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 Welcome to the September edition of EUpdate. Firstly I would like to draw your attention to our new website which has an exciting new look, friendly navigation and is packed full of relevant industry information.
I'm pleased to announce you will be able to read about the first accreditation given for the Recognition of Learning Programme - a programme setup to identify those engaged in live gas works are appropriately qualified.
What's more, in this edition you will be able to view a new video that we have developed to highlight the benefits for our Workforce Planning Model. The Model has been designed to predict change in our industries and identify where the skills gaps are going to be and how we can work together now to avoid these.
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| EU Skills Workforce Planning model set to influence the government on strategic skills issues
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 Energy & Utility Skills (EU Skills) has recently implemented its new workforce planning model, which helps organisations to understand and quantify workforce leavers, it also determines how and when they will need to be replaced. The model is designed to predict changes in our industry and does this by combining company data, which then produces forecasts of the skills challenges over the next 15 years. More...
Watch our Workforce Planning Video...
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EU Skills in conjunction with a wide range of employers, have built a successful Workforce Planning Model
which enables organisations to understand and quantify workforce leavers and understand how and when they will replace them.
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| EU Skills delivers a training first for Wales and the West Utilities
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| EU Skills Recognition of Learning Programme has been accredited to Wales and the West Utilities (WWU). They are the first Network in the country to receive the Recognition of Learning Programme, as a service provider for Safe Control of Operations retraining, since the role out in early 2010. More...
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| EU Skills offer incentive to employers to up skill the female workforce
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 EU Skills, the Sector Skills Council for gas, power, waste management and water industries, has joined the drive to encourage women in England to consider careers in traditionally ‘male dominated’ professions. More...
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| EU Skills launches new website
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EU Skills has launched an exciting new website,
designed with a vibrant new look, it is user friendly and packed full of relevant industry information. The website will also contain its own news portal, allowing EU Skills to keep its Members abreast of all up to the minute news.
“The new website will be a great asset to our communications,” said Andrea Allison, Head of Communications, EU Skills. “Members will be able to navigate the new site more easily than before. The website will also contain links to the careers micro site, up to date industry specific information and access to the wider political arena. We’re confident that our new website will help us effectively communicate to the utility industry the benefits of Membership to EU Skills.
The EU Skills website will include an improved training provider search facility, more resources for individuals, employers, training providers, teachers and parents.
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| This year's EU Skills Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on Tuesday 5th October at the Energy & Utility Skills office in Shirley. All member companies have been invited to attend where we would like to share with you our plans; how we will build on our achievements to date and encourage collaborative employer action which will ensure the long-term skills needs of the sector are addressed.
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| Energy & Utility Skills, Friars Gate, 1011 Stratford Road, Shirley, B90 4BN, England
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