Youth Misspent: Powering up the UK - attracting young people to the energy sector

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Welcome to City & Guilds’ Youth Misspent podcast series, a monthly podcast in which we dive into some of the issues raised in our research report of the same name
The research found that the odds are being stacked against young people’s futures and career aspirations – particularly the most disadvantaged. So in this series, we want to showcase the work that various industries are doing to integrate young people into their workforces and explore how we might resolve the multiple barriers young people face when trying to enter the workforce.
Hosted by Andy Moss, Managing Director of City & Guilds. this episode takes a closer look at the energy sector, which is experiencing rapid, large-scale change. With the government having committed to ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions in the energy sector by 2035 this will mean a major shift away from the use of fossil fuels. This change will undoubtedly bring new challenges for the energy sector, but it will also create an abundance of opportunities for people old and young to upskill and reskill in low carbon skills.

In this episode David is joined by:

• Grace McCrickard, Award winning learner and Senior Electrical Technician at JF Nuclear
• Mark Wilkins, Training Director at Vaillant Group
• David Nash, Director of Strategy and Policy at ECITB – the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board

For further information about the material quoted in this episode visit:

• Youth Misspent
• Levying Up: Delivering sustainable skills
• ECITB scholarships
• City & Guilds social media: Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube

Chapters

1. Start (00:00:00)

2. Panel introductions (00:01:07)

3. Developing the skills the sector needs (00:05:03)

4. Addressing the lack of diversity in the energy sector (00:15:34)

5. Changing the way young people perceive the energy sector (00:25:29)

6. How can the energy sector raise awareness of opportunities in the energy sector (00:34:36)

7. Magic wand suggestions (00:41:18)