The Renewable Construction Academy Joins WindEurope’s Working Group Dedicated to Skills and Education
29 February 2024 - WindEurope has recently formalized its effort surrounding the critical topic of skills and education, and The Renewable Construction Academy is delighted to have been invited to join this important initiative as a new member of WindEurope’s Working Group dedicated to skills and education.
Wind Europe’s new Working Group has the following key objectives:
- Facilitate the exchange of best practices to strengthen the wind sector as an appealing and fulfilling career choice.
- Establish a validation body to assess innovative concepts, techniques, and initiatives, while also coordinating cohesive messaging within the industry and sector.
- Cultivate connections among stakeholders to deeply understand prevalent issues, forecast upcoming trends, and proactively tackle challenges.
And deliverables:
- Establish a dedicated knowledge hub to create an effective platform to share and connect on common topics such as digitalisation and standardisation of certification.
- Profile the wind sector as an attractive sector - to use the WG as a validation body to guide and shape a European-wide campaign to promote wind sectors and career opportunities.
- Embed Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into our industry’s DNA- to establish a best practice repository featuring guidelines, frameworks and industry-leading practices.
Martin Warming, Founding Partner of The Renewable Construction Academy, is enthusiastic about partaking in WindEurope’s Working Group,
"The Working Group arrives at a pivotal moment, recognising the growing challenge of skilled labour scarcity hindering the progress and advancement of the wind industry. Our imperative is to enhance the attractiveness of the wind industry, integrate wind educationally, assist governments in workforce attraction and foresee the evolving skills landscape. Through uniting stakeholders, we hope to cultivate unity across the wind industry and address the industry’s demands.
We look forward to bringing our educational framework and already developed knowledge hub in play to accelerate the talent development of future Renewable Energy Professionals.”
About The Renewable Construction Academy (RECOA)
The Renewable Construction Academy develops role-based online training courses and education programmes to educate and upskill the renewable energy industry's workforce. By addressing the resource challenge and fuelling the green transition, RECOA plays a vital role in promoting the adoption of renewable energy solutions. The Academy offers high-quality, engaging e-learning solutions developed in collaboration with Academy Partners, industry-leading experts and organisations, to establish and elevate the standard of education and training for renewable energy professionals. At RECOA, you can tap into a lifetime of accumulated knowledge and experience from experts within the renewable energy industry, offering flexible and affordable training solutions for everyone at any time.
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