A report has found that 96% of green apprenticeships taken by young people in England lead to jobs that are harder for AI to replace, compared with 73% of apprenticeships overall.
The report, by CBI Economics, says that 94% of the extra clean energy workers the Government says are needed by 2030 are in roles at low risk of AI substitution.
The UK is recognised as having a larger share of jobs exposed to AI technologies compared to other economies examined, which can make it difficult to secure a job which cannot be replaced by a robot, or by artificial intelligence to some degree.
Pearl Stephen, Site Co-ordinator at Vestas, said: “After 15 years working offshore in oil and gas, facing redundancy was a worrying time. But retraining gave me the opportunity to take the skills I’d built up over the years and put them to use in a different part of the energy industry.
“I’ve gone from working in traditional oil and gas to helping support Scotland’s growing offshore wind industry. The technology might be different, but so many of the skills are transferable. It’s reassuring to know that practical skills like these are in demand in the UK’s green economy.”
However, the report identifies a potential “missing first rung” into these careers, as green routes account for less than 19% of apprenticeship participants at Level 2 (equivalent to GCSE-level).
With demand in Scotland alone projected to be around 55,000–60,000 clean energy workers required by 2030, it is clear there is action needed to support the learning pipeline.
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