The RTN Crown Estate - Offshore Wind Supply Chain Event

Birmingham – May 31st 2012

Steve Green, Director – The RTN

• Working for a Green Britain - July 2011 http://www.bwea.com/pdf/publications/Working_for_Green_Britain_V2.pdf

• “The UK Renewable Energy industry has the potential to

generate tens of thousands of jobs over the next ten

years”

• “A shortfall in skilled labour equivalent to 45,000

employees is a strong risk to this expansion”

• “The Renewables Training Network (RTN) will help skill

up new entrants to the sector, helping to meet this

shortfall”

Scale of the challenge

Research

Transition Points

What can RTN add?

• Where multiple courses exist we are reviewing these to

define core content, and Quality Assuring to provide

clearer training pathways

• Where no defined courses exist we will bring industry

partners together to develop courses for wider delivery

• RTN will work to open up clear and consistent training

paths aiding SME’s

Projections

• Our position at the heart of the Renewables industry

gives us unparalleled access to where the market is

going, and where the challenges will be

• We exist to level the training landscape

• SEMTA* states –

“Over 80% of sector companies are micro-

businesses employing 1-10 people. Companies of

this size are vital to the supply chain but often lack

the resources to plan, train and develop their

workforce”.

Benefits

• Easing SME’s access to training packages

• Enabling communication between SME’s and Major

Market participants

• A Highly skilled workforce ready to meet the challenges

of Round 3

Contact

Steve Green

Director – Renewables Training Network

DDI:- 0207 901 3009

Mob:- 07805 4281104

steve.green@the-rtn.com

UK Offshore Wind

Supply Chain

Event

NEC Birmingham

May 2012

Warwickshire College Tony Parkin

Academy Leader

Power Industries Academy

Skills

and Technology

2012/13

Apprenticeships:

E.C.I.T.B. Framework

S.E.M.T.A. Framework

Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering

Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering

ECITB Framework

Technical Certificate level 3

Level 3 (NVQ) Diploma

Occupational specific

Functional Skills level 2

PELTS

Employment Responsibilities

And Rights ERR

Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering

Advanced Apprenticeship in Engineering (SEMTA)

Units of NVQ Level 2

(Performing Engineering Operations)

Technical Certificate level 3

Level 3 (NVQ) Diploma

Occupational specific

Functional Skills level 2

PELTS

Employment Responsibilities

And Rights ERR

Current offer in

Skills and Technology

Skills and Technology Skills Training & Education:-

Broad Range: Manufacturing

Mechanical & Maintenance

Electrical/Electronic

Fabrication & Welding

E.C.I.TB. Training and Development

Engineering Construction

NVQ Training & Assessment

Engineering Foundation Degrees

Lean Engineering (BI-T)

Skills and Technology Full-Time & Part-Time Students:

FE Programmes:

Edexcel: Level 2 & 3 Diplomas and Extended Diplomas

City & Guilds: Levels 1, 2 & 3

HE Programmes:

HNC & HND

Foundation Degree

Skills and Technology

Bespoke Programmes:

Designed to meet industries “Needs”

Adult Retraining Programmes:

Career change - retraining

Armed Forces

What’s different about

Skills and Technology

at

Warwickshire College?

True Partnerships Alstom Power – Rugby & Stafford

Doosan Babcock - Birmingham

E.C.I.T.B.

E.ON Engineering Academy

GE Energy - Rugby

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR)

National Skills Academy - Power

Quartzelec - Rugby

Rolls-Royce - Ansty, Coventry

SMEs

Advantages of Partnerships

College Staff

keep up to date

with Modern

Technology

Improves College

Resource Base Company Staff

keep up to date

with Training

Techniques

Trainee Skills

closely linked to

Company Needs

Imparting of

Company Culture

to Trainees

Product Knowledge

Integrated into

Training

Company

Products form

Central Focus of

Training

Excellence

Ofsted Inspection Grade One Outstanding

EEF Education & Training Best Practice

Awarded Centre of Vocational Excellence for Engineering

- one of sixteen Pathfinders

Beacon Status

Training Quality Standard (TQS)

Summary

To open students’ minds, by

actively involving them.

To give students a memorable

technology experience!

Any Questions?

A BLUEPRINT FOR ENERGY SKILLS A strategy and development plan for energy skills

development across the UK regions.

Crown Estate Supply Chain Conference

31st May 2012, Birmingham

Nautilus Associates…

• ... is a multi-disciplinary consulting group

• ... provides specialist advisory and consultancy services

• ... helps public and private sector organisations to explore and develop opportunities in the energy and low carbon industries.

THE PROJECT

• Purpose

• Methodology

• Contributors

• Results

SKILLS FOR ENERGY

• East of England Employer Partnership

• Funded by Industry and supported by public sector

• Developed successful pre-apprenticeship

• Supported new MSc/BSc in energy eng.

• Innovative military transfer/recruitment model

• Recognised as a innovative model by Lord Browne and Ministers for both Energy and Skills.

• DECC funded blueprinting to explore roll-out potential

COMMON THEMES

• Similar Skills

• Local colleges

• SSCs and the National Skills Academies

• Local Enterprise Partnerships

• Impact of government policy

• Employer groups

• Need for a new model

Changing Landscape

Current Status Report

Leadership Coordination Local Action

A Way Forward

A BLUEPRINT FOR ACTION

• Provide leadership and strategic direction

• Create effective communication channels

• Development of a “skills pipeline”

• Leverage linkages

• Provide robust intelligence on local demand

• Innovate and commission

• Co-ordinated collective action

DELIVERY OPTIONS

• Independent employer led entity

• Energy Skills Sub-group within the Local Enterprise Partnership.

• Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV),

A National Hub

CONTACT

Annette Thomas

Nautilus Associates Ltd.

T: +44 (0) 1502 509266

M: +44 (0) 7787 554478

E: annette.thomas@nautilus.uk.com

W: www.nautilus.uk.com

UK Off-Shore Wind Skills

Rob Moore

National Skills Academy for Power

“…To ensure that our industries have the

skills they need now and in the future…”

A difficult starting point

Challenges across all sectors and industries.

An ageing skilled workforce

Fewer STEM qualified people available

An imbalance of skills distributed across the age range

Challenging economic climate

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Challenges for the future energy

workforce. Energy companies will have to accommodate:

– Localised power generation

– Carbon Capture and Storage

– Generation technologies in homes and businesses

– SMART meters

– Off shore generation from wind and tidal

– Clean fossil fuel generation

– Biomass generation

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New skills or new contexts?

The good news.

There are few new skills.

The skills we already deliver can be contextualised and repackaged to deliver most of the skills we need.

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New skills or new contexts?

BUT!!!

The training infrastructure is not prepared.

Providers have neither the capability or capacity to deliver the contextualised skills needed in the numbers needed.

A clear demand for skills is essential to equip our training providers.

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New packages of skills

Traditional job roles will need to take on new aspects and new skillsets:

New working locations and conditions

New combinations of traditionally diverse skills

(i.e. electrical/mechanical)

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What is a ‘Renewables’ Job?

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Not every renewables job is 100m in the air or 20 miles out to sea.

The Lifecycle of an Offshore Wind Farm

Consenting

3-4 years

Procurement

2 years

Research,

Design &

Construction

3 years Operate &

Maintain

25 years

Repower

Decommission

2 years

Supply Chain Opportunities

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Questions impacting skills development

We do not currently have answers for the following questions, needed for an accurate prediction of regional labour requirements:

How much of the consented generation will be actually be deployed?

When will the generation capacity be deployed?

How much labour will be imported to the area and in which specific roles?

Where will the manufacturing activities take place?

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• Lack of new entrants and cost efficient training

solutions results in poaching – unsustainable recruitment strategy.

• Employers lack the confidence to invest because of contractual uncertainties.

• Low volumes of trainees mean training programmes are not viable.

• Bringing SMEs into the market.

• Headcount issues.

Recruitment Barriers

Some suggested material and resources

Oxford Economics Report http://www.oxfordeconomics.com/samples/vestas.pdf

Working for a Green Britain Vol 2 http://www.euskills.co.uk/download.php?id=1319

Working for a Green Britain Vol 1 http://www.euskills.co.uk/download.php?id=1215

Two Essential Reports on Offshore Skills

4C Off Shore Wind Database

60 www.4coffshore.com/offshorewind/

61 WWW.THINKPOWERSECTOR.CO.UK

Jobs

Education & Skills Provider management

Industry £

Talent Bank Development and management

Recruitment services

Learner Management

services

EU Skills & the Skills Academy

Employers

Education & skills providers

Mainstream funding

£

Partnership services

GIF £

Apprentices, higher technicians, graduates, internships, work placements

Employment services

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE RENEWABLES WORK OF THE NATIONAL SKILLS

ACADEMY FOR POWER CONTACT:

Mr Rob Moore Operations Manager – Low Carbon M: 07977545361 E: rob.moore@power.nsacademy.co.uk W: www.power.nsacademy.co.uk National Skills Academy Power Friars Gate 1011 Stratford Road Shirley, Solihull B90 4BN