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The UK water sector is facing growing workforce challenges, with increasing demand for skills, investment and long-term resilience. Collaboration across industry is essential to building a skilled and sustainable workforce.   Energy & Utility Skills has signed a new Memorandum of Understanding with British Water to strengthen partnership working across the sector. The agreement sets out a shared commitment to align … Read more

Louise Parry, Director of People and Organisational Development, Energy & Utility Skills The generational challenge faced by the utilities sector to deliver the UK’s clean energy ambitions, resilient water infrastructure plans and environmental goals will not be delivered by strategies alone: they will be delivered by people – in the right roles, with the right … Read more

The UK’s clean energy transition is accelerating, but a growing skills gap threatens to slow progress. Energy & Utility Skills’ latest Skills Strategy estimates the power industry alone will need an average of 22,400 new people every year until 2030. This is a significant workforce challenge. Destination Energy is a new initiative from Energy & … Read more

The Energy Skills Passport initiative, led by OEUK and RenewableUK is a collaborative effort between the UK and Scottish Governments, supported by industry leaders, aimed at assisting oil and gas workers in transitioning to renewable energy careers while maintaining high standards of safety, competence and quality. OEUK and RenewableUK have appointed Energy & Utility Skills … Read more

Ensuring the UK’s water network has the skills it needs for the future The full suite of National Occupational Standards (NOS) for maintaining water supply and leak detection and control has now been fully reviewed and updated. This work ensures the sector continues to operate to the highest standards of safety, competence, and consistency, supporting … Read more

With the UK’s energy, water and waste industries needing 312,300 new entrants by 2030, strengthening access to the right skills has never been more important. Rullion joins Energy & Utility Skills as a new Member Organisation at a pivotal moment for the UK’s transition, bringing more than four decades of workforce solutions expertise to support … Read more

Following the completion of the industry procurement process, responsibility for the Standard Setting Body (SSB) function for the downstream gas industry will transfer from Energy & Utility Skills Group to the Institution of Gas Engineers & Managers (IGEM) from 1 April 2026. Paul Cox, Group Chief Executive of Energy & Utility Skills Group, said: “We … Read more

Energy Networks Association (ENA) and BEAMA have appointed Energy & Utility Skills as part of a consortium to deliver the next phase of the Electricity Networks Sector Growth Plan. We will work alongside leading energy consultancies LCP Delta, EA Technology and Frontier Economics. This phase builds on last year’s interim report, which identified more than … Read more

Energy & Utility Skills Group welcomes the government’s move to provide greater flexibility in how employers can use the Growth and Skills Levy, an urgent need for the energy and utilities sector. The Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed the introduction of apprenticeship units – short, flexible training courses to help respond quickly to … Read more