Joined Forces

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Energy & Utility Skills and The Careers & Enterprise Company (CEC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), marking a shared commitment to help more young people discover careers in the clean energy and utilities sector. The scale of the workforce challenge is significant. The Energy & Utility Skills’ Skills Strategy 2025-2030 estimates that the … Read more

Invitation to Tender Launched for Sector Workforce Platform

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Opportunity to help shape a transformative digital platform for the UK’s energy, water and waste sectors Energy & Utility Skills Group (EUSG) has launched an Invitation to Tender (ITT) seeking an experienced digital platform delivery partner with expertise in workforce, careers, skills, recruitment, data and user-centred design solutions. The proposed platform is designed to become … Read more

Milburn Special Needs Internships 

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Potential, not barriers: connecting young people with special educational needs to energy, utilities and infrastructure careers  The recommendations emerging from Alan Milburn’s review of young people and work have shone a spotlight on one of the United Kingdom’s most pressing challenges: helping more young people with special educational needs and disabilities make a successful transition from education into employment. Recent reporting on … Read more

Destination Energy Campaign Builds Momentum Across the Clean Energy Workforce

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Since launching as part of the Clean Energy Jobs Plan in April 2026 and in collaboration with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), Destination Energy has continued to bring employers, industry bodies, government and prospective entrants together to help tackle one of the clean energy sector’s biggest challenges: attracting the workforce needed … Read more

Skills and Jobs: The New Competitive Advantage in Public Procurement 

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Last week’s announcement on the future direction of public procurement should be of particular interest to employers across the energy, utilities and waste sectors.  The headline has understandably focused on proposed changes to the way government contracts are assessed. If implemented from January 2027, organisations bidding for major contracts could be expected to place greater emphasis on demonstrating how they create jobs, … Read more

Energy and utilities sector experts collaborate to develop new policy priorities for the industry.

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One of the priorities identified by the Energy & Utility Skills Partnership (EUSP) CEO Council is strengthening the sector’s voice on the workforce and skills issues that matter most to employers. To support that ambition, more than 50 industry experts, including members trade associations, endorsees and partners, are now contributing their expertise across a range … Read more

New Qualification Set to Strengthen Scotland’s Power Workforce

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Scotland’s power sector has a new qualification, Power Industry Electrical Systems Engineering at SCQF Level 7, designed to help develop the skilled workers needed for the future. Developed in collaboration with power employers and stakeholders, the qualification responds directly to industry demand and supports the growing need for competent individuals across the sector. The qualification … Read more

Energy & Utility Skills Group invests in members to help attract over 40,000 new people into the sector every year

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Energy & Utilities Skills Group is investing in its members to help meet one of the biggest workforce challenges facing the UK’s energy and utilities sector: attracting around 44,600 new people into the sector every year to 2030. This demand extends across every skill level and includes both people required for new jobs created by … Read more