West of England Green Skills Update - Jane Vivian (People & Skills Programme Manager) June 2022
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West of England Green Skills Update Jane Vivian (People & Skills Programme Manager) June 2022
Skills Overview – National Context ▪ FE Skills for Jobs White Paper: Skills for jobs: lifelong learning for opportunity and growth - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ▪ Skills Bill – significant implications for the skills system ▪ Local Skills Improvement Plans (LSIPs) – trailblazer and EIO ▪ Skills Accelerator development fund – pilots Skills Accelerator, trailblazers and pilots - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) ▪ National Skills Fund & Skills Bootcamps – technical and digital skills bootcamps – Wave 3 underway ▪ UKSPF – communities and place
Retrofit & Green Skills Reports • Comprehensive analysis & evidence base • Extensive consultation to inform the reports including LA’s, FE/HE, membership orgs, SME’s, larger businesses & other stakeholders • Informing plans for Green Recovery and Recovery Fund initiatives • Skills ‘stocktake’ as well as identifying opportunities • Recommendations and interventions • Green skills - West of England Combined Authority (westofengland-ca.gov.uk)
Phase 1- Retrofit Skills Market Analysis
Opportunity:
▪ Low carbon jobs = less than 1% of
all jobs currently in WoE
▪ To meet net zero by 2023 –
50,000+ net jobs required
▪ 29,000 direct jobs
▪ 20,500 indirect jobs
▪ 52% in construction &
installation
▪ 10% manufacturing
▪ 38% ops/maintenance
Phase 2 - Green Skills Market Analysis
What is a green job? WECA definition:
“A job which will directly contribute towards the
reduction of emissions and help to protect the
environment”
And/Or
“will help to create the job functions, responsibilities,
conditions, working practices and/or business
processes which contribute towards
reducing emissions, lowering the carbon footprint
and protecting the environment.”
▪ 45,000 new green jobs at all skills levels &
across all sectors by 2030
▪ Low carbon services (green finance, digital,
legal)
▪ Environmental consulting
▪ Engineering (nuclear, aerospace etc)
▪ Construction
▪ Low carbon electricity (solar PV,
offshore, nuclear, hydropower etc)
▪ Transport (EV)
Green Skills – traditional to low carbon
Green Skills – traditional to low carbon
Strategic Development & Engagement
Education
Business
Forums & MCAs
LSIP
National Gov
Local
LEP, SAP
Authorities
Growth
Hub
Progress to date
Skills & • Skills Bootcamps (regional and national)
People • AEB
• Green Futures Fund (Careers Hub)
• Building Bristol (UA led) - CA input and support
Community • Community Support Fund
• Innovative Retrofit Housing Scheme – local residents
• Innovative Local Energy Scheme – local communities & residents
• Retrofit Accelerator – local residents
• Green Futures Fund – education and business
Business • Workforce for the Future
• UWE Skills for Green Growth (100 SMEs over 18 months)
• YTKO MMC (120 SMEs)
• Sustainable Impact Champions (UBS) reps from construction industry
• Good Employment Charter - sustainability
• £1.7 Green Business Grants (Recovery Fund) and carbon surveys for businesses
Strategic • CRF and UK SPF
• Green Recovery (£3m retrofit, decarbonising transport & environmental measures inc WoE retrofit
scheme)
• Green Futures Fund (£4m for UAs, community, charities, education – renewable energy)
• Skills Horizon work (inc UA’s, FE, HE, business, community) = training & facilities
• Climate Action Group – UAs and key stakeholders
• ESP refresh
• Skills Portal – awareness and signposting
• Partnerships e.g. Retrofit Accelerator, Catapult Decarbonisation Academy, CESW etc.Supporting business & innovation Low Carbon Challenge Fund grants 1. Green Business Grants (£1.7m) • 150 businesses have had a Carbon Survey & Decarbonisation Report • Av saving of 10.58 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions 2. Innovative Local Energy Scheme (£1.3m) • Already funded a 150 metre wind turbine in Avonmouth • 2 further projects initiating in summer 2022 3. Innovative Housing Retrofit Scheme (£500k) • Pilot project to test innovative energy-saving improvements in 25 homes. • It will find innovative solutions for challenging properties. South West Energy Hub • Supporting public and not-for-profit organisations to set up green energy projects • Local Capacity Support, Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) & Low Carbon Retrofit Digital Engineering, Technology and Innovation (DETI) • Research, innovation & skills programmes • Supporting digitalisation in design & manu processes to develop sustainable products
Workforce for the Future (WftF)
Supporting homeowners and individuals
Retrofit Accelerator
• To provide an end-to-end offer that will encourage, support and guide
homeowners
• from initial thoughts about retrofit, through surveying and advice on
measures to apply, and on to recommending and signposting to capable
installers to carry out works
• Will support a region wide marketing and awareness raising campaign.
Skills and training
• Bootcamps
• Community Support Fund
• AEB
Advice and guidance
• Future Bright
• Careers Hub
• Skills search functionCommunity Support Fund
1000 residents
(disproportionately affected
by Covid):
- 330 social
resilience/cohesion
- 330 health and
wellbeing
- 230 financial
inclusion/resilience
- 110 local environmentFuture
Bright
• Fully funded in-work career
coaching & advice
• One-on-one support inc
personalised action plan
• Goal setting
• Help to identify and highlight Case study:
transferable skills The flexible nature of Future Bright meant we were able to work XXX to set new goals and identify
training/internships in the conservation sector to increase experience. It was important to express
her passion to work in this sector and the steps she had taken to try and find her way in, which had
• Support with identifying been difficult as she did not come from a typical conservation background; she had grown up in
training and development London and is of a BAME background.
opportunities
The application process was long but Future Bright was able to offer support to prepare her. She was
successful and was chosen for the internship where she is developing the skills to forge a career in the
conservation sector and make the sector more accessible to other under-represented groups.Careers Hub
• Vision = all young people to have skills, information and guidance
to set high expectations and make well informed decisions
• Working with all 95 schools and colleges
• Partner with employers and providers to collaborate and better
connect education to the labour market
Green skills:
• Green Futures Fund launched March 22
• Identify how we can use our funding to align school and college
activity to the green skills agenda
• Provide LMI to ensure students/parents are aware of
opportunities in green jobs & relevant pathways
• Engaging people currently working in the green economy to
engage with schools e.g Enterprise Adviser Network and strategic
cornerstone employersHelping the region succeed
▪ Employability and Skills Portal: Employability and skills portal - West of England
Combined Authority (westofengland-ca.gov.uk)
▪ Other strategic partners (schools, colleges, universities, local authorities, DWP,
membership organisations, local projects, VCS sector etc).
▪ https://careerpilot.org.uk/job-sectors/strengths-and-values/i-want-to-prevent-climate-change
▪ https://www.greenjobs.co.uk/
▪ Key Ambition – collectively work towards a joined up ‘skills ecosystem’ which creates
opportunities for young people to succeed and support clean economic growth –
referrals, signposting and progression are key.Contact us westofengland-ca.gov.uk Jane.vivian@WestOfEngland-CA.gov.uk 0117 428 6210 WestofEnglandCA West-of-England-Combined-Authority
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