Careers and Workforce

Workforce Development

Skills gaps, upskilling and retraining across the sector.

Start here · Essential guide

Developing a Sustainable Energy Industry Workforce: A Roadmap

A planning-level roadmap for building a lasting energy workforce: assess skills gaps, build training pipelines, retain staff and review progress over time.

5 min read

Bridging the Gap: Energy Industry Education for a Sustainable Tomorrow

Why graduates are often not yet job-ready for energy roles, and how internships, co-ops and employer partnerships help close the gap between study and work.

4 min read

Building a Sustainable Workforce: Energy Industry Education Strategies

What a skills gap is, how employers and planners identify one, and the education strategies commonly used to narrow it in the energy sector.

4 min read

Energy Transition Education: Preparing the Workforce for a New Era

How workers in declining energy sectors may retrain for new roles, and the practical, financial and social challenges that make a fair transition hard.

4 min read

Ensuring a Sustainable Energy Industry Workforce through Education

How career development, mentoring and clear progression help energy employers keep skilled people, and why retention is about more than recruiting.

4 min read

How to Develop a Sustainable Energy Industry Workforce through Education

A step-by-step guide for employers and workers to upskill and cross-train existing energy staff, from choosing skills to measuring results.

4 min read

More in careers and workforce

Careers and Skills Skills, early-career steps and the cost of learning. Vocational and Apprenticeship Pathways How hands-on routes into energy work generally function. Careers Beyond Engineering Roles in the energy sector that do not require an engineering degree.