4.4.9 Skills & Employment Strategy Group - ScottishPower is an activemember of the Renewable UK’s Skills and Employment Strategy Group whosemission is to ensure that a pool of skilled and experienced recruits for the wind, wave and tidal industries will be available tomeet the sectors’ current and future employment needs. ScottishPower has liaised with Professional Institutions such as the Institute ofMechanical Engineers and Higher Education representatives fromUniversities including Strathclyde and Goldsmiths as part of a working group to forge closer industrial links with these bodies and the Renewables Industry. [S5] {ii, iii}
4.4.10 Renewable UK SkillsManifesto – ScottishPower put forward a number of recommendations to Government for the wider benefit of the industry to drive forward the skills Agenda as part of this industry leading paper. [S5] {ii, iii}
4.4.11 OffshoreWind Programme Board – SkillsWorkstream- SPR is an active contributor to this workgroup which has been set up to focus on industry skill requirements needed for Round 3 offshore projects. [S5] {ii, iii}
4.4.12 Norstec Network – ScottishPower and Vattenfall aremembers of the Norstec network which brings together key players in the offshore renewables sector. As part of its commitment to public engagement, Norstec has launched a new skills pilot – The Norstec Academy, focused on engaging and informing the next generation of offshore wind employees and creating a community of positive advocates and future champions. ScottishPower, Vattenfall and EA1 have all offered to host students. [S3,S5] {ii, iii}
4.4.13 Local schools & universities: EA1 has working relationships with University Campus Suffolk (UCS), University of East Anglia (UEA), Norfolk University Technical College (UTC), Lowestoft College, Great Yarmouth College, Norwich City College and Colchester Institute the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR) and its core Skills for Energy Programme. Further details regarding the purpose of these various bodies are set out in Annex 2E. [S3,S4] {ii, iii}
4.4.14 Crown Estate collaboration:Working with The Crown Estate, EA1 has also carried out a Schools and Colleges Engagement Programme raising awareness in Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex of the employment opportunities in offshore wind. East Point Academy; Pakefield High, Benjamin Britten and Denes High in Lowestoft; Chantry in Ipswich; and, Felixstowe Academy have all been visited. [S3] {ii, iii}
Supply Chain Initiatives
4.4.15 EA1’s supply chain is being encouraged to address skills requirements via its request for supply chain plans (2.8.1) which provide evidence of the steps suppliers are taking to invest in skills and training. Fromthe plans received to date, suppliers intentions include Skills academies, Apprenticeships, Delegations workshops, Internships,Work Experience, Graduate Schemes, Collaborative Skills Development Initiatives, Skill Retention and Retraining Initiatives, National & local Training Schemes participation. [S1,S2,S3,S4,S5] {ii, iii}
4.4.16 More specifically:
For HVDC technology EA1’s shortlisted suppliers are supporting STEMinitiatives. Two companies as major engineering employers and apprenticeship providers are engaged in leading industry bodies and academic initiatives to address any future supply chain gaps. There is a particular opportunity to develop HVDC skills to benefit future EA and other far fromshore offshore windfarms. [S2,S3,S4] {ii, iii}
For installation activities, installing 66kV array cables, up to 85 jacket foundations and up to 8MWWTGs in 40-50mwater depth little is demonstrated so far. EA1 has had initial discussions with UK based companies about the different skills requirements due to these conditions. Both companies are involved with skills initiatives, offer apprenticeships andwouldwork with EA1 if successful to identify gaps and address with adequate skills and training. The installation activities will result in valuable transferable skills being created to deliver future offshore windfarms. [S1,S2,S3,S4] {ii, iii}
4.4.17 Additionally a number of the suppliers have cited apprenticeship and NVQ training schemes that are already in place and will be continued based on the opportunity that the EA1 Project and other Round 3 projects offer. [S3,S4] {ii, iii}
4.5 Skills Initiatives to be implemented [S4]
4.5.1 EA1 will work closely with its chosen suppliers, academic and enterprise bodies to ensure that adequate resource is planned and delivered to the project during the construction and the operations and maintenance phases of the project. [S4] {ii, iii}
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