State launches Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap

The State Government has released Queensland’s Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap, setting out $30 million in investments to skill up for the energy transition. It says Queensland’s clean energy transformation will support about 100,000 new jobs by 2040, with workers in electrical trades, engineering, construction, and technical workers already in high demand. “Our government has built the first facilities in the nation to deliver the skills and training for the renewable energy and hydrogen jobs needed for the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan," Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said. “The Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap will further expand renewable energy training into more than 30 schools for 2000 students across Queensland. “That includes establishing school-to-industry partnerships so that our young people can have the opportunity to have access to good-paying and secure jobs in the regions they are living in. “The plan also expands on work to provide new skills for existing workers, including a Future Energy Innovation and Training Hub in Rockhampton. “Together, Queenslanders will be at the forefront of new opportunities from the energy transformation, with the majority of infrastructure investment and employment in regional areas.” The $30 million in funded actions include: Piloting of Mobile Regional Energy Jobs Hubs across the Queensland Renewable Energy Zone (QREZ) regions to connect regional communities to job opportunities an expansion to the Gateway to Industry Schools program to cover a dedicated renewable energy focus, and online resources to support Queensland teachers to deliver clean energy content and student learning regionally tailored clean energy future skills demand/supply analysis and jobs opportunity guides a skills academy as part of Stanwell’s Future Energy Innovation and Training Hub in Rockhampton a program of investments for state-owned training infrastructure. expansion of the VET Emerging Industries initiative co-funding of up to 20 places in Engineers Australia Global Engineering Talent Pilot Program for future clean energy-related positions Greater Whitsunday Alliance chief executive officer Kylie Porter said the state's clean energy transformation was strongly aligned with that region’s workforce skills and expertise. “Our long history in mining; mining equipment, technology and services (METS); and manufacturing means our regional workers will be at the forefront of supporting Queensland as it transforms our energy sector for a cleaner future," she said. "We look forward to utilising Queensland’s Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap to maximise the workforce and supply opportunities within the Isaac Renewable Energy Zone.”

State launches Clean Energy Workforce Roadmap

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