Thousands more North Sea workers will be able to access tailored support to transition to green jobs
The UK and Scottish Governments have announced an additional £18 million in funding to support oil and gas workers to transition into jobs in the sustainable energy sector.
Thousands more North Sea workers will be able to access tailored support through the Oil and Gas Transition Training Fund, thanks to matched funding of £9 million each from the governments over the next three years.
The scheme, launched as a pilot programme in June, has received a total of £1.39 million in funding to date, with at least 300 workers in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire set to be supported this financial year.
Both governments will now work with trade unions and industry to develop and promote the scheme and explore opportunities for additional private investment.
UK Government Energy Secretary Ed Miliband said: ”Communities across Scotland have long been calling out for a new generation of good industrial jobs. The clean energy jobs boom can answer that call – and today we publish a landmark national plan to make it happen and places Scotland at the very heart of the clean energy revolution this government is delivering.
“Our plans will help create an economy in which there is no need to leave your hometown just to find a decent job. Thanks to this government’s commitment to clean energy a generation of young people in Scotland can have well-paid secure jobs, from plumbers to electricians and welders.
“This is a pro-worker, pro-jobs, pro-union, agenda that will deliver the national renewal our country needs.”
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