Investigating the skills required for a transition to an advanced zero emission, indigenous diverse energy secure and circular economy in Northern Ireland

This report has been prepared by Energy & Utility Skills in response to a commission from Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy (DfE).

This research provides the DfE, and its partners, with the intelligence needed to ensure that all organisations involved in the advanced zero emission, indigenous diverse energy secure and circular economy in Northern Ireland to play their part in delivering the required skilled workforce – and in a way that maximises the benefits to all sections of the Northern Ireland population.

The report covers eight relevant industries that are critical to the Northern Irish economy moving forward:

• Large-scale energy production
• Infrastructure
• Domestic low carbon technologies and energy efficiency
• Industrial processes
• Circular economy
• Transport
• Agriculture
• Fisheries