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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OFFSHORE ENERGY

Skill Program leafet. gas sector into offshore renewables is a vital piece of the

Jakob Lau Holst, CEO of the GWO, said: “GWO has jigsaw when it comes to supporting our energy transition been working in collaboration with the ECITB to encour- and journey towards Net Zero.

age the recognition of skills and reduce the duplication of “By enabling the use of our Levenmouth Demonstration training for workers. Turbine to enrich the experience of the workers cross-skill- “This pilot program achieves alignment with industry ing into offshore wind, we’re able to offer a safe, controlled standards through ‘GWO Recognition’, a service offered and realistic environment for those workers to hone the by certifed training providers. skills needed to make that transition.

“When applied to industry-recognised schemes such as “It also complements the activities of our strategic skills

ECITB’s Connected Competence, GWO Recognition can programs as well as initiatives like the Fit for Offshore Re- reduce training time for workers by up to 88% for basic newables (F4OR) which helps the entry and growth of UK technical training (BTT) certifcation.” supply chain organisations into the wind industry.”

Delivered through Forth Valley and North East Scot- Paul Bradley from the Health & Safety Executive com- land Colleges and GWO / ECITB approved training pro- mented: “The HSE welcomes the increased focus on tech- vider, RelyOn Nutec, the program will include site access nical standards, Connected Competence and accreditation.

to ORE Catapult’s Levenmouth demonstration turbine to “Maintenance Technicians in the wind sector are working contextualise the technical program content inside the na- in hazardous and confned areas. These areas include being celle of a wind turbine. inside the nacelles of wind turbines, working on and around

Tony Quinn, Director of Technology Development at electricity, sensitive electronics, hubs and rotors - all of

ORE Catapult, said: “Making it as easy as possible for which pose safety risks to the individuals and wider teams.” workers to transfer skills and knowledge from the oil & The program is being offered to both supply chain or- 66 OFFSHORE ENGINEER OEDIGITAL.COM