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“In addition to the £1.26m funding, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) Educational Trust in partnership with Talent Bank, a specialist recruitment and training service, has agreed to fund a minimum of five bursaries for work-based Apprenticeships. This is a really exciting opportunity for all small to medium sized businesses operating in the waste management industry.”
Angela Edwards, Development Manager for Talent Bank at EU Skills
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Energy & Utility Skills Network wins prestigious Training Initiative of the Year award for small businesses

Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) in partnership with QMSA Ltd win Best Training Initiative of the Year Award at the 2013 Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards.More than 700 people attended the prestigious 2013 Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards ceremony, designed to inspire the industry to greater heights. The Best Training Initiative of the Year award was in recognition of the Green Deal, Energy Companies Obligation and Renewables (GDER) training package. The award winning training package included a training workshop and certificate designed to prepare gas installers to develop

The National Skills Academy for Power and the Crown Estate – partners in offshore energy skills

The Crown Estate and the National Skills Academy for Power (the Skills Academy) has signed an agreement in which: ‘The Crown Estate recognises the Skills Academy as its partner for delivery of skills initiatives in offshore wind and marine energy. The Skills Academy will allocate appropriate resource and expertise to deliver the agreed skills initiatives and seek to maximise the potential for involvement in offshore wind and marine energy initiatives within its portfolio of programmes and projects.’This is an exciting time for the off shore renewables industry and this partnership brings

Talent Bank – the effective way to recruit and train your workforce

Investing in workforce recruitment and training is ultimately the only effective way of building a competent workforce for the future. Whilst the demand for Higher Skills and Graduate recruitment is high on the agenda for most waste management employers, the challenges involved in attracting candidates, retaining them and providing a quality development programme can be prohibitive.To help combat this, Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills), the Sector Skills Council (SSC) for the gas, power, waste management and water industries, has developed an employer-led Talent Bank which can save you

Energy & Utility Skills Network fuelling growth for small businesses

£1.26m to support Employer Networks and five Apprenticeship bursaries for small businessesFigures from the Federation of Small Businesses has shown that over 39,000 people working for small businesses in the gas industry are still waiting to receive formal training.  But we mustn’t judge our 57,700 private-sector gas businesses in England who employ a workforce of 105,000; they’re out there every day doing what they do best. Time, money and a lack of funding available from the government have all contributed to this skills gap.  Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) has stepped in to help by

Energy & Utility Skills Network fuelling growth for small businesses

£1.26m to support Employer Networks and five Apprenticeship bursaries for small businessesFigures from the Federation of Small Businesses has shown that over 42,000 people working for small businesses in the waste management and recycling industry are still waiting to receive formal training.  But we mustn’t judge our 6,000 private-sector waste management and recycling businesses; they’re out there every day doing what they do best. Time, money and a lack of funding available from the government have all contributed to this skills gap.  Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) has stepped in to

SHIRLEY BUSINESS STEP OUT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE CURE & ACTION FOR TAY-SACHS (CATS) FOUNDATION

13 intrepid adventurers from Shirley-based Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) Group are set to put their best foot forward as they tackle Yorkshire’s finest and biggest peaks.The team, who have been training hard since March 2013, decided on the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge to mark May’s National Walking Month, as well as to raise money for the Cure & Action for Tay-Sachs (CATS) Foundation, as part of their year-long fundraising campaign. Tay-Sachs disease is rare and usually fatal genetic disorder that causes progressive damage to the nervous system. Symptoms usually begin at around

Be part of someing powerful

Help develop low carbon energy and marine power skills and expertise in Wales.Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills), the Sector Skills Council for gas, power, waste management and water, are working with Welsh Government to create a Low Carbon Energy and Marine Power Institute in Wales. EU Skills are giving established training providers the chance to get involved in this new initiative. Welsh Government’s paper entitled ‘Energy Wales – A Low Carbon Transition’ highlights the need for a co-ordinated and forward-thinking approach. EU Skills is addressing this challenge head on by

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