Wind farm consent good news for recruiters
17 October 2014
Recruiters are welcoming the news that consent has been granted for four offshore wind farms which could, over their lifetime, generate more than 13,000 jobs.
Fri, 17 Oct 2014
Recruiters are welcoming the news that consent has been granted for four offshore wind farms which could, over their lifetime, generate more than 13,000 jobs.
However, one recruiter says the future may not be quite so rosy.
The Scottish government this week announced that the Forth and Tay region developments – Neart Na Gaoithe, Inch Cape Offshore, Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo – had been given conditional consent.
Advanced Global Energy managing director Tom Maguire told Recruiter that while it was “fantastic” the projects would create so many jobs, there was only so long those jobs could be sustained.
“It’s a fantastic amount of jobs, but we need to make sure that there aren’t 13,000 redundancies down the road.”
He said he expected people to leave their current jobs to retrain for jobs in the sector.
“There are only so many offshore wind farm developments the UK can sustain,” he explained. “Eventually those people who retrained may have the opportunity of moving overseas to follow the demand, or looking for other jobs, which may require re-skilling.”
He advised such people to keep up to date with training to ensure they were not left behind.
One Global Recruitment chairman Richard de Gerber told Recruiter his company had previously recruited boat builders to service such offshore projects and “naturally we're always pleased to hear of any project generating jobs, especially on this scale.
“Hopefully we'll see recruiters getting some of the wind turbine business.”
A spokesman from specialist offshore wind recruiter ERSG it could be “very good” news for the company, though it was difficult to say the exact impact until contracts for all parts of the projects – turbines, cables and other aspects – had been allocated.
He added: “If our existing clients are awarded the work then the affect should be immediate. If the work is awarded to an organisation we do not engage with, then it would be normal for us to attempt to develop a working relationship.”
Recruiters are welcoming the news that consent has been granted for four offshore wind farms which could, over their lifetime, generate more than 13,000 jobs.
However, one recruiter says the future may not be quite so rosy.
The Scottish government this week announced that the Forth and Tay region developments – Neart Na Gaoithe, Inch Cape Offshore, Seagreen Alpha and Seagreen Bravo – had been given conditional consent.
Advanced Global Energy managing director Tom Maguire told Recruiter that while it was “fantastic” the projects would create so many jobs, there was only so long those jobs could be sustained.
“It’s a fantastic amount of jobs, but we need to make sure that there aren’t 13,000 redundancies down the road.”
He said he expected people to leave their current jobs to retrain for jobs in the sector.
“There are only so many offshore wind farm developments the UK can sustain,” he explained. “Eventually those people who retrained may have the opportunity of moving overseas to follow the demand, or looking for other jobs, which may require re-skilling.”
He advised such people to keep up to date with training to ensure they were not left behind.
One Global Recruitment chairman Richard de Gerber told Recruiter his company had previously recruited boat builders to service such offshore projects and “naturally we're always pleased to hear of any project generating jobs, especially on this scale.
“Hopefully we'll see recruiters getting some of the wind turbine business.”
A spokesman from specialist offshore wind recruiter ERSG it could be “very good” news for the company, though it was difficult to say the exact impact until contracts for all parts of the projects – turbines, cables and other aspects – had been allocated.
He added: “If our existing clients are awarded the work then the affect should be immediate. If the work is awarded to an organisation we do not engage with, then it would be normal for us to attempt to develop a working relationship.”
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