Event held on 7th July 2011 hosted by Oldham College

The event was held to bring together GM’s strategic skills and training providers with employers within the low carbon environmental goods and services sector with a view to develop a cohesive understanding of demand and of current and planned provision of low carbon skill training, based on demand, including that to be generated by GM’s strategic climate change work.
To gain a perspective as to what we need to do next to prepare ourselves for the low carbon economy in terms of skills provision.

Copies of the presentations from the event are available here:

New Economy (469kb)
GM Retrofit WP 1 (893kb)
British Gas (238kb)’
BDA Thermea (1388kb)
Asett Skills (293kb)
Construction Skills (382kb)
Trafford College (113kb)

Wigan Low Carbon Skills Study

New research into low carbon skills in Wigan

The Commission for the New Economy working in partnership with Wigan Council has commissioned independent researchers, Pye Tait Consulting, to carry out a detailed study of low carbon skills in Wigan. This pioneering research will capitalise on existing intelligence relating to low carbon goods and services by exploring and identifying drivers of future change, the skills needed by employers in Wigan to respond to these changes, and the opportunities the low carbon economy presents for the existing workforce and those outside of the labour market in Wigan.

The research will establish the size and shape of low carbon employment in Wigan, and provide analysis of existing training provision to identify gaps relating to low carbon skills. It will also identify barriers that may currently be experienced by employers in accessing low carbon training.

Pye Tait will be undertaking in-depth interviews with a range of low carbon sector stakeholders, followed by a survey of employers and training providers in the Wigan region. They are due to submit their final report to New Economy in the autumn.

Should you have any further queries about the project – please contact Jennifer Brennan at Pye Tait Consulting, either via email or telephone (j.brennan@pyetait.com ; 01423 509433).