United Kingdom: Meeting the Low Carbon Skills Challenge: A Consultation on Equipping People with the Skills to Take Advantage of Opportunities in the Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Economy

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															United Kingdom: Meeting the Low Carbon Skills Challenge: A Consultation on Equipping People with the Skills to Take Advantage of Opportunities in the Low Carbon and Resource Efficient Economy 
													

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Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions.

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Sectoral approaches

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Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training providers. Sector based strategies and institutions have proved effective in engaging all stakeholders in promoting both pre-employment training and life-long learning.

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice.

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National policies and initiatives

National legislation, policies and initiatives on the issue of training and skills development and the world of work.

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08 Apr 2013

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This consultation reviews the skills needed to decarbonise three key sectors – Power, Transport and Construction/Built Environment – that face specific skills needs. Beyond these sectors, the document sets out an approach to stimulating the skills solutions that are needed to decarbonise the entire manufacturing and process industry supply chains and make the most efficient use of resources in the UK. It also lays out the opportunities for growth and carbon savings in the food and advanced manufacturing sectors and the skills needed there. A wide range of cross-cutting skills will be needed, many of which will combine traditional professional disciplines with emerging industrial applications, such as composites.

The document identifies five key challenges for employers, the skills system and Government:
• Delivering significantly higher volumes of generic Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills at all levels;
• Developing and delivering rapidly the specialist skills solutions that will be needed for emerging sectors and technologies;
• Getting more young people and adults interested in low carbon careers, skills and qualifications;
• Stimulating employer demand for and investment in low carbon skills;
• Replicating good practice rapidly in each of the above, within and between emerging sectors.

The document highlights as case studies the range of innovative measures which have already brought together employers, sector skills councils and the wider skills system to articulate low carbon skills needs and develop prototype skills solutions.

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