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FOCUS ON SOUTH HUMBER


FAIR WIND FOR OFFSHORE SKILLS IN THE HUMBER


RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS MAY HAVE CEMENTED THE HUMBER’S POSITION AS THE UK’S ENERGY ESTUARY, BUT INCREASING DEMAND FOR TRAINING AND COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT FOR THE OFFSHORE RENEWABLES SECTOR HAS BEEN A REALITY IN THE REGION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.


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The request comes on the back of the Greater Gabbard wind farm where the apprentices will form part of the ongoing maintenance team. There will be four SSE apprentices starting with HETA this year, with more planned for the future. With the addition of apprentices from other wind farm operators, HETA will be running a group of at least six wind turbine technicians from September.


RENEWABLE ENERGY TASTER WEEK


Another example of how young people have been given the opportunity to learn about careers in the renewables sector was the Renewable Energy Taster Week, part of the Employer Ownership of Skills pilot (led by Cofely Fabricom GDF SUEZ and managed by HCF Ltd) currently being delivered at the CATCH facility and funded by the Skills Funding Agency.


The Renewables Energy Taster Week was delivered at CATCH by on-site training provider the Grimsby Institute Group and saw a group of local 16-18 year olds hear from a range of companies involved in the offshore wind industry with advice on how to get into the sector and the type of conditions they could expect to face offshore.


CONFINED SPACES TRAINING


CATCH is also home to niche training providers such as Mines Rescue Service Limited who operate a state-of-the-art confined spaces training rig and new marine enclosed spaces facility at CATCH with plans to offer training and certification to Renewable UK standards.


CATCH


DEMAND


At the world renowned CATCH training facility in North East Lincolnshire, this demand has not gone unnoticed, as Dr Tony Flinn, Chief Executive Officer of HCF Ltd who operate CATCH, explains: “Many of the renewable technologies that have established themselves in the Humber region share a natural affinity with our existing process, energy and engineering sectors, particularly when it comes to skills and competence assessment.


“Where there are differences, we have been working closely with training providers to develop the specialised facilities and programmes that are necessary to realise our vision of turning CATCH into a ‘one stop shop’ for renewables training in the Humber region.”


FACILITIES


Just seven miles from Grimsby docks where Centrica, Dong, Eon, RES Offshore and Siemens have chosen to set up O&M bases, the 10 acre CATCH site boasts an impressive list of facilities and on- site training providers who have well established links with the on and offshore wind sector.


HETA (HUMBERSIDE ENGINEERING TRAINING ASSOCIATION) HETA has had a training base at CATCH since 2007. As the only provider in the region approved to deliver the relevant nationally recognised apprenticeship framework, HETA has been asked by SSE to train their Apprentice Wind Turbine Technicians.


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