Environmental Services & Solutions Expo (ESS), an annual occasion for the environmental providers trade, has introduced the launch of a webinar aimed toward addressing vital abilities shortages within the environmental sector. With demand at present outstripping provide, the web occasion entitled ‘ESS 2050: Inexperienced Abilities’ will concentrate on how employers can bridge the hole in inexperienced jobs throughout the nation.
Going down on Friday 26 April from 12:00-14:00, the webinar will function shows and discussions on authorities initiatives, apprenticeship schemes, regional variations, and collaborations between UK universities and the trade. It can additionally provide companies sensible steps to coach the following technology, methods to make the sector extra engaging to the youthful generations, and collaborative options to deal with inexperienced abilities shortages.
The webinar might be co-hosted by Groundwork, the official charity companion of ESS Expo, and chaired by Adam Learn, Chief Sustainability & Exterior Affairs Officer of SUEZ and member of the Inexperienced Jobs Supply Group.
Becoming a member of the session might be main trade voices Melissa Vogeley, Crew Chief – Inexperienced Jobs & Abilities for Web Zero on the Division for Vitality Safety and Web Zero and Aashya Zina, Division for Training, offering an replace on the Inexperienced Jobs Supply Group.
Sally Hayns, CEO of The Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Administration (CIEEM) will handle Limitations to Nature-based Inexperienced Jobs, whereas Beth Whittaker, Chief Human Sources Officer of Veolia Northern Europe Zone, will ship a case examine on Future Expertise to Ship GreenUp. The previous will have a look at overcoming sure challenges to assist the growth of a dedicated, engaged workforce, whereas the latter will discover future expertise together with graduates, apprentices, and internships, in addition to inexperienced abilities planning for future roles and over 50s expertise.
Venetia Knight, Head of Employment and Enterprise at charity, Groundwork, will current on Growing the Attractiveness of Sector to younger individuals, adopted by a joint session from Dr. Aris Alexoulis, Senior Lecturer in Mechatronics at Manchester Metropolitan College, and Dr Steve Jones, Linked Curriculum Lead at Siemens, on the Linked Curriculum: How Academia and Business can Collaborate on Training. The Siemens Linked Curriculum is a collaborative partnership that equips member universities with an in depth portfolio of know-how studying supplies and real-world industrial case research masking all facets of the product lifecycle.
Commenting on the webinar, Rob Mowat, Managing Director of ESS Expo, stated: “We’re excited to be launching the primary in our new sequence of webinars. ESS 2050: Inexperienced Abilities is a singular alternative for operators, native authorities, agriculture, power, manufacturing, and stakeholders from training and growth to have interaction in a dialog essential for shaping the way forward for the environmental workforce. Now we have already acquired a exceptional quantity of curiosity on this alternative and are trying ahead to sharing the controversy with all these concerned within the sector on 26 April.”
To enroll to hitch the ESS 2050: Inexperienced Abilities webinar on Friday 26th April, go to the web site here.
To register your curiosity to attend ESS Expo 2024 from 11-12 September on the NEC Birmingham, go to the web site here.
