Monitoring the skills supply side of the green transition

IER, along with Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), is developing a methodology that keeps track of whether training provision is addressing the skills requirements of the green transition.

IER developed tools to monitor the demand for green skills and jobs through the analysis of online job adverts. IER is developing a similar approach to assess changes in the supply side as well.

Working with WMG on a project focusing on the skills and jobs needs of EV battery manufacture in the West Midlands, the study found that no new provision is available to meet the jobs and skills needs that this will create.

The approach can be applied to any sector or across the broad range of green skills needs.